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The second Cape Town Buskers Festival adds a colourful exclamation mark to the Cape Town Fringe when it springs to life this week. An array of local and international performers will be wowing the crowds at the V&A Waterfront, the host venue of the Festival.

Hennie Smit and Arina de Witt are onstage in AS DROME VLERKE KRY at this year's Aardklop National Arts Festival in Potchefstroom. The production forms part of a season of five shows from Lefra Productions at the festival, with the lineup also including FIELA SE KIND, MY MAN SE SKELMPIE SE SKELMPIE SE VROU, ONTBLOOT and MY PA.

After more than fifteen years in the entertainment industry, Edrien Erasmus has gathered enough courage to open her heart to audiences in a solo show, ONTBLOOT, in which she reflects on her experiences as an artist, a woman and a human being.

Lefra's farces are an annual institution, and in 2017, fans can look forward to MY MAN SE SKELMPIE SE SKELMPIE SE VROU. Take a look at this hilarious comedy, under the direction of South Africa's farce king, Frans Swart, will play the old Potchefstroom City Hall as a part of this year's Aardklop Arts Festival.

IN WHOREFISH BLOOMERS: THE WAITRESSES' LAMENT returns to the Alexander Upstairs Theatre as a part of the Cape Town Fringe this September. Presented by Avant-Guava Productions, the show is directed by Kei-Ella Loewe and features Donna Cormack-Thomson and Jamie-Lee Money.

With sales at this year's Aardklop Arts Festival in Potchefstroom this October growing from strength to strength, Aardklop recently announced that an extra venue has been created that will bring five extra top productions to the festival, offering festivalgoers an even wider range of productions to enjoy.

After sold-out performances at the National Arts Festival, UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, is proud to present WOMB OF FIRE, in partnership with Mothertongue Productions this spring.

After months of rehearsing, building stages, scenes, podiums and props, the runway has been prepared and the 2017 Cape Town Fringe Festival has opened in the Mother City in time for the Heritage Day weekend. From 21 September to 8 October, thirteen Cape Town venues will host over one hundred productions, leaving audiences across the city spoiled for choice.

An appeal to help talented South African actor Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who had needed an emergency surgery following this year's National Arts Festival, has been made to assist him and his family while he is on medical leave while he recuperates.

As reported on BroadwayWorld yesterday, the complete cast for the US National Tour of Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper's smash-hit musical, KINKY BOOTS, has been announced. Featured in the cast in the role of Don is South African-born Adam du Plessis, whom audiences may recall seeing in productions like THE LAST 5 YEARS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE BOYS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH and CATS.

Next week, the process launched by Cape Town Opera's Opera is My First Language programme that began six months ago with a simple makeshift drum circle will culminate in a concert of THE SINGING GARDEN, an adaptation of Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Francesco Nassimbeni.

The call for applications for the Baxter's Zabalaza Theatre Festival has been extended to 29 September at 17:00. Theatre-makers, directors, scriptwriters, community groups and theatre companies are encouraged to apply to participate festival before the new deadline.

The arepp:Theatre for Life Trust is an applied theatre organisation which has been operating nationally in South Africa since 1987. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the organisation. arepp:Theatre for Life's vision is a rights-based, supportive society in which the individual members are active directors of their own lives, taking responsibility for making informed choices which lead to empowered decisions for their holistic growth.

DIE NAG VAN LEGIO, the Hertzog Prize-winning drama by P.G. du Plessis, will enjoy a short run at the Artscape Arena theatre this November. This revival of the play was commissioned by Innibos to be performed at their annual arts festival, after which it toured to the Vrystaat Kunstefees.

IN WHOREFISH BLOOMERS: THE WAITRESSES' LAMENT returns to the Alexander Upstairs Theatre as a part of the Cape Town Fringe this September. Presented by Avant-Guava Productions, the show is directed by Kei-Ella Loewe and features Donna Cormack-Thomson and Jamie-Lee Money.

The annual Baxter Dance Festival is back for the thirteenth time, ready to wow audiences with over 64 new pieces by 73 choreographers over a period of eight days. Headlining this year's festival is the commissioned work by choreographer, dancer and teacher Themba Mbuli of the acclaimed SOLD! and ADAGIO FOR A HACKED LIFE.

AN EXTRAORDINARILY ORDINARY LIFE, a musical memoir written, composed and performed by Jervis Pennington, will a play Pieter Toerien's Studio Theatre at Montecasino, starting next Friday. Tickets cost R130 - R165, with special senior and student discounts available from the theatre.

udiences are in for a three-week theatre spree when the Cape Town Fringe Festival opens on 21 September. The festival, which has spread into thirteen venues across Cape Town, is preparing to launch with a diverse programme of theatre, dance, comedy, illusion, music and family fare.

South Africa's most distinguished pianist, Abdullah Ibrahim, will present two solo piano concerts at the Artscape Theatre this October. The highly anticipated programme showcases compositions influenced by people, places and events that have impacted Ibrahim's life and career, spanning the past seventy years.

The world-famous Imperial Ice Stars are back in South Africa for the seventh time and are set to thrill South African audiences once more with their magical production, CINDERELLA ON ICE, at the Teatro at Montecasino over the upcoming festive season. How well do you know what goes into making these spectacular ice visions a reality? Test yourself with BroadwayWorld's list of 'Ten Things You Didn't Know About The Imperial Ice Stars!'