SOUTH AFRICA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 145

One day after it was announced that the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) may have a new boss in the shape and form of Robert McBride, Anele Rusi's play ISYSTEM lifted the lid on this important section of our police system when the play opened at the Artscape Arena.

Come Monday night, Loyiso Gola may well be an Emmy Award winner, which will be evidence for some of just how far ahead of the pack Gola is in his field.

The fairytale of a toy tin soldier's love for a beautiful paper ballerina is the story of a brand new ballet, set to have its world premiere in Cape Town on 11 December 2013.

Junkets is pleased to announce the publication of Anele Rusi's ISYSTEM, coinciding with its staging as part of the 9th Artscape Spring Drama Season.

Jazzart Dance Theatre is turning 40 this year.

KEEPING YOU IN STITCHES features top comics Stuart Taylor, Schalk Bezuidenhout, Dalin Oliver, KG Mokgadi and the legendary Nik Rabinowitz who have rallied together with Dr Riaad Moosa for the UCT Department of Family Medicine's Community Health Projects.

The fourth South African International Ballet Competition (SAIBC), supported by the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund, takes place at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town, from 17 to 23 February 2014.

It has been 20 years since Andew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's SUNSET BOULEVARD made its West End premiere.

UCT Drama Department presents uR by Illka Louw at the Arena Theatre, 37 Orange Street, Gardens, 26-29 November 2013 (Tickets for 26 November closed to public), nightly at 7.

The picturesque Oude Libertas Amphitheatre in Stellenbosch will come alive with the glorious sounds of three leading South African choirs on Saturday 30 November.

With Christmas around the corner, now is the time to start filling your Christmas stockings.

The young internationally acclaimed South African soprano, Pretty Yende captivated opera lovers the world over when she made her spectacular recital debuts at the Teatro Alla Scala in Rome, the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Wigmore Hall in London.

The Cape Dance Company will present GRACE at the Oude Libertas Amphitheatre in Stellenbosch from 20 to 23 November 2013.

Cape Town City Ballet's Annual Awards Evening, a highlight on the South African ballet calendar, took place at their studio in Rondebosch last night.

Stand up comedienne, Angel Campey's first one woman show, YES, REALLY ANGEL, directed by comedy legend, Nik Rabinowitz, is headed to Johannesburg for three nights only, from tonight 7 to 9 November 2013.

The overwhelming response to Rossini's The Barber of Seville has seen the productions five performances selling out weeks before the first curtain call.

Stagecraft Drama Studio brings Winnie the Pooh, everyone's favourite bear, to Artscape for the holiday season from December 10 daily at 10:30.

Award-winning actor, singer and comedian Waseef Piekaan brings his latest comedy, Wrongly Accused, to the Baxter Masambe Theatre from 18 November to 18 January 2014.

Magnet Theatre has been committed to transformation in the theatre industry in South Africa for the past 25 years.

Cape Town audiences have the chance to catch popular performer, and everyone's favourite Belgian, Gaetan Schmid, in his new show THE BELGIAN.

The highly acclaimed play THE PARROT WOMAN by award-winning playwright and director Charles J.

With a solid foundation in Rademeyer's writing and tour de force performances from Gabriel and Lombard, THE VIEW is a must-see, a thrilling and evocative emotional experience that reminds us of the power of our humanity and just how powerful the consequences can be when we forget it.

South Africa's newest operatic star Pretty Yende, returns to South Africa for two concerts only at the Teatro at Montecasino on Thursday, 14 November 2013 followed by a concert at the Artscape Opera House, Cape Town on Saturday, 16 November 2013.

Suid-Afrikaners het reeds baie lekker gelag vir Ray Cooney se splinternuwe klug, My Vrou se Man se Lyk se Tas, meesterlik in Afrikaans vertaal deur Peet van Rensburg uit die oorspronklike Funny Money en onder die regie van Frans Swart.

Three years after winning the First Prize at the prestigious 5th Unisa International String Competition in 2010, the sensational Korean violinist, Yura Lee, will perform a highly anticipated recital at the magnificent Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Parow on Sunday 10 November.