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The second in the trilogy of Nicholas Ellenbogen's plays based in Bulawayo is THE LOBENGULA STREET HARD COVER BOOK CLUB.

LIFE, directed by Tara Notcutt, is the new stand-up comedy show from multi-award winning comedian Rob van Vuuren that will run at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio from the 3 to 28 May 2016.

Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Enchantment is an action-packed ice spectacular featuring four fun-filled Disney stories that showcase many of the beloved characters from Disney's The Little Mermaid and Disney?Pixar's Cars and Toy Story 3,  along with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Du

Pierre van Heerden will appear in a seven-performance season of BORDERLINE at the Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre, a 55-minute musical comedy written and by Vanessa Harris.

Cape Town learners will be highly prepared when stepping into the exam room in June, following the return of the Grade 11 and 12 isiXhosa set-work play, AMAZA, an Artscape youth development skills production at the Artscape Theatre.

Alan Committie is back in LOVE FACTUALLY, the show that Theatre on the Bay is billing as the perfect 'date-comedy' for 2016.

A final Goldin opportunity awaits two young South African actors between 20 and 30 years old as the Baxter calls for applications for auditions for the 2016 Brett Goldin Bursary.

With an all-time family favourite like COPPELIA plus a triple bill of exquisite neo-classical ballets by Ashley Killar in SHADES OF LOVE, Cape Town City Ballet's upcoming season promises to be an absolute feast for the senses.

Hot off its premiere at The Royal Court, London and Market Theatre run, South African Mongiwekhaya's latest play, I See You will open at the Fugard Studio Theatre on May 5 and run until 28 May.

Lefra Productions will host a mini-festival at the Roodepoort Theatre with four top productions on stage from 12 April - 7 May.

Cape Town learners are set to get an enormous boost from this year's Artscape youth programme with the return of NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH to Artscape, directed by the playwright Dr John Kani.

DICKENS - THE MASTER STORYTELLER comes to South Africa from its run at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) for a run of six performances from 5 - 9 April at 20:00 nightly, with a matinee at 15:00 on 9 April.

UNTITLED, an hour-long stand-up comedy show written and performed by Shimmy Isaacs, will play a 6-performance season the Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre this autumn.

The Baxter's Best of the Zabalaza Theatre Festival production winner for 2016, Lauren Hannie's TIP-EX, will be staged at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio for a short season from 12 to 23 April at 7.

Meat World at the Springs Market will once again hold a music festival, this time on 2 April from 09:00.

Lefra Productions is already known for their laugh-out-loud farces that have been entertaining audiences nationwide since 2012.

The 51st Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were presented at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town on Sunday night in a ceremony that highlighted the theme of 'new beginnings'.

Lefra Productions is already well-known for its productions of hilarious farces, which have been entertaining audiences in South Africa since 2012.

Acclaimed British author, Alison Uttley's delightful story, TALES OF LITTLE GREY RABBIT, will be presented by Stagecraft Drama Studio in this Artscape Theatre Foyer over the upcoming school holidays.

Cape Town learners are set to get an enormous boost from the much anticipated SA HISTORY IN SONG production to be held from 4 - 12 May 2016 at the St Joseph's Stone Auditorium.

Henrik Ibsen's all-time classic play, A DOLL'S HOUSE, adapted and directed by one of South Africa's  most exciting young directors, Standard Bank Young Artist winner Christiaan Olwagen, comes to the Baxter Theatre stage for a short season.

Artscape is set to present the much awaited Spiritual Festival from 11 March - 2 April 2016.

Dirk Badenhorst, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South African International Ballet Competition (SAIBC) has announced that the fifth SAIBC will take place from 22 to 28 February 2016, at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town.

Words are perhaps inadequate repositories to record the visceral emotional experience of watching I TURNED AWAY AND SHE WAS GONE.

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