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Armed with a ukulele and a touch of wit, South African comedian and radio broadcaster, Phil de Lange, presents his debut solo show, THE PHIL SPECTRUM, at the Alexander Upstairs this June.

The Long Shots are back at the Alexander Bar with their quirky and hilarious long form improv style! It's all made up on the spot…Come and see a series of improvised scenes and stories inspired by audience suggestions.

Cape Town's families are invited to escape the blistering cold into a fantastical world of magic as the College of Magic once again proudly presents its popular winter school holiday event, the 2017 Traditional Children's Magic Festival.

Having played a short April run at Cape Town's most intimate and friendly fringe theatre, the Alexander Upstairs, THE BOOK DETECTIVES returns to the central Cape Town venue for two performances prior to a National Arts Festival run at the end of the month.

WHAT REMAINS, the new play from multiple award-winning writer Nadia Davids, will come to Cape Town hot off its premiere at the main programme of the National Arts Festival.

In this week's Five on Friday, BroadwayWorld South Africa chats to THE FALL's Ameera Conrad about what the show means to her, the highlights of her career and the current state of South African theatre.

Theatre for Africa will hold two preview performances of RAIDERS OF THE CARIBBEAN and one of CATTLE DRIVE at the Rosebank Theatre this June, prior to the shows' seasons at the National Arts Festival which starts at the end of the month.

This Sunday, 11 June 2017, Athol Fugard celebrates his 85th birthday and the Fugard Theatre will mark this occasion with an all South African, star-studded production of his acclaimed play THE ROAD TO MECCA.

When Disney On Ice's newest show entitled The Wonderful World of Disney On Ice plays South Africa this winter holiday, audiences will be delighted to see local husband and wife performers, Johannesburg-born Konrad Giering and Pretoria-born Yolande Giering, skating within the company.

JUST A SONG AND A DANCE, a new cabaret directed by Blythe Stuart Linger and starring Sharyn Seidel and Dara Beth, will premiere at the Alexander Upstairs Theatre this month.

BRYAN MILES: LIVE will play two performances at the Alexander Upstairs Theatre this June.

People often forget is that hubris walks hand-in-hand with nemesis, and Louis Viljoen shines a spotlight on this particularly damning walk of shame in his latest play, THE EULOGISTS, which features a top-notch performance by Emily Child.

Over half a century since the original production, the Fugard Theatre's forthcoming, brand new production of the legendary South African musical KING KONG is fully cast, with rehearsals commencing on 12 June.

Paul Slabolepszy's latest play, SUDDENLY THE STORM, swept up three awards from its six nominations at the Naledi Theatre Awards in Johannesburg last night, scooping the coveted award for Best New South African Script for Slabolepszy, as well as the awards for Best Theatre Set Design (Greg King) and

Kiroshan Naidoo, who is currently appearing in THE EULOGISTS at The Fugard, took some time out to talk to BroadwayWorld South Africa about the show and the South African theatre scene in this week's Five on Friday.

RENAISSANCE, written and directed by Wessel Pretorius and performed by Len-Barry Simons, Jazzara Jaslyn and David Viviers, is coming to Alexander Theatre Upstairs this June.

An innovative set of partnerships between South African music organisations and the Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall will bring a series of exciting workshops, performances and residencies to South Africa in June.

The chair of the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards panel held three sessions in Cape Town yesterday outlining the scope, rules and processes of the awards programme that takes place on an annual basis in the Mother City and its surrounds.

Zip Zap Circus will be bringing a fun-filled performance to the Artscape Lunch Hour Concert on 6th July from 1pm - 2pm.

Pieter Toerien and David Ian will present a South African season of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical, EVITA, in directed by Broadway legend Harold Prince.

Grade 12 Dramatic Arts pupil, Bianca Lakey, is one of many young people who has visited ASSITEJ's Cradle of Creativity in Cape Town over the past week.

Calling all parents, all parents-to-be, all people who know parents, all people who want to be parents or just fans of comedy!  Chris Forrest brings his side-splitting one-man show, Who's Your Daddy, to Cape Town for the first time from the 24th July to 6th August 2017 at the Kalk Bay Theatre.

Nominated for six Naledi Theatre Awards, the Market Theatre's production of Paul Slabolepszy's SUDDENLY THE STORM will have its Cape Town premiere at the Baxter Theatre Centre during Youth Month.

Believe in magic and you will find it .

There is something indescribable about returning to Gate69, the glitzy dinner theatre venue that opened less than a year ago in central Cape Town.