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Artscape Theatre will be showcasing six productions at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

Variety is the spice of life on the National Lottery Fringe, with anything and everything on offer for audiences.

In this second of three special columns previewing the National Arts Festival on BroadwayWorld, I'll be taking a look at three productions that I previously reviewed, all of which are back in Grahamstown on the National Lottery Fringe, having switched things up in one way or another since their ori

Mandragora Circus will perform at Alexander Upstairs Theatre this weekend, July 2 and July 3.

A new drama from writer-director Louis Viljoen will open at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre tonight.

With a line-up of comedy, illusion and physical theatre, the Drostdy Theatre is offering audiences a wide variety of theatre attractions this winter season.

On 5 July, the National Arts Festival's Arena Programme will host the world premiere of AS EVER, BESSIE - a poignant story that has been left untold, until now.

With audiences at the National Lottery Fringe at the National Arts Festival being spoiled for choice, BroadwayWorld South Africa previews some of the theatre highlights to be seen on stage at #NAF2016 in the first of three special columns.

During the three-week June-July winter holiday, young theatre-lovers will have the opportunity to see Noddy and his friends in NODDY in the Artscape Theatre Foyer.

Audiences at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown and Cape Town are in for a treat with the chance to catch the latest genre-bending production from multiple award Underground Dance Theatre.

Frans Swart, CEO of Lefra Productions and Lance James presented Sally Vaughn with a lifetime achievement award on Saturday evening at the Country Spectacular Show at Carnival City's Big Top Arena for her tremendous contribution to Country Music in South Africa.

South African audiences will have an opportunity to see a play that was considered such an essential part of post-apartheid social dialogue in South Africa that Nelson Mandela himself requested a private performance of it when Hungry Minds Theatre revives Rajesh Gopie's OUT OF BOUNDS at the Nation

Hungry Minds Theatre returns to the National Arts Festival in 2016 with the premiere of PEOPLE BENEATH OUR FEET, a new South African play by Katya Mendelson and Kiroshan Naidoo.

Three productions all on the road to the National Arts Festival will be showcased at Cape Town's Rosebank Theatre over the coming week.

Back by popular demand, Tangible Productions brings POP-UP TALES back to the Galloway Theatre this July holiday.

Acclaimed writer and director Lara Foot's latest play, THE INCONVENIENCE OF WINGS, brings bipolar disorder and friendships into the spotlight.

Originally commissioned by ABSA Aardklop Festival and first performed at the ABSA Aardklop Festival in October 2007, KAROO MOOSE will return to South African stages as a part of the 2016 National Arts Festival's showcase of work by its 2016 Featured Artist, Lara Foot.

Due to overwhelming demand, A VOICE I CANNOT SILENCE has been extended until 2 July at The Fugard Studio Theatre.

In the months since its premiere at the National Arts Festival last year, Greg Homann and Ralph Lawson's A VOICE I CANNOT SILENCE has played seasons in Johannesburg and Durban, garnered critical acclaim and won three Naledi Theatre Awards.

Cape Town's Alexander Bar, Cafe and Theatre will host a series of seven productions starting on 20 June, all of which are en route to the 2016 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

The Africa Centre, in collaboration with the Institute of Creative Arts, is gearing up to present the last instalment of the Infecting the City Sessions for 2016.

With South Africa facing complex, challenging and invigorating times, this year's Think!Fest, the annual series of panel discussions and debates held as part of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, promises to grapple with some of the burning issues on the country's agenda.

This winter school holiday, families are invited to experience endless childlike wonder with their little ones at the 2016 Traditional Children's Magic Festival in Cape Town from 29 June to 2 July.

With a sparkling line-up of outstanding South African musicians, this year's Nederburg Concert Series promises to be yet another highly memorable experience.

The fourth-year theatre-making studio of the University of Cape Town's Drama Department will stage FIGRAISING, a fundraising evening dedicated to helping them take their production, FIGS, to the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in July.