Roland Perold News

Godfrey Johnson and Roland Perold - sharing one stage and a single piano – for a once-off, not-to-be missed, performance at the Drama Factory.  Delighting Durban in December, Cape Town gets the advantage of the now fully brewed coffee comedy and percolated piano playing that kept audiences clapping and critics celebrating. 

Johnson and Perold reunite to present a feast of comedy & music in their new cabaret. 

A GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK will play Cape Town's Rosebank Theatre for a season of four performances, offering audiences in the Mother City a chance to see Roland Perold in his charming cabaret of classic tunes from the golden age of American popular song.

With more than half of its run at the National Arts Festival's Albany Cabaret Club done, audiences have only a few more opportunities to see Roland Perold in his charming cabaret, A GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD delivered an engaging 85 minutes of musical theatre, managing to explore a clear thesis while doing so. Like some of the musicals presented at the Student Arts Festival over the past few years, it raised the bar of what can be accomplished on this platform in this genre.

All eyes are on New York as the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League prepare to present the Tony Awards at the seventieth ceremony of its kind. On the morning of the awards, BroadwayWorld South Africa asked six local theatre professionals what the Tony Awards means to them and who they were hoping would bring home the bacon.

The Kids of Kurland will present the fourth annual Plett Fringe Festival at The White House Theatre in Plettenberg Bay this June. The festival is in its fourth year and 2016 has an exciting line-up, the proceeds of which will provide a large economic and cultural boost for the Plettenberg Bay community and creates awareness of the Kids of Kurland charity.

THE PITCH, a new musical play by Callum Tilbury and Roland Perold, will premiere at the Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre this March. Tilbury has written the book for the show, also supplying additional lyrics for Perold's original score. Musical arrangements for THE PITCH are by David Lubbe.

BroadwayWorld South Africa previews 26 productions at the NAF: an A-Z of shows waiting to engage and entertain you, along with booking and venue details.

Following a rave-reviewed debut at the 2014 National Arts Festival, the original South Africa's musical YOU BET YOUR LIFE! opened to a fabulous reception at the Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre last week. Scroll down for a first look at cast members David Fick, Amy Trout and Roland Perold in what Beverley Brommert of the Cape Argus has called 'a devilishly humorous night out'!

Following a rave-reviewed opening at the 2014 National Arts Festival, Cape Town is in for a treat with the local premiere of South African musical, YOU BET YOUR LIFE!

The penultimate column in our 2014 South African Theatre Retrospectives deals with musical theatre and opera. Today we celebrate 'six of the best' opera and musical theatre productions from around the country - with two honourable mentions for an outstanding cabaret and revue - having already looked at some of the best plays and dance productions of the year.

A fun and funky musical theatre double bill is set to hit the stage of the Galloway Theatre as two brand new productions that are headed off to the National Arts Festival in July perform for one-night-only at this intimate new performance venue in Cape Town's Foreshore.

The Galloway Theatre in association with the Waterfront Theatre College, Rolska Productions and Steven van Wyk are pleased to announce a festival of three new musical theatre productions prior to the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

You Bet Your Life! is a witty, new, all-South-African musical comedy that's set to rock Vicky's at the National Arts Festival from 3 to 13 July.

A fun and funky musical theatre double bill is set to hit the stage of the Galloway Theatre as two brand new productions that are headed off to the National Arts Festival in July perform for one-night-only at this intimate new performance venue in Cape Town's Foreshore.

SHOW AND TELL pairs the glamorous Michele Maxwell with the urbane Roland Perold in this intimate musical revue.

With rehearsals for the premiere of YOU BET YOUR LIFE! set to start soon, ROLKSA Productions has announced that a fresh young ensemble has been put together to stage and perform the musical at the National Arts Festival later this year. With the clock ticking until the world premiere, pre-production for this witty and rib-tickling new show has commenced with all players excited to be on board.

Two of South Africa's most popular cabaret performers, the legendary Michele Maxwell and debonair Roland Perold, join together to bring music lovers a delightful new show at Kalk Bay Theatre from 7 to 31 May.

With a successful week-long workshop behind it, ROLSKA productions is moving forward with the debut production of the new musical YOU BET YOUR LIFE! at the National Arts Festival later this year. ROLSKA Productions has developed a solid track record over the past few years, including shows like I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, the popular musical comedy by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts, and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's ubiquitous song cycle EDGES amongst their hit productions. ROLSKA Productions won a Standard Bank Ovation Award for their National Arts Festival run of I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. The company is proud to be presenting a new musical created by South African writers on local stages this year.