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Having already rocked the stage with sold-out performances, Summer of 69 - The Ultimate Bryan Adams Experience is back to deliver the magic of Bryan Adams once more, featuring 22 of his greatest pop and rock hits. Learn more about the show here!

After successful national and international tours and winning the Gold Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival 2023, Namaste Bae: Blessings and Kombucha is coming to the Drama Factory! Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its lineup of summer 2024 concerts. The lineup kicks off this January. Learn more about the shows here!

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Legally Blonde the Musical is coming to South Africa next year! Performances begin on February 3, 2024.

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Last night, Thursday 7 December 2023, Cape Town Opera announced 2024’s highly anticipated seasons and remarkable 25th anniversary milestone at a jubilant event held at D-Core Art Gallery in the city.

After four years, iconic comedian Russell Peters brings his unique brand of humour back to South Africa in 2024 for a 3-city tour around the country. 

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

A YULETIDE CHRISTMAS at The Drama Factory is a musical celebration of the holiday season, featuring the extraordinary talents of Delicia van Wyk, Morgan King, and Andy Murray. Get all the details here!

SPRING AWAKENING (SOUTH AFRICA) to return by popular demand in March/April 2024. LAMTA announces the hit rock musical's extended season in Cape Town & Joburg. Don't miss this riveting and boundary-pushing production exploring self-discovery and rebellion.

If you have read any of my LAMTA show reviews before, you’ll know that I’m an avid fangirl of their productions. And while I always rave because the raving is deserved, SPRING AWAKENING, as LAMTA’s first performance of a full-scale musical, is extra special and extra rave-worthy. As always, with LAMTA shows, the energy crackles.

WELA KAPELA PRODUCTIONS presents A STAR IS BORN – the rise and fall of Judy Garland 13 to 23 December 2023 in the  Arena@ Artscape. 

Wela Kapela Productions presents NEXT!!! Auditions are not for the faint of heart, at the Arena @Artscape 13-23 December 2023.

Celebrated dancer and choreographer jackï job opens And Then…., a continuation of her riveting dance series, this Wednesday 29 November 2023 at the Artscape Arena Theatre, for a limited five-day season. 

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

KING GEORGE, a new play set in the heart of Cape Town, is a battle for domination between development mogul Shane Wyntock (played by Clyde Berning) and long-time, local strip club owner, George Megalos, ‘the Godfather of Lower Woodstock’ (played by Brent Palmer).

Mzansi Ballet's hit - The QUEEN Show - returns to the Pieter Toerien Theatre at Monte from 13 December. Join in for a rhapsody of nostalgia, a kind of magic, and let 'The Queen Show' rock you with a timeless tribute to the legendary rock band.

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Dan Patlansky has announced a new album ‘Movin’ On’, with a new single ‘Who I Am' out now. The album release will be supported by an eight-date UK tour in April 2024.

Directed by Nico Scheepers, this charming production takes young audiences on a journey of self-discovery, friendship, and the transformative power of kindness. Starring Bianca Flanders, Miché van Wyk, and Dean Balie, this mini-musical is set to captivate families all around South Africa.

The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 20th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

LAMTA is celebrating five years of work with their final student production of the year - SPRING AWAKENING. Co-founder of the school and musical director for the show, Anton Luitingh, spoke to us about this.

The Masque and Cape Town Theatre Company joined forces to bring their adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd to the stage, aptly titled THE MURDER OF THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD. The production is adapted by Stephan Fourie and Faeron Wheeler, and Stephan helmed its direction. Staging this play must’ve been a delicious challenge, with its play-within-a-play structure, levels of meta-awareness, and stagecraft surprises. 

Theatre Arts, one of Cape Town's foremost theatres, is taking to the boards to shine the spotlight on the impact of load shedding on the nation with Theatre in the Dark, a brilliant new season of eleven moving productions, from 15 to 25 February 2024.