VR Theatrical Brings FOREVER PLAID To Pieter Toerien's Montecasino Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2019
VR Theatrical announces their latest musical offering, FOREVER PLAID with Book by Stuart Ross and featuring all the best music from the 1950s, including Catch A Falling Star, Day-O, Perfidia, Heart And Soul, Scotland The Brave, Love Is A Many Splendored Thing and many more!
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2019
VR Theatrical announces their latest musical offering, FOREVER PLAID with Book by Stuart Ross and featuring all the best music from the 1950s, including Catch A Falling Star, Day-O, Perfidia, Heart And Soul, Scotland The Brave, Love Is A Many Splendored Thing and many more!
THE LAST VOYAGE Comes To The Galloway Theatre At The Waterfront Theatre School
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2019
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2019
THE EPICENE BUTCHER AND OTHER STORIES FOR CONSENTING ADULTS Comes to The Drama Factory
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2019
The international cult hit The Epicene Butcher comes to The Drama Factory - the first time this beloved show has been seen on SA soil in five years. Performed over 400 times around the world, the much awarded and much loved cult show introduced South Africa to Jemma Kahn and her unique theatre style.
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2019
The international cult hit The Epicene Butcher comes to The Drama Factory - the first time this beloved show has been seen on SA soil in five years. Performed over 400 times around the world, the much awarded and much loved cult show introduced South Africa to Jemma Kahn and her unique theatre style.
PLAY LIST Comes to POPArt Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2019
Playlist is an exciting new format of theatre that acknowledges the emerging trend towards short-form theatre.
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2019
Playlist is an exciting new format of theatre that acknowledges the emerging trend towards short-form theatre.
BWW Review: #HETWO: EVITA EXPOSED at Theatre On The Bay is Full of Heart and Belly Laughs
by Faeron Wheeler - September 04, 2019
It's billed as a unique confrontation where Pieter-Dirk Uys and Evita Bezuidenhout finally come face to face. However, it's so much more than that. This show feels like a love letter to the nation's favourite tannie.
by Faeron Wheeler - September 04, 2019
It's billed as a unique confrontation where Pieter-Dirk Uys and Evita Bezuidenhout finally come face to face. However, it's so much more than that. This show feels like a love letter to the nation's favourite tannie.
CRINGE CITY Comes to The Drama Factory
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2019
Cringe City is a celebratory event of our awkward adolescence! Rooted in storytelling, adults divulge the cringeworthy things they created as youngsters - teenage journals, love stories, skinner-filled letters, dated Facebook status'... Mxit anyone? Eish. This rough-draft-improv-comedy-stand-up-show is comedy gold! Every hero once started out as a cringy kid, right?
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2019
Cringe City is a celebratory event of our awkward adolescence! Rooted in storytelling, adults divulge the cringeworthy things they created as youngsters - teenage journals, love stories, skinner-filled letters, dated Facebook status'... Mxit anyone? Eish. This rough-draft-improv-comedy-stand-up-show is comedy gold! Every hero once started out as a cringy kid, right?
Fugard Theatre Announces Its 2020 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 03, 2019
Eric Abraham, The Fugard Theatre and its Artistic Director Greg Karvellas, have announced the new line up for their 2020 Season - 10 Years and Counting.
by BWW News Desk - September 03, 2019
Eric Abraham, The Fugard Theatre and its Artistic Director Greg Karvellas, have announced the new line up for their 2020 Season - 10 Years and Counting.
Waterfront Theatre School To Hold National Auditions
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2019
The Waterfront Theatre School, Cape Town's most established college for the Performing Arts, will hold their annual national auditions in Bloemfontein, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg from 9 September 2019.
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2019
The Waterfront Theatre School, Cape Town's most established college for the Performing Arts, will hold their annual national auditions in Bloemfontein, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg from 9 September 2019.
SA composer Dr Thokozani Mhlambi set to revive music compositions in Cape Town this September
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2019
After a highly successful showcase in KwaZulu-Natal, the Early African Intellectuals as Composers of Music project ignites the Cape this Heritage Month!
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2019
After a highly successful showcase in KwaZulu-Natal, the Early African Intellectuals as Composers of Music project ignites the Cape this Heritage Month!
TAKING EVERYTHING INTO ACCOUNT Comes to POPArt Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2019
Kopanong is a medium-sized municipality. The mayor, Victor Mabaso, and his right hand woman, Gugu Dhlamini, have created a network of tenderpreneurs with whom they fleece the town's coffers. Bu when Faith Hlatswayo, their once servile financial manager, cracks in the face of the auditor-general team's relentless tracking of 'irregularities' a?" and Mabaso and Dhlamini decide to take drastic action to protect their network a?" a realistically absurd situation develops and reaches its climax.
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2019
Kopanong is a medium-sized municipality. The mayor, Victor Mabaso, and his right hand woman, Gugu Dhlamini, have created a network of tenderpreneurs with whom they fleece the town's coffers. Bu when Faith Hlatswayo, their once servile financial manager, cracks in the face of the auditor-general team's relentless tracking of 'irregularities' a?" and Mabaso and Dhlamini decide to take drastic action to protect their network a?" a realistically absurd situation develops and reaches its climax.
PIANOMANIA Comes to The Drama Factory
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2019
Godfrey Johnson & Nicholas McDiarmid combine their dazzling pianistic skills with irresistible punches of humour and wit. The two virtuosos, each at their own piano bring you a show that excites, titillates and entertains. PianoMania debuted this May at Durban's Rhumbelow Theatre. Arts Critic, Billy Suter, wrote in his review 'Together, with minimal fuss or fanfare, they launch straight into a merry mix of entertainment that has them tipping hats to classical music as well as everyone from Elton John, Leonard Cohen, Gloria Gaynor and Bronski Beat to Billy Joel, Mary Hopkins, Boomtown Rats and Soft Cell.'
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2019
Godfrey Johnson & Nicholas McDiarmid combine their dazzling pianistic skills with irresistible punches of humour and wit. The two virtuosos, each at their own piano bring you a show that excites, titillates and entertains. PianoMania debuted this May at Durban's Rhumbelow Theatre. Arts Critic, Billy Suter, wrote in his review 'Together, with minimal fuss or fanfare, they launch straight into a merry mix of entertainment that has them tipping hats to classical music as well as everyone from Elton John, Leonard Cohen, Gloria Gaynor and Bronski Beat to Billy Joel, Mary Hopkins, Boomtown Rats and Soft Cell.'
THE MOTHER OF ALL EATING Comes to POPArt Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2019
The Mother of All Eating is a satirical play that explores the debilitating culture of corruption and greed known as 'eating'.
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2019
The Mother of All Eating is a satirical play that explores the debilitating culture of corruption and greed known as 'eating'.
Jonathan Roxmouth Returnst to Jo'Burg in LENNY, ANDREW, STEVE AND ME at Pieter Toerien's Montecasino Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2019
Jonathan Roxmouth is coming home!
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2019
Jonathan Roxmouth is coming home!
XOVA Returns to South African State Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2019
XOVA production written and directed by Joseph Komani -Winner of the 2019 Standard Bank Gold Ovation Award- will show at the South African State Theatre from 11 to 29 September 2019. Xova's season at the State Theatre (Africa's biggest theatre complex) follows its competitive campaign at the National Arts Festival in July, where it won gold to top the fringe programme which featured over five hundred works in various disciplines.
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2019
XOVA production written and directed by Joseph Komani -Winner of the 2019 Standard Bank Gold Ovation Award- will show at the South African State Theatre from 11 to 29 September 2019. Xova's season at the State Theatre (Africa's biggest theatre complex) follows its competitive campaign at the National Arts Festival in July, where it won gold to top the fringe programme which featured over five hundred works in various disciplines.
NOCTURNE Comes to Alexander Upstairs
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
15 years ago, in Joliet, Illinois, a 17 year teenager accidentally runs over and kills his 9 year old sister in a '69 Buick Electra while driving home from his summer job. The event cracks his life wide open. As the unnamed narrator flees his childhood home to restart his life in a bookshop in New York City, he has nothing but old memories and new books to rebuild his world.
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
15 years ago, in Joliet, Illinois, a 17 year teenager accidentally runs over and kills his 9 year old sister in a '69 Buick Electra while driving home from his summer job. The event cracks his life wide open. As the unnamed narrator flees his childhood home to restart his life in a bookshop in New York City, he has nothing but old memories and new books to rebuild his world.
ARTIFICE With Stuart Lightbody Comes to Alexander Upstairs
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
Stuart Lightbody brings you a magic show about making connections and rediscovering wonder. In the right hands, there might just be art in artifice. Stuart shares some of his favourite pieces of magic, old and new. Winner of the Theatre Award at the FRINGEWORLD Festival in Australia (2018) and the Spirit of the Fringe Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival (2019).
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
Stuart Lightbody brings you a magic show about making connections and rediscovering wonder. In the right hands, there might just be art in artifice. Stuart shares some of his favourite pieces of magic, old and new. Winner of the Theatre Award at the FRINGEWORLD Festival in Australia (2018) and the Spirit of the Fringe Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival (2019).
THE EPICENE BUTCHER Comes to Alexander Upstairs
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
The Butcher is back! After years on the road touring this global cult hit, Jemma Kahn took a wee break to delight and astound us with her subsequent stories. But now she's dusted off her magic picture box and is ready to give The Epicene Butcher a fresh turn! The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults is back at Alexander Upstairs to satiate the demands of those who missed it and those who couldn't get enough of it. Come and see the 12th Century Japanese Buddhist story-telling tradition of 'Kamishibai' used to tell 7 startling pop stories. The show is a mash-up of manga, sex, gothic horror and mainstream popular culture using hand-drawn illustrations and luscious narration. It's a unique theatrical treat!
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
The Butcher is back! After years on the road touring this global cult hit, Jemma Kahn took a wee break to delight and astound us with her subsequent stories. But now she's dusted off her magic picture box and is ready to give The Epicene Butcher a fresh turn! The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults is back at Alexander Upstairs to satiate the demands of those who missed it and those who couldn't get enough of it. Come and see the 12th Century Japanese Buddhist story-telling tradition of 'Kamishibai' used to tell 7 startling pop stories. The show is a mash-up of manga, sex, gothic horror and mainstream popular culture using hand-drawn illustrations and luscious narration. It's a unique theatrical treat!
THE SYSTEM Comes to POPArt Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
The System is an internationally acclaimed, multi award winning show that used physical expression, miming and dialogue to tell a story about three prisoners. Happening on an empty stage with no props the story of poverty, crime riddled communities, injustice, compassionate,betrayal, friendship and values in modern day South Africa is explored.
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
The System is an internationally acclaimed, multi award winning show that used physical expression, miming and dialogue to tell a story about three prisoners. Happening on an empty stage with no props the story of poverty, crime riddled communities, injustice, compassionate,betrayal, friendship and values in modern day South Africa is explored.
Shakespeare's R&J Comes to Pieter Toerien's Montecasino Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
Pieter Toerien presents an Abrahamse & Meyer production pf Shakespeare's R&J, directed by Fred Abrahams.
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2019
Pieter Toerien presents an Abrahamse & Meyer production pf Shakespeare's R&J, directed by Fred Abrahams.
PORSELYNKAS Documentary Will Screen at The Drama Factory
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
The acclaimed underground documentary about the first Afrikaans performance art group that came about in the late 90's.The documentary was sold out at the encounters festival and toured the country going to Oppikoppie, the Winelands festival and Grahamstown Festival. You now have a rare chance to see for yourself why Stellenbosch was up in arms about this group of controversial artists.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
The acclaimed underground documentary about the first Afrikaans performance art group that came about in the late 90's.The documentary was sold out at the encounters festival and toured the country going to Oppikoppie, the Winelands festival and Grahamstown Festival. You now have a rare chance to see for yourself why Stellenbosch was up in arms about this group of controversial artists.
New Book 'The Dramas Of Life' Will Launch at The Drama Factory
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
This book of New South African plays containing 8 plays by new voices. Already these plays have made an impact - Shoes and Coups by Palesa Mazamisa has won the 2019 Naledi prize for Best New South African Script.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
This book of New South African plays containing 8 plays by new voices. Already these plays have made an impact - Shoes and Coups by Palesa Mazamisa has won the 2019 Naledi prize for Best New South African Script.
SEPTEMBIR IN SEPTEMBER Comes to The Drama Factory
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
Sjaka S. Septembir has an MA in Theatre Making and has been working in the field of physical theatre for 16 years.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
Sjaka S. Septembir has an MA in Theatre Making and has been working in the field of physical theatre for 16 years.
BWW Review: CTCB's Sublime Staging of SLEEPING BEAUTY at Artscape Opera House
by Lindsay Kruger - August 20, 2019
One could easily have mistaken the Artscape stage for the 19th century grandeur of the Bolshoi Theatre - as Cape Town City Ballet's production of SLEEPING BEAUTY was nothing short of captivating on its opening night this past weekend.
by Lindsay Kruger - August 20, 2019
One could easily have mistaken the Artscape stage for the 19th century grandeur of the Bolshoi Theatre - as Cape Town City Ballet's production of SLEEPING BEAUTY was nothing short of captivating on its opening night this past weekend.
SKOP! Comes to The Drama Factory
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2019
A gem of a theatre experience that places one back in Paris in the 1930's with it's Moulin Rouge feel. A dark, sensual cabaret that deals with love and desire. Sjaka S. Septembir's storytelling style of spoken wordpoetry is woven together with the music of Gertjie Besselsen from Mr.Cat and The Jackle. Audiences are drawn into the world by the mesmerizing performance of the artist Isabelle Grobler. Sandra Temmingh has moulded three different worlds together with her strong directorial vision. Sjaka's poetry has left a mark on Afrikaans literature- being published widely and debated in all the National Afrikaans Newspapers.
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2019
A gem of a theatre experience that places one back in Paris in the 1930's with it's Moulin Rouge feel. A dark, sensual cabaret that deals with love and desire. Sjaka S. Septembir's storytelling style of spoken wordpoetry is woven together with the music of Gertjie Besselsen from Mr.Cat and The Jackle. Audiences are drawn into the world by the mesmerizing performance of the artist Isabelle Grobler. Sandra Temmingh has moulded three different worlds together with her strong directorial vision. Sjaka's poetry has left a mark on Afrikaans literature- being published widely and debated in all the National Afrikaans Newspapers.
STUCK IN SILENCE Comes to The Drama Factory
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2019
Three woman find themselves woven together in a shared love affair. Which one of the three murdered their lover? Or did they all play their part?Adding to the tension, they are locked up in a room together and forced to confront each other, themselves and life.
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2019
Three woman find themselves woven together in a shared love affair. Which one of the three murdered their lover? Or did they all play their part?Adding to the tension, they are locked up in a room together and forced to confront each other, themselves and life.
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