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Cape Town City Ballet's vibrant production Night & Day, a tribute to the life and music of Cole Porter, will be performed at The Playhouse for the first time from today, 4 - 7 July.

A new a cappella musical comedy comes to Kalk Bay Theatre from 12 July to 10 August, hot off its premiere at the National Arts Festival.

Is LENNY AND THE WASTELAND a crackerjack of a play for tween boys about friendship, the dangers of technology and the importance of preserving our environment? Or is it a piece for Generation Z comic book fans with social commentary about human reliance on technology and deviant sexual fantasies?

Stuart Taylor, now known to many as 'The King of Relationship Comedy' has hit the road again, this time with a unique offering in the form of THE LEARNER HUSBAND BOOK LAUNCH TOUR.

Experiencing THE EPICENE BUTCHER AND OTHER STORIES FOR CONSENTING ADULTS reminded me of the power of the medium of storytelling.

Marc Kay's BIRDMAN is a solid piece of work, with some beautiful passages of words and several well-crafted key moments, but still needs some fine-tuning to become the transcendent theatrical experience it so clearly aims to be.

As a contemporary South African play, THE THINGS YOU LEFT BEHIND could have a great deal to offer to a wide cross-section of audiences.

Cape Town Edge celebrates its seventh year at the National Arts Festival with a great line up of established names and newer companies, with 3 collectives within the collective that's set to sizzle in the Grahamstown cold.

David Scheel is a true Australian success story.

KBT Productions will present three world premieres, five new South African productions and nine projects at the National Arts Festival this year.

Audiences have the chance to experience the magic of Godfrey Johnson in three productions this year at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

UNREAL will be performed at The Highlander at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, from today, 27 June to 7 July at 4pm daily, except for 7 July when the show is on at 2pm.

KBT Productions will present three world premieres, five new South African productions and nine projects at the National Arts Festival this year.

Audiences have the chance to experience the magic of Godfrey Johnson in three productions this year at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

UNREAL will be performed at The Highlander at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, from 27 June to 7 July at 4pm daily, except for 7 July when the show is on at 2pm.

The 2013 National Arts Festival begins this week and BroadwayWorld looks ahead at eight of the shows who have had runs elsewhere that have been featured on the site over the past year.

Play Club, Cape Town's Book Club for Theatre Lovers, will continue their rave-reviewed afternoons with a brand new series just in time for winter: 'Hooked On Classics'.

Jazzart presents an explosive celebration of dance from across the country in Azishe! at Artscape Theatre from 4 to 7 July.

David Scheel is a true Australian success story.

This month's Play Club offering was a reading of Ken Ludwig's masterful farce, LEND ME A TENOR, a play that is crafted explicitly for the purpose of entertainment, which was very much the order of the day at this reading of the play.

In a major scoop for Cape Town City Ballet, the company's Executive Director, Prof Elizabeth Triegaardt, has announced that two international stars from The Royal Ballet in Covent Garden, London will perform in their upcoming production of The Sleeping Beauty at Artscape from 10 -18 August.

In Christopher Hampton's LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, Rosamonde says 'The only thing which might surprise one is how little the world changes.

Cape Town City Ballet's vibrant production Night & Day, a tribute to the life and music of Cole Porter, will be performed at The Playhouse for the first time from 4 - 7 July.

June is upon us and Cape Town Opera (CTO) is - in the words of Oscar Hammerstein II - 'bustin' out all over'.

Sanders South Africa and Play Club, the Book Club for Theatre Lovers, continues its series on "Identity" with Ken Ludwig's screwball hit LEND ME A TENOR, now celebrating the 25th anniversary of its hit Broadway run.