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This year's African Creative Economy Conference (ACEC) takes place in ten days- and some of the world's most incisive, creative and thought-provoking strategists, academics, entrepreneurs and artists will shortly debate how to unlock the potential of the creative economies.

Artscape Theatre Centre has announced its upcoming events, October 2013 to January 2014.

The Fugard Theatre Bioscope has announced two exclusive, significant seasons of theatre, opera and ballet! The highly anticipated World Opera and Ballet Season sees the Fugard partnering yet again with The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet Companies.

SMOKIE is coming to town! Yes indeed, the internationally successful British pop group SMOKIE will be touring South Africa from tonight, 26 September to 6 October as part of their TAKE A MINUTE WORLD TOUR.

The internationally successful British pop group SMOKIE will be touring South Africa from 26 September to 6 October as part of their TAKE A MINUTE WORLD TOUR.

ILLUSIVE starts off as a nifty novelty show, but soon develops into a literally jaw-dropping experience.

Triple Standard Bank Ovation Award winner and illusionist extraordinaire, Stuart Lightbody, presents his new show, Illusive, hot off a run at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival.

With the African Creative Economy Conference launching in less than two weeks, details of a parallel creative events programme Institute will present the African Creative Market (4-13 October) to showcase creative goods and services in greater Cape Town.

Take a look at the work of some of Africa's most creative visual and performing artists who will inspire some of the many seminars at the African Creative Economy Conference.

With only a couple of weeks to go to the must-attend African Creative Economy Conference (in Cape Town, South Africa 6-9 October), the line-up of speakers and panellists has grown into an inspirational and diverse collective that ranges from fashion entrepreneurs to political analysts, and musicians

This year, Lefra Productions will present three exciting productions at the annual Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival in Potchefstroom from 25 - 29 September: the hit farce, MY VROU SE MAN SE LYK SE TAS by Ray Cooney, the band Smokie performing their popular music and a brand new LIEWE HEKSIE pr

The Fugard Theatre in Cape Town recently announced that their production of Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW would be extending to the 12th January 2014.

After assigning the top three scripts to the SCrIBE panel of judges, it was realized that the development potential in all of the scripts was being undervalued.

The critically acclaimed play THE PARROT WOMAN written by Charles J.

THE FRONTIERSMEN, a new play written by Fleur du Cap Theatre Award winning playwright Louis Viljoen, stars Nicholas Pauling and Mark Elderkin and is directed by Greg Karvellas.

Lefra Produksies voer 'n splinternuwe LIEWE HEKSIE-verhoogproduksie op wat by vanjaar se Clover Aardklop Nasionale Kunstefees gaan premiere.

BELOW MY FEET could be called a choreographer, dancer or producer's baby pictures.

SUPERSTARS is a superb evening of dance with an eclectic line-up that has something for everyone, including lovers of dance as well as those who accompany them to the theatre.

Triple Standard Bank Ovation Award winner and illusionist extraordinaire, Stuart Lightbody, presents his new show, Illusive, hot off a run at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival.

Joburg Ballet, formerly the South African Mzansi Ballet, will present CELEBRATION 5 in Cape Town at the Joseph Stone Auditorium in Athlone on 24 and 25 September 2013.

Cape Town City Ballet returns to Artscape from 26 - 28 September with Pas de Deux, a programme that showcases the romance, magic and beauty of ballerina and danseur on stage in perfect unison.

The young, multi-talented local musician, singer and songwriter Nakhane Toure will be joining the Suzanne Vega SA Tour in November 2013 as the supporting bill guest artist.

The Department of Arts and Culture is developing the National Performing Arts Practitioners' Database.

It may be Jazzart's 40th anniversary this year, but the distinct sense of style that is the trademark of their work is alive and well in WAITING FOR RAIN.

Jemma Kahn's THE EPICENE BUTCHER AND OTHER STORIES has taken South Africa, and the world, by storm.