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Schock Winner Cecilia Rangwanasha to Be One of Cape Town Opera's SPARKLING YOUNG STARS at Oude Libertas by BWW News Desk
- November 11, 2017 Soprano Cecilia Rangwanasha, who recently won second place, and the audience prize at the Philip Schock Singing Competition, will perform in Cape Town Opera's SPARKLING YOUNG STARS event at the Oude Libertas Amphitheatre this December. This will be the climax of a terrific year for Rangwanasha, who also won the ATKV Muziquanto competition in September and second prize at the UNISA National Voice Competition in July.
THE MAGIC FLUTE to Cast Its Spell at Artscape This Summer by BWW News Desk
- November 10, 2017 A young cast of outstanding singers from Cape Town Opera and the University of Cape Town Opera School will usher in summer with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most joyful and uplifting masterpiece, THE MAGIC FLUTE.
Internationally Acclaimed Guitarist James Grace Brings Spanish Music and Dance Show RECUERDOS to Theatre On The Bay by BWW News Desk
- November 10, 2017 Internationally acclaimed and award-winning South African based guitarist James Grace will appear at Theatre on the Bay for the first time this November. Grace will play the music of composers such as Granados, De Falla and Rodrigo in RECUERDOS, an all-Spanish guitar and dance programme that also features dancers from Carli Spanish Dance Productions.
Artscape Empowers Artists With Skills by BWW News Desk
- November 09, 2017 Artscape Theatre Centre is gearing to celebrate the achievements of artists who underwent various accredited training courses through the Artscape Resource Centre, at a certification ceremony to be held on the 10th November 2017 at 13:00.
Roelof Colyn and James Smith to Headline Return of A HANDFUL OF KEYS to Pieter Toerien's Theatre at Montecasino by BWW News Desk
- November 08, 2017 Launched in 1994 as a co-creation between Ian von Memerty and Bryan Schimmel, A HANDFUL OF KEYS has played to more than 420 000 people in over 1450 performances over the last 23 years. Now, thanks for countless requests from the public, South Africa's most successful musical revue ever returns for a six-week season at Theatre on the Bay.
Voting Now Open For the 2017 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards! by BWW News Desk
- November 07, 2017 The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF COMEDY at the Boardwalk Convention Centre in Port Elizabeth this December by BWW News Desk
- November 07, 2017 Port Elizabeth - In medieval times, a jester was employed by a nobleman or monarch to entertain him and his guests. The heavyweights of South African comedy are by no means jesters, but they certainly do entertain Catch the Kings & Queens of Comedy at the Boardwalk Convention Centre in Port Elizabeth on the 9th of December, 2017 for a show of hysterical proportions.
South Africa's Premier Integrated Arts Platform To Celebrate People With Disabilities by BWW News Desk
- November 01, 2017 South Africa's premier Integrated Arts Platform will present a display of collaborative artistic works by artists with mixed-abilities (With and without disabilities) and from mixed genres (Music, Dance, Drama, Visual Art, etc.) in celebrating the International Week for People with Disability to be held from 28 November 02 December 2017 at Artscape Theatre.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Extended At The Fugard Owing To Overwhelming Demand by BWW News Desk
- November 01, 2017 The all South African production of the West End smash hit comedy SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE has been extended owing to overwhelming demand to 25 November at the Fugard Theatre. Extra matinee performances have also been added at 16:00 on Sundays.
TINA: SIMPLY THE BEST to Debut in Durban This Festive Season by BWW News Desk
- October 31, 2017 From the company that brought you international hit tribute shows such as The Greatest Love of All - The Whitney Houston Show, The Michael Jackson HIStory Show and Queen: It's A Kinda Magic, comes a brand new live show that is set to rock you all the way back to the 1960s.
Alexander Upstairs Presents THE CHAMPION Next Month by BWW News Desk
- October 31, 2017 Highly acclaimed, The Champion is an award-winning production that tells the story of a young man who grapples with the legacy of an absent father and a mother who is a grass widow. Much of the play centres on the conflicts and contradictions inherent in and the insights delivered about his mother's life choices.
Alexander Upstairs Presents Mae Sithole's 'Music Revolution' by BWW News Desk
- October 31, 2017 Mae Sithole has graced stages from the Grahamstown National Arts Festival, Dakar - Senegal, HIFA (Zimbabwe) to Nice - France, and her home country Zimbabwe. In Cape Town, Mae has performed at the Alma Cafe, the Barleycorn Music Club, the Armchair Theatre, the Blah Blah Bar and the Alexander Bar.
CONFESSION SESSIONS Comes to Alexander Upstairs Next Month by BWW News Desk
- October 31, 2017 In a dystopian South Africa, even the superheroes are dysfunctional. When friends, colleagues and family come together to mourn and remember slain Superhero Eskombuso, we find out more about them too. Confession Sessions is hilarious, moving, and scarily familiar; an original mockumetary-style theatre piece.
New Afrikaans Drama DIE DANS VAN DIE WATERMEID to Open at the Baxter Theatre by BWW News Desk
- October 30, 2017 Amee Lekas's DIE DANS VAN DIE WATERMEID, which means 'the dance of the water maiden,' which only existed on paper at the first editions of Kunste Onbeperk's script market, Teksmark, in Cape Town last year, will soon come to life as a fully-fledged production at the Baxter Theatre Centre.
Classic Agatha Christie Murder Mystery THE UNEXPECTED GUEST Now On Stage at The Masque Theatre by BWW News Desk
- October 29, 2017 Presented by the Claremont Dramatic Society, the classic Agatha Christie murder mystery THE UNEXPECTED GUEST is currently on stage at The Masque Theatre in Muizenberg. This mysterious whodunnit comes to life under the direction of local favourite, Lynn Moss, who recently directed ABIGAIL'S PARTY for The Masque Theatre Players.
Annual DANCERS LOVE DOGS Onstage at Artscape this November by BWW News Desk
- October 29, 2017 This year's DANCERS LOVE DOGS will take place at the Artscape Opera House at 19:30 on 1 November, aiding the mass sterilisation of animals in crisis. The hilarious comedian Alan Committie will once again open the show, which is an annual highlight on the Western Cape's dance calendar.
Cape Dance Company Returns to Artscape with INTERPLAY this November by BWW News Desk
- October 28, 2017 The Cape Dance Company, under the artistic direction of Debbie Turner, returns to Cape Town's Artscape Theatre in November 2017 with INTERPLAY. After a successful season at the National Arts Festival, the company is delighted to present this season comprising two programmes of works that reflect the diversity of the company and its broad repertoire.
Sandra Prinsloo to Star in MOEDERTAAL at The Fugard Theatre this November by BWW News Desk
- October 28, 2017 Sandra Prinsloo will star in MOEDERTAAL at the Fugard Studio Theatre for a limited season starting 14 November. Presented by Naskrif Produksies, the production comes to the Fugard Theatre off the theatre festival circuit, where it played to full houses and standing ovations.
Stage Adaptation of Film Favourite THE BIRDCAGE to Play the Masque Theatre by BWW News Desk
- October 28, 2017 THE BIRDCAGE, the movie that brought a political scandal into a Miami drag club to create a raucously hilarious comedy about an unorthodox family, is being brought to life at the Masque Theatre in Muizenberg.
Hit Show THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Returns to Theatre On The Bay by BWW News Desk
- October 28, 2017 Having played debut South African seasons in both Johannesburg and Cape Town and with an encore season in the City of Gold already under its belt, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is guaranteed to leave audiences in the Mother City aching with laughter when the production returns to Theatre on the Bay this November.
Art Rock Soundscape DIRGE Comes to Alexander Upstairs by BWW News Desk
- October 27, 2017 DIRGE, an hour-long improvised, instrumental art rock soundscaping performance, with Helo Samo Frank Lunar and Caitlin Mkhasibe, will play the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre this November.
Five on Friday with Masali Baduza of NASTY WOMXN at the Alexander Upstairs by David Fick
- October 27, 2017 Cape Town-based actress Masali Baduza is passionately in love with theatre and film. Right now she is working with The Furies, a collective whose focus is creating space and opportunities in the theatre industry for marginalised womxn, on NASTY WOMXN, and she took some time out to chat with us for this week's Five on Friday.