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After an enormously successful opening season last year, THUMBELINA, the ballet, returns to Artscape over the Easter weekend.

Beatrix Potter's delightful story for children, THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT will be at Artscape Theatre Foyer during the April Easter school holiday, presented by Stagecraft Drama Studio.

ANTHOLOGY: A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER, an hour-long collection of short plays by Louis Viljoen, Nicholas Spagnoletti and Jon Keevy, will be on stage this April at the Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre.

DEAD YELLOW SANDS, a one-man piece written and performed by Graham Weir under the direction of Bo Petersen, will make its bow on the stage of the Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre this April.

The Africa Centre is pleased to confirm the following 2014/2015 Artists in Residency (AIR) award laureates:

The inimitable Oom Schalk Lourens, played by actor David Muller, returns his white rose to the deep south for a three week season of OOM SCHALK: FROM THE HEART 2 at the intimate Kalk Bay Theatre from 24 March.

The winners of the prestigious Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were announced at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town on 15 March 2015.

INHERENT END, a new solo show with Tamarin McGinley, directed by Kim Kerfoot and presented by the Instant Arts Collective, will premiere at the Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre tonight.

The well-known Irish Duo, Foster and Allen will be visiting South Africa from 27 March to 7 April 2015 with their GOLD AND SILVER DAYS WORLD TOUR.

Following a rave-reviewed debut at the 2014 National Arts Festival, the original South Africa's musical YOU BET YOUR LIFE! opened to a fabulous reception at the Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre last week.

Fugard Theatre Announces CABARET for March 2015 Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre will proudly present John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joe Masteroff's scintillating, Tony award-winning musical CABARET in Cape Town next year.

The Fleur du Cap nominations are out! Here are some thoughts about the nominees in each of the categories.

The Beatrix Potter's delightful story for children, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, will be at Artscape Theatre Foyer during the April Easter school holiday, presented by Stagecraft Drama Studio.

Improguise, Cape Town's best and most loved improv group, currently performing every Monday night this year at the Galloway Theatre on the premises of the Waterfront Theatre School, will be returning to the Kalk Bay Theatre for another fabulous Improv Festival, from Tuesday 10 March to Sunday 15 Mar

Popular Irish duo Foster and Allen will appear live in South Africa this autumn when they tour the country with their SILVER AND GOLD DAYS world tour during March and April.

After a sold out 'try out' season of David Kramer's ORPHEUS IN AFRICA that has played to capacity houses since opening earlier this month, the hit musical will return to the Fugard in September for the 2015 summer season.

Mike Bartlett's drama, COCK, in a production directed by Paul Griffiths and starring Francis Chouler, Matt Newman, Melissa Haiden and James Skilton, comes to Alexander Bar and Cafe's Upstairs Theatre this March.

It has been a great week for ZANEWS, first winning a Gold Pixel for Specialist Publishing Site and the award for Best Editorial Team at the recently held 7th Bookmarks Awards in Newtown, and then receiving 11 SAFTA (South African Film and Television Awards) nominations for PUPPET NATION ZA.

After 21 years of making South Africans laugh, Stephen Francis and Rico, the creators of MADAM & EVE are preparing something new.

The prestigious 50th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards is drawing closer.

The Africa Centre is proud to announce its 8th annual Public Arts Festival INFECTING THE CITY.

IDA, co-produced by the Fugard Theatre's founder Eric Abraham, wins the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Audiences will be taken on a journey to yesteryear when THE MUSIC SHOP opens at the Rosebank Theatre for a run this March.

ORPHEUS IN AFRICA is all set to be a grand, old-fashioned classic musical in the Rodgers and Hammerstein tradition.

WHAT THE EFF? runs at the Baxter Theatre from 23 February to 14 March 2015.