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Cape Town Opera and Magnet Theatre are proud to present a new musical adaptation of the Zakes Mda novel HEART OF REDNESS on stage at the Fugard Theatre from the 19th to the 22nd of August 2015 for four performances only.

"Welcome to the mystical world of Madame Zingara. A world where dreams become reality and everything is possible. A place where people are the magic, and flights of fantasy happen in real time... where memories created and friends found linger on like the stars light up in the nights sky."

In January 2015, Moog Music, the 60-year-old analogue synthesizer company, announced that for the first time in more than 30 years, it would once again build the large format modular synthesizers that were first introduced by its founder, Dr. Robert Moog in 1964. 2015 also marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Dr. Robert 'Bob' Moog (1934-2005), inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

Magnet Theatre's I TURNED AWAY AND SHE WAS GONE, will be performed Wednesday to Saturdays from 18 February until 14 March 2015 at 20:00 at Magnet Theatre in Cape Town.

If you love Celtic sounds and feel like some good Scottish humour, then button up your fly, grip onto your belt and get down to the Rosebank Theatre to watch WHAR'S YER TROOSERS.

It is rare to find a piece as beautifully shaped for a specific age group as Magnet Theatre's enchanting TREE / BOOM / UMTHI. Created for 3 - 7 year olds, it engages its audiences with stories and images plucked from the world that surrounds them.

A first draft showing of Magnet Theatre's new work, I TURNED AWAY AND SHE WAS GONE will debut at the end of August. A one-woman show written and performed by Jennie Reznek, I TURNED AWAY AND SHE WAS GONE is a poetic reworking of the Persephone story.

The Fleur du Cap nominations were announced this week. Having taken a few days to consider who was nominated, here are some thoughts about each of the categories.

The nominees for the prestigious 49th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards have been announced. Prizes will be presented to the winners at a glamorous event that will be held at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town on Sunday 16 March at 6pm.

'Our passions are kindled when the fuse to our heart is lit.' These words are an accurate description of what happens during VOICES MADE NIGHT, a revival and revisal of one of Magnet Theatre's many physical theatre productions.

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts and KPMG are will present the North American premiere of Waiting for the Barbarians by Nobel Prize winning author J.M. Coetzee, a co-production with Mopo Cultural Trust and in association with the Baxter Theatre Centre (South Africa). Adapted and directed by Alexandre Marine and produced by Maurice Podbrey, CM, the play premiered to critical and audience acclaim at Cape Town's Baxter Theatre Centre in August 2012, and will be presented at the Segal Theatre from January 27th to February 17th, 2013.

Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards are set to be held on March 20th at 6pm at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town.

Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards are set to be held on March 20th at 6pm at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town.

A contemporary re-visioning of the Shakespeare classic, set in Cape Town 2010 with the Montagues and Capulets running two competing soccer teams. Specially staged for Grades 10 and 11 learners whose set work it is. Daytime performances to accommodate school audiences. Public also welcome at night-time performances.

A contemporary re-visioning of the Shakespeare classic, set in Cape Town 2010 with the Montagues and Capulets running two competing soccer teams. Specially staged for Grades 10 and 11 learners whose set work it is. Daytime performances to accommodate school audiences. Public also welcome at night-time performances.

A contemporary re-visioning of the Shakespeare classic, set in Cape Town 2010 with the Montagues and Capulets running two competing soccer teams. Specially staged for Grades 10 and 11 learners whose set work it is. Daytime performances to accommodate school audiences. Public also welcome at night-time performances.

The National's sell-out production of Nick Stafford's adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's book transferred to the West End in March this year where it has been playing to packed houses ever since. Last week, just 12 weeks after its opening at the New London Theatre, War Horse recouped its transfer costs, having had a record breaking week of sales in May of over £330,000.

Simon Russell Beale, Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings will star in productions for London's National Theatre during the 2007 fall season.