SOUTH AFRICA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 115

To accommodate the high demand for tickets for Disney On Ice's WORLDS OF ENCHANTMENT, local promoter Showtime Management has added an extra 15:00 show on 28 June at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg and two extra shows at the Grand West Grand Arena in Cape Town at 18:00 on 6 July and 15:00 on 7 Jul

C'EST BIZARRE - a quirky soiree filled with music, comedy and magic - promises to be an hour of pure entertainment for audiences at the Alexander Bar and Café's Upstairs Theatre this June.

In TSWALO/SOURCE, lyrical prose, poetry and physical storytelling entwine to interrogate the rules that govern life on earth: power, creation, truth and connection, intuition.

The blues infused vocal-rock of Josie Field connects with the intimate folk, country styles of Laurie Levine to create a unique and intimate musical experience.

Stuart Lightbody is back at the Alexander Bar, Café and Theatre, inviting audiences to come and revel in award-winning magic and sleight of hand wonder in MEMORABLE MOMENTS WITH STUART LIGHTBODY.

Comedy diva Irit Noble will be the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre this June in an hour-long comedy show that she has co-written with Jean-Pierre and Murray-Kline.

Gaëtan Schmid returns to the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre with THE MATING GAME, written and performed by himself, with direction by Lara Bye.

LISSIFIR TABOO, a 55-minute cabaret written and performed by Lise-Marie Richardson with accompaniment by Nathan Lewis, will play the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre this week.

World-renowned violinist Hezron Chetty will be doing a unique show of live music and storytelling at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre this May.

Rob van Vuuren's LIFE is a side-splitting observation of the way we live today.

The family magic spectacular, IMAGINE!, South Africa's biggest magic show is returning to the charming Artscape Theatre in the Mother City on 28 May.

Winner of three Naledi awards, the acclaimed play A VOICE I CANNOT SILENCE will have its Cape Town premiere at The Fugard Theatre Studio from 7 June to 25 June.

The Arts & Culture Trust will be awarding 17 performing arts scholarships this year to Grade 12 learners and individuals under the age of 25, as well as first- and second-year students in acting, singing, dancing and musical theatre.

YOU SUCK (AND OTHER INESCAPABLE TRUTHS) is hilariously biting comedy from playwright-performer Klara van Wyk, keeping the audiences in stitches of laughter from start to finish as she delves into the depths what it means to be a school pupil in our turbulent times.

Artscape Theatre in collaboration with Afrovibes, supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is set to present the much awaited ALLBASTERS, a hip hop production that kicks off Artscape's commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Uprisings.

In FROM THE HEART, the focus on and celebration of June Carter Cash as an individual is long past due, a welcome realignment of her story from her own perspective rather than as a supporting player in the narrative of her husband, the man in black, Johnny Cash.

AMATHAF'ENTANDABUZO, an intriguing and passionate isiXhosa drama, will be performed at the Baxter for a short season this May.

With Lefra Productions and RSG's Oppiwater Arts Festival selling out almost a year in advance, fans of Afrikaans theatre will be pleased to know that bookings for the 2017 edition of this popular and unique floating arts festival are now open.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2011), the Olivier Award for Best New Play (2011) and the Tony Award for Best Play (2012), Bruce Norris's acclaimed black (and white) comedy CLYBOURNE PARK is set to have its South African premiere at the Fugard Theatre this year.

The director of ASSITEJ SA, Yvette Hardie, responds to the BroadwayWorld South Africa article, 'On the Meaningful Recognition of Theatre for Young Audiences at South African Theatre Awards Ceremonies'.

THe Lingua Franca Spoken Word Movement, one of Cape Town's premier poetry collectives, will present the Western Cape's first and only festival dedicated purely to spoken word.

Canned Rice Productions will debut a new romantic tragicomedy, VACANCY, a 50-minute physical theatre piece created by and starring real-life couple Richard Wright-Firth and Candice van Litsenborgh.

The Artscape Theatre Centre is dedicated to creating an environment for sustainable theatre practice, education and development.

Magnet Theatre, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, presents Worker's Day weekend activities for the whole family.

Nicky Schrire and James Scholfield will team up for 75 minutes of jazz and folk music at the Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre come the ides of May.