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Set to the be the Afrikaans rock event of the year, ROCK IN MY TAAL will take place at Carnival City on 20 May with a line-up that includes Francois van Coke, Die Heuwels Fantasties, SAARKIE, The Sweet Resistance and National Incident.

Following its unprecedented sold-out success last year, THE FALL will return to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio during youth month.

In a feat more magical than pulling a rabbit out of a top hat, the College of Magic's must-see winter extravaganza, the Imagine! Family Magic Spectacular's first two shows have sold out in record time.

Improv Comedy will be back on the Alexander Upstairs stage when The Long Shots perform at Cape Town's favourite intimate theatre venue later this month.

Four women with diverse cultural backgrounds will collaborate with their expertise in the art disciplines of poetry, music and dance to celebrate Africa Day at the Alexander Upstairs Theatre.

JULIA AND CARL AT CARNEGIE HALL is a pastiche of 1960s television variety specials, particularly those performed live in supersized concert halls by Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett.

Harold Pinter's drama, THE LOVER, will come to the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre in a production directed by Melodie Abad and performed by Sjaka S Septembir and Caroline Midgley.

ROCK IN MY TAAL promises to be the Afrikaans rock event of the year when it plays Carnival City's Big Top Arena next Saturday.

The run of the award-winning and critically acclaimed HEMELRUIM at The Fugard Theatre has been extended due to overwhelming demand.

The Dance for All InSPIRAtions Youth Company will perform UNKNOWN CHALLENGES at the Masque Theatre for one night only this May.

Winter is sure to be warmer with The Fugard Bioscope's screenings of the best of world theatre and ballet from the National Theatre, the Royal Ballet and the Globe this June.

The Baxter Theatre Centre has launched a public fundraising initiative, the 40/80 Campaign, as the iconic theatre prepares to celebrate its fortieth birthday in August.

NIQABI NINJA's Bianca Flanders took some time to answer some questions about the show, her career and the South African theatre scene in BroadwayWorld South Africa's weekly Five on Friday feature.

Cape Town's Most Wanted is set to return to Artscape Theatre for the seventh time with the best of Cape Town's 230 dancers and dance crews on the 09 - 10 June.

We are excited to announce that The Barnyard Theatre in Pretoria will be changing its name to the Rockwood Theatre and producing its own shows from the 1st of June 2017, the first being A Beautiful Noise - a tribute to Country, Folk and Acoustic Rock.

A play inspired by the 2013 terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi will play the Theatre Arts Admin Collective this May.

Following its runs at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre and the Cape Town Fringe last year, NIQABI NINJA returns for a third season in the Mother City at Theatre Arts Admin Collective this year.

Drama, improv and music will all form a part of the programme at the Masque Theatre this May.

Award-winning director Kobie van Rensburg returns to Cape Town to stage SCHANDE! | SKANDE! | SHAME! | IHLAZO!, a contemporary production created from the songs of Franz Schubert.

Lebogang Mphahlele has carved out a career for himself in the entertainment industry by performing in theatre productions and on television.

HEMELRUIM is a deeply personal and moving piece of theatre.

The Fugard's first new musical production of 2017 puts FUNNY GIRL on South African stages, and the results are delightful - with a powerhouse performance from Ashleigh Harvey as Fanny Brice, the stage, radio and film personality around whom everyone and everything in the show revolves.

Sive Gubangxa, is a South African actor on the way up.

DOWNTON ABBEY and the TWILIGHT saga collide in Charles Ludlam's spoof, THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, which will be presented in South Africa by VR Theatrical by special arrangement with Samuel French.

There may have been a thunderstorm in the Mother City today, but nobody is gonna rain on The Fugard's parade as FUNNY GIRL celebrates its opening tonight.