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Set to Georges Bizet's dramatic, famous score, CARMEN will be performed to a recording by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Drama Factory will present 'The Unlikely Secret Agent' at The Drama Factory from Thursday 10 Jun 2021 to Saturday 21 Aug 2021.

Catch award-winning, gripping theatre and a selection of fabulous music at The Drama Factory this August.

Internationally acclaimed Gold Ovation Award winner The King Of Broken Things  is a bittersweet journey into the broken heart of a young boy who teaches us that the rehabilitation of things broken and discarded gets to include people and hearts and how all things, seen and unseen, can be mended.

Having to replace their scheduled second season, EVOLVE, with a new programme this August, Joburg Ballet has expertly adapted their performing to fit current circumstances.

Mark Haze, one of South Africa's greatest singer/songwriters and runner-up of 2011 South African Idols Competition needs no introduction! 

The updated schedule sees the resumption of the critically acclaimed Freedom-The Musical, having kick-started the innovative meeting of theatre and cinema, after releasing on 18 June this year.

In a time when live theatre is almost impossible to put on, many artists have turned to the online world.

At the beginning of this year a team of theatre and dance professionals came together to create Noah's Art, a charity organization collecting money and food for local performing artists affected financially by the pandemic.

Unmute, a South African based inclusive dance company of artists with mixed abilities/disabilities and its all-star cast including Yaseen Manuel, Andile Vellem, Nadine Mckenzie, Siseko Mvulo and Ditebogo Lelaletse will be presenting an exploration work showcasing integration in a fun artistic way.

Another Kind of Dying, which was written for and with actor Aphiwe Livi, tells the story of Silumko, who moves from the rural Eastern Cape to Johannesburg after the death of his father.

The competition already has 140 participants from across the globe and to accommodate the date change, SAIBC Founder and CEO Dirk Badenhorst will be accepting entries  (including video submissions), up to 30 July 2021.

Inspired by photography from the past and present, Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy's PHOTOGRAPH successfully debuted their students' variety of talents and abilities on the Theatre on the Bay stage last week.

The event will be one of two expert-led conversations happening during the week-long competition, the other taking place on July 20 that will revolve around dancer health and wellbeing that will be facilitated by The Healthy Young Dancer Project (THYDP).

Stigting vir die Bemagtiging deur Afrikaans (SBA) partnered with Artscape to engender respect of all languages as per the Constitutional mandate of democratic South Africa, including Sign Language as well as Braille, in the establishment of a permanent reading corner located within the Artscape Box

THE UNLIKELY SECRET AGENT is in equal measures chilling and heart-warming, made all the more poignant by the fact that it is a true story.

Steve Ashley's Tribute to 'Tom Jones & Friends' is an entertaining act, covering decades of hits of Tom Jones and friends: Engelbert Humperdink, Elvis, Michael Bolton, Neil Diamond and a few more surprises.

The instalment will converge under the national government's Youth Day and Youth Month theme: “The Year of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke: Growing youth employment for an inclusive and transformed society.

In such dark times for the theatre industry around the world, it truly felt like coming home when the Masque invited us to have some musical fun.

Next week Friday, on 18 June 2021, Gauteng will be able to experience Jodi Jantjies' singing talent first hand when she performs at the Pierneef Theater in Pretoria.

The South African State Theatre and Ster-Kinekor Theatres (SKT) have announced theatre productions that will be screened in selected SKT cinemas countrywide from 18 June 2021.

Eleanor, an unassuming, young single mother is arrested at Griggs Bookstore where she works in Durban and taken for questioning.

Join The Drama Factory as they welcome back the hugely popular Aaron McIlroy in his hit show ADHD as he embarks on a wild and whacky journey into the fantastical world of learning disorders!

From familiar favourites such as Part of Your World, Don't Rain on my Parade and 9 to 5 to new musical nuggets such as Me and the Sky and Tonight Belongs to You, there is a toe tapping treat for everyone.

Eleven years since being the youngest pianist in Africa to be named a Steinway Artist, Charl du Plessis has had an illustrious career both locally and internationally.