SOUTH AFRICA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 107

Get ready to have your senses tickled, tittilated and tantalized with the musical stylings of Lola; an eccentric diva on a quest to find fame, fortune and a role that doesn't require her to play a prostitute, gaatjie or domestic worker whilst keeping her front teeth.

Shirt of Fire / Hemp van Vlam, written by playwright Pieter Cilliers, is a one-woman opera, which explores the poetry and art of celebrated South African poet, Sheila Cussons.

WHITE ELEPHANT is a study of contemporary South African malaise, framed by the story of Issy and Ma: a mother and daughter who each seek, in their own peculiar way, to do the impossible and kindle a future from the dying embers of their past.

A collaborative sonic and visual performance between Morning Pages, Justin Allart, Andrea Dico and Jason Stapleton titled SONIC SCANS and RITUAL NOISE will play the Alexander Upstairs for one night only this November.

Comic of The Year, Tumi Morake and the original Cavewoman, Vanessa Frost team up in TEASE!, which premieres in Johannesburg at the Market Theatre on 16 November.

In TSWALO/SOURCE, lyrical prose, poetry and physical storytelling entwine to interrogate the rules that govern life on earth, such as power, creation, politics, connection, and intuition: the performer's expression of his 'source'.

After a sold-out season in Cape Town and Johannesburg, the Fugard Theatre's South African production of Joshua Harmon's West End smash hit BAD JEWS, will return for a limited season from 13 December.

Voting has opened for the 2016 BroadwayWorld South Africa Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2015 and September 30, 2016.

It's all about the East in the shopping highlight of the year!  The Bollywood Mela (exclusive to the Blu Blood Bollywood Experience) is a shopping extravaganza taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from the 2nd to the 4th of December 2016.

Be mesmerised as the creme de la creme of top Indian fashion designers - the likes of the acclaimed Vikram Phadnis, Joy Mitra, Krishna Mehtra and Pawan & Pranav - showcase their latest collections in a fashion extravaganza paired up with incredible local musicians, dancers and comedians in the Blu

Bollywood aficionados are in for a treat with a three day cultural extravaganza taking over the Sandton Convention Centre from the 2nd to the 4th of December 2016.

Dance for All is calling on youth between the ages of 18 - 21 years old to join its much exciting twelve-month bridging programme.

Back by popular demand, The Barnyard Theatre is running its 'Save the Budget' programme, making it possible to have the best of both worlds: world class facilities and affordable prices.

Fresh from headlining the Cape Town Funny Festival in London in October, Marc Lottering now heads to the Baxter Theatre from 15 November, just in time for the silly season with HASHTAG LOTTERING!

The Fugard kicks off its exciting 2017 Cinema season, presenting the best of world cinema with theatre, opera and ballet productions to be enjoyed from the comfort of a seat at The Fugard Bioscope.

Disney On Ice will return to South Africa in 2017 for the sixth time with THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY ON ICE! With tickets already available, families will be able to celebrate the magic, spirit, and fun of an extraordinary lineup of Disney stories as they come to life in Johannesburg, Cape Town

A theatrical version of David Keyes's FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON, adapted by David Rogers, will play the Masque Theatre this November.

Proudly Coloured Comedy returns to Emperors Palace for one night only with BRAINOU - BRAINOU, another stellar line-up of 'proudly coloured' comedians.

After traveling across South Africa, Pretoria audiences can now experience the thrill of the innovative immersive theatre creation that is the Mobile Thriller phenomenon!

Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre's grand-scale, smash hit, all South African production of WEST SIDE STORY will be presented at the The Joburg Theatre Complex's Mandela Theatre from 24 January 2017.

Following its critical acclaim and sold out performances on the main programme of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival earlier this year, Graham Weir's double Fleur du Cap Theatre Award-winning DEAD YELLOW SANDS comes to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio stage for a limited season.

Wessel Pretorius will perform at the Drostdy Theatre for the first time next month, when this intimate theatre in the heart of Stellenbosch will present his satirical drama, DIE ONTELBARE 48.

The sounds of live jazz will fill the stage at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre, when Mzukisi Andric Mcetywa, Said Maqula, Msimelelo Makatesi and Zamile Phillip Mlangeni play an hour-long set at Cape Town's most intimate theatre venue this November.

Abrahamse & Meyer Productions will present OVER THERE, a play written by Mark Ravenhill at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre this November.

Vocalist Lisa Bauer will bring her new project MOON SONG to the Alexander Theatre for one night only in November.