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Sandra Prinsloo, who is currently onstage in MOEDERTAAL at the Fugard Studio Theatre, has been awarded the Koker Prize for her lifetime contribution to Afrikaans and for her contribution to the Performing Arts and the incredible and enriching impact she has had on the literary and artistic landscape of Afrikaans.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

With its first performance having taken place last night, G7: OKWE-BOKWE - which means 'like/of a goat' - is the final project of the year for the 2017-2018 Magnet Theatre trainees. The production forms a part of the broader Gugulethu 7 Project, which looks at notions of performing the archive as one of the imperative elements in remembering collective narratives.

The world-famous Imperial Ice Stars, who have won international critical acclaim and five-star reviews with their previous tours of THE SLEEPING BEAUTY ON ICE, THE NUTCRACKER ON ICE and SWAN LAKE ON ICE, are set to thrill South African audiences once more, with their magical production of CINDERELLA ON ICE set to play the Artscape Opera House next January.

VR Theatrical, in collaboration with a number of other artists under the banner of Crewworks, presents this year's festive season offering of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Pieter Toerien's Studio Theatre at Montecasino. This new adaptation of Charles Dickens's evergreen tale of redemption will have Ebenezer Scrooge's famous exclamation of 'Bah, Humbug!' ringing through the halls of the popular casino complex in Johannesburg.

Top South African stand-up comedian Nik Rabinowitz is heading to the United Kingdom with NIK RABINOWITZ LIVE, which will play the Leicester Square Theatre for three performances only this November and December.

International recording artist, saxophonist Andrew Young, is set to appear at The Masque Theatre for one night only. The world-class musician will perform some of the best known classic songs of all time from his new album, DIAMONDS, bringing his excellent artistry to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

There's no business like hair business! Performer and playwright Rudy Bessit aims to do away with negative stereotypes associated with coloured people in his solo show, A HAIR THINGY. Watch a preview of the show, filmed during its Polokwane run, here!

With the festive season drawing near, Cape Town funnyman Alan Committie is ready to bring audiences in the Mother City another hilarious look at the world around us. In PLANET MIRTH, Committie presents a docu-comedy in the highest definition and promises all the infectious energy, physical hi-jinks, witty wordplay and hysterical observations audiences have come to love about his brand of comic madness.

MOEDERTAAL is the latest in a welcome series of Afrikaans theatre productions in The Fugard Theatre's annual line-up, with Naskrif Produksies presenting this poetic meditation on life, love and loss at the popular venue in the Mother City through the beginning of December.

After playing to capacity houses at Theatre on the Bay with AMAZING GRACE in 2017, popular pianist Rocco de Villiers returns to the popular Camps Bay theatre with ROCCO'S XMAS PIANO with a fun-filled and feel-good show packed with your favourite Christmas melodies.

With the first stop in Johannesburg drawing to a close next week, the international tour of EVITA is ready to transfer to Cape Town, where it will play the Artscape Opera House throughout December and into 2018 until 7 January.

Standing O Immersive Experiences will proudly present IMMORTAL, the first-ever immersive theatre production of its kind in South Africa, at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town over the upcoming holiday season.

Brandon Phillips is a highly regarded and versatile conductor, sought after for symphony concerts by all South African orchestras, as well as for ballet, crossover and pop concerts, and now opera. Phillips will conduct selected performances of THE MAGIC FLUTE, which opens at the Artscape Theatre next week.

After a sold-out six week season at the Fugard Theatre, the hit musical KING KONG returns by overwhelming public demand for the summer season. Presented by Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre, KING KONG will run from 12 December with bookings now extended to 18 February 2018.

The Fugard Theatre's timeless musical production of WEST SIDE STORY returns to the Artscape Opera House in 2018 following two tremendously successful seasons in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Standard Bank has renewed their sponsorship of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, one of the country's longest and highest profile sponsorship investments, for a further three years. Standard Bank's partnership with the iconic event will run until the end of 2020.

PEN South Africa and the Institute for Creative Arts will commemorate PEN's Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November 2017. It is a day that marks, globally, the persecution and imprisonment of writers peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression.

Soprano Cecilia Rangwanasha, who recently won second place, and the audience prize at the Philip Schock Singing Competition, will perform in Cape Town Opera's SPARKLING YOUNG STARS event at the Oude Libertas Amphitheatre this December. This will be the climax of a terrific year for Rangwanasha, who also won the ATKV Muziquanto competition in September and second prize at the UNISA National Voice Competition in July.