The latest theatre news from South Africa — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Members of the original Sarafina! cast, including Baby Cele and Dumisani Dlamini, will reunite for a special 56-minute performance at the Market Theatre's 50th birthday celebration — their first time performing together since 1991.
The 13th South African International Ballet Competition (SAIBC) continues to build momentum towards its highly anticipated 2026 Semi-Finals and Finals at Artscape in Cape Town, with the recent Johannesburg Regional Competition.
On Cue Theatre will present THE ADVENTURES OF THUMBELINA at Theatre On the Square in Sandton, directed and choreographed by Litzy Katz, starring Gorata Mathebula, Lisa de Wet, Luzuko Gqiba, and Kevin Theron.
South African comedian Kurt Schoonraad brings his one-man show back to Café Roux and the Baxter Theatre, where he first performed his debut show over two decades ago.
Brett Bailey and Third World Bunfight will present THE ROUTES OF SOUND at Spier Wine Farm, expanding the intimate music series to three winter weekends featuring more than 40 local musicians across distinctive estate spaces.
Killer Queen is a vibrant, high-energy celebration of Queen's music, brought to life by LAMTA's exceptionally talented dancers and singers.
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Roodepoort Theatre and Stageworx will present THE BIG BAD MUSICAL, a family courtroom comedy musical featuring a cast of 30 performers and original music, where audiences serve as jury to decide the Big Bad Wolf's fate.
A riveting production of Nick Payne's Constellations at the Baxter Theatre Studio.
The specific context of PLEASE, DON'T CALL ME MOFFIE is unambiguously Cape Town, Coloured and queer, and at the same time unambiguously universal.
Commission Continua is a thought-provoking and emotionally powerful production that uses striking theatrical imagery to question whether South Africa's many commissions of inquiry have achieved meaningful justice or simply generated more paperwork.
Bizzy Hands Puppet Company will present WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS?, an Afrikaans puppet production inspired by The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, at Die Centurion Teater in South Africa.
Pretoria Youth Theatre announced the return of THE FROG PRINCESS to the Irene Village Theatre in Pretoria, following a run last year.
Scenario Youth has announced the full cast for its Youth Flagship Production of PETER PAN JR at Die Centurion Teater, with Erich Jordaan, known for Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Sweeney Todd, set to play Peter Pan.
Former CAPAB and Cape Town City Ballet principals Laura Bosenberg and Janet Lindup will make special guest appearances in Veronica Paeper's ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at Artscape, performed live by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra.
Cape Town Opera will present Stephen Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Theatre on the Bay in Camps Bay, featuring Jonathan Roxmouth, Samantha Peo, and Fleur du Cap Award winner Brittany Smith.
SparkHub, a collective of young theatre makers, announced plans to participate in the National Arts Festival in South Africa, with a focus on uplifting emerging local talent.
A polished and highly entertaining production with excellent singing, sharp comic performances and beautifully slick set changes.
StageMag, the digital show program platform from BroadwayWorld, launched its new PDF Editor to all producers and stage managers using the service.
The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards has been renamed the Cape Town Theatre Awards, marking a new chapter under a newly established NPO.
Cape Town Opera's presentation of Georges Bizet's Carmen is red, funny and devastating: everything you didn't know opera could be.
Buckland's entire body of work since the 80s argues that comedy is not a lower art form.
Joburg Ballet announced a fundraising initiative at RMB Latitudes Art Fair, where artist Guy du Toit and Everard Read Gallery donated the first edition of his CYGNETS sculpture to support the company's Pointe Shoe fund.
The play runs 80 minutes, a comfortable length of time in which to confront distinctly uncomfortable themes that are uncomfortable because they are universal.
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MAMMA MIA! Artscape Theatre (9/03-10/11) |
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MAMMA MIA! Teatro at Montecasino (10/16-11/22) |
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HIGHLIGHTS Homecoming Centre (8/26-8/29) |
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Swan Lake Teatro at Montecasino (8/07-8/21) |
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MAMMA MIA! The Musical! Artscape Theatre (9/03-10/11) |
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NDLOVU YOUTH CHOIR Teatro at Montecasino (7/29-8/02) |
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MAMMA MIA! The Musical! Teatro at Montecasino (10/16-11/22) |
