Productions By The Suidoosterfees and NATi's Rising Stars Presented as Reading in Cape Town by BWW News Desk
- November 25, 2020 Productions by the Suidoosterfees and NATi's Rising Stars were presented as reading theatre in Cape Town during the weekend of 21 and 22 November. The following up and coming playwrights participated in the festival's flagship development project: Tasneem Daniels, Kanya Viljoen, Dianne Albertze, Herschelle Benjamin, Keanen Engel and Stephren Saayman.
Cape Town Comedians Present JOKES FOR DREAMS by BWW News Desk
- November 25, 2020 With 2020 at it’s last stretch, it is with great excitement that some of Cape Towns much-loved Comedians band together to raise funds for Reach for a Dream Foundation, as we present Jokes for Dreams, a night that promises much laughter for a good cause.
Theatre Arts Presents MURMURATIONS by BWW News Desk
- November 23, 2020 At 8pm on 2-5 December at Theatre Arts in Obs, Murmurations will take place – the result of an extraordinary collaboration between Megan Furniss and Louise Westerhout during this time of virus, loss and lockdown.
Voting Now Open For The 2020 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards by BWW News Desk
- November 20, 2020 Voting is now open for the BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards - which are back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade! Our local editors have set the categories, our readers have submitted nominees, and now YOU get to vote for your favorites!
Deon Meyer And Coenie De Villiers' KAROO SUITES Comes To Cape Town's Drive-in Theatre by BWW News Desk
- November 20, 2020 Deon Meyer and Coenie de Villiers' popular Karoo Suite productions are described as the “most beautiful love letter to the Karoo”. Both shows, Karoo Suite and Karoo Suite 2: Karoonagte, will be performed on 10, 12 and 13 December at Cape Town's Atlantic Studios drive-in theatre. Proceeds from the double feature, complete with a break for burgers and milkshakes, will benefit the Suidoosterfees and the Jakes Gerwel Foundation's lyric writing mentorship programme.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Returns To The Studio Theatre At Montecasino by BWW News Desk
- November 17, 2020 Ebenezer Scrooge's “Bah, Humbug!” has never been more apt! After months of not being able to venture into the world, A CHRISTMAS CAROL offers families an opportunity to experience the magical world of Charles Dickens in a Covid-safe environment this Holiday Season.
Nicola Date talks COMEDY NEAR THE LESS FLIPPEN COLD SEA at Masque Theatre by Faeron Wheeler
- November 16, 2020 We are reaching the end of 2020 and we could probably all use a really good laugh! That's why we're chatting to Nicola Date, one of the comedians who will be entertaining the audience at COMEDY NEAR THE LESS FLIPPEN COLD SEA at Masque Theatre.
BWW Review: WAYS OF DYING – superb staging at The Baxter by Faeron Wheeler
- November 14, 2020 It’s an incredible piece that seems almost naïve in story to being with but reveals a depth that is both disturbing and deeply impactful. The production of this story that is currently on at The Baxter’s Flipside Theatre is an adaptation created by Lara Foot.
Smokie Concerts Postponed To March 2021 by BWW News Desk
- November 11, 2020 Due to the government imposed restrictions on public gatherings, entertainment venues and international air travel for the foreseeable future, Lefra has decided to postpone the Smokie concerts that was due to be held in December at Carnival City on the East Rand, GrandWest in Cape Town and Time Square in Pretoria to March 2021.
Mzansi Ballet Presents The QUEEN Show At Pieter Toerien's Montecasino Theatre by BWW News Desk
- November 10, 2020 The 11th December promises to be a momentous occasion as Mzansi Ballet and the Pieter Toerien Theatre celebrate the return of The QUEEN Show. Honouring a rock band that has stood the test of time, having inspired many generations to live their highest truth, “The Queen Show” is a family-friendly production that will thrill you with a kind of magic.
Julie-Anne McDowell Hegarty & Daniel Galloway Talk Brand New Production Company by Lindsay Kruger
- November 06, 2020 Combining the best of both theatrical worlds, actress, writer and publicist Julie-Anne McDowell Hegarty joins forces with former Managing Director of The Fugard Theatre Daniel Galloway to launch new theatre production company How Now Brown Cow. The co-founders chat to BroadwayWorld South Africa about how they got here, and where they're going.
BWW Feature: BAXTER BACK ON STAGE An Inspiring Series of World Firsts by Lindsay Kruger
- November 06, 2020 This past week The Baxter Theatre Centre held an official reopening with two of South Africa's top artists appearing and collaborating onstage together for the first time. Gregory Maqoma and Zolani Mahola gave world premiere performances of original works that kicked off The Baxter's limited benefit season in a memorable way.
SA Entertainer Stuart Taylor Appointed To World-famous College Of Magic's New Board Of Management by BWW News Desk
- November 06, 2020 He's been conjuring sold-out comedy shows and dazzling television show audiences around the country for decades - now, Stuart Taylor, renowned South African entertainer, will be creating wondrous feats of a different kind as a newly elected board member of the world-famous College of Magic in Cape Town.
POPArt Theatre Presents J.BOBS LIVE - Levels of Lockdown by BWW News Desk
- November 04, 2020 Lovers of game shows, quiz shows, talk shows and current affairs- this one is for you! It's the freshest, coolest live uniquely Mzansi game show double bill and we bringing it to you on the internet as levels of lockdown continue...
New Theatre Production Company Launches in South Africa by BWW News Desk
- November 04, 2020 Actress, writer and publicist Julie-Anne McDowell Hegarty has teamed up with former Managing Director of The Fugard Theatre and renowned producer and lighting designer Daniel Galloway to launch a new production company, HOW NOW BROWN COW.
KVETCH/NDISA ZILILE Comes to The Drama Factory by BWW News Desk
- November 04, 2020 Kvetch/Ndisa zilile is partly a true story about the grievance of the families of the mine workers that are still trapped underground of the Lily Mine.
The Drama Factory Presents THE LATIN AFFAIR by BWW News Desk
- October 29, 2020 Ernesto Latino, originally from Paraquay, South America, a multi-skilled musician and specialist of various Latin genres, will transport you to exotic destinations like Peru, Agentina, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Greece, to mention but a few, with his beautiful collection of Mediterranean and Latin-American music.
DIRT & STONE LIVE Announced At The Drama Factory by BWW News Desk
- October 28, 2020 Acclaimed musicians, Tombstone Pete (guitar) and Jean Marais (percussion), look to put hair on the chests of audiences everywhere – starting with Somerset West – through their fresh and exciting take on the acoustic duo. Drawing on Rock, Jazz, Folk, Blues and Classical, Dirt & Stone bring you two sets of original material and covers from the charts back when the charts made sense.