SOUTH AFRICA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 92

AT THE EDGE OF THE LIGHT, written and directed by Wynne Bredenkamp, is coming to Alexander Upstairs Theatre this autumn as a part of the Cape Town Fringe.

Brendon Peel will bring magic and illusion to the Alexander Upstairs Theatre and the Jolly Carp in HOCUS POCUS as part of the Cape Town Fringe this year.

THE FUNERAL, written and performed by Mpapa Simo Majolaat, choreographed by Billy Langa and directed by Phala O.

The annual Baxter Dance Festival is back for the thirteenth time, ready to wow audiences with over 64 new pieces by 73 choreographers over a period of eight days.

A powerful line-up of comedy, poetry, dazzling dance and an incredible array of musical performances will be on show in The Big Bash, a production that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Cape Cultural Collective.

udiences are in for a three-week theatre spree when the Cape Town Fringe Festival opens on 21 September.

South Africa's most distinguished pianist, Abdullah Ibrahim, will present two solo piano concerts at the Artscape Theatre this October.

F Creations is proud to announce that its trio of Shakespeare fanatics is back for a return season of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), their laugh-out-loud production for 2017.

The top three finalists of the 2017 SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition have been announced.

The Cape Town Fringe, which opens on 21 September, is 'staying relevant by going local', according to its executive producer, Ashraf Johaardien.

THE FALL returns to the Baxter for a short season this September, following its recent success at the Edinburgh Assembly Fringe Festival.

Some 700 learners in the Western Cape town of Clanwilliam will be busy over the week of the 25th to the 29th September interpreting and re-enacting a story told by the /Xam (Cape San) people who occupied the area they live in today, countless years ago.

Famed local South African producer Pieter Toerien, whose Montecasino Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, will host an encore season of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, calls this theatre piece 'the funniest play (he has) ever seen!' Directed by Alan Committie, the South African production returns for a

Artscape Theatre Centre's 2017 Heritage Festival is set to take you through a memorable journey of indigenous, contemporary and international artistic works in dance, music and jazz in celebration of our diverse cultures and identities.

The Long Shots will return to the Alexander Bar, Caf and Theatre once again this September, bringing audiences their reliably hilarious brand of improvised comedy.

The JOBURG MEETS CAPE TOWN POETRY SHOWCASE is an events progamme founded by Luxolo Ngqunge, aka Last Poet, continuing the art revolution of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, which became a tool for liberation when South Africa was still facing the life struggle of racism and apartheid.

Groundbreaking solo acoustic musician Eland Gray is back for a showcase of new material after an 8 show run at The National Arts Festival.

The Phax Trio's has announced a concert series consisting of two separate performances this September.

#ACTORSLIFE, a 70-minute drama written and performed by Estelle Terblanche, with direction by Tauriq Jenkins, will play the Alexander Upstairs this September.

The ultimate provincial magical teen battle of the year, the 2017 Western Cape Junior Magician Championships, returns to Cape Town's Bergvliet High School on Saturday 23 September 2017.

The Eric Abraham and Fugard Theatre production of KING KONG has sold out its Cape Town first run.

Lovers of prohibition era swing, jazz and blues music are invited to join Gerald Schreiner, Daneel van Der Walt, David Lubbe and the Swing Cats to drink and dance away their sorrows the old fashioned way.

Billed as 'a magnificent magic show for all ages,' ANDRE THE HILARIOUS HYPNOTIST is back at the Masque Theatre by popular demand.

The Clanwilliam Arts Project, one of the highlights of which is always the Lantern Festival that heralds the culmination of the event, is back for the seventeenth year in a row.

The seventh kykNET Silwerskermfees closed last night in Cape Town, but as Karen Meiring confirmed from the stage, it certainly will not be the last one.