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Interview: Jonathan Walker-Kane of TELL ME ON A SUNDAY at Avalon Auditorium (formerly The Fugard Theatre)


by Michelle B Lewis - April 26, 2024

We spoke to the founder of The Endellion Theatre Company, JONATHAN WALKER-KANE who has directed prolifically over the past 3 decades, touring with a wealth of productions in the UK. The Andrew Lloyd Webber hit TELL ME ON A SUNDAY is his first production in South Africa....

Review: TELL ME ON A SUNDAY at the Avalon Auditorium Is a Musical Journey of Self-Discovery


by Jaime Uranovsky - April 25, 2024

Most of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musicals comprise a large cast and elaborate sets. TELL ME ON A SUNDAY is different: this understated, one-woman musical tells the story of Emma, a Brit who journeys to America to find a man and who ends up finding herself along the way....

KING GEORGE Comes to Theatre on the Square This Month


by Stephi Wild - April 09, 2024

Brent Palmer’s award winning urban drama, KING GEORGE, comes to Theatre on the Square from 23rd April to 4th May 2024. ...

South African Stars Align In Musical Extravaganza At Artscape In Support Of The Kolisi Foundation


by A.A. Cristi - February 16, 2024

South African stars unite in 'FINDING THE LIGHT - AN EVENING WITH MUSICAL THEATRE STARS' at Artscape in support of the Kolisi Foundation. Join Jonathan Roxmouth, Lucy Tops, Lynelle Kenned, Tshepo Ncokoane, and more for this musical extravaganza....

Cape Town Opera Launches 2024 Seasons And 25th Anniversary At Jubilant City Event


by Stephi Wild - December 08, 2023

Last night, Thursday 7 December 2023, Cape Town Opera announced 2024’s highly anticipated seasons and remarkable 25th anniversary milestone at a jubilant event held at D-Core Art Gallery in the city....

West End and South African Theatre Team Up For a Musical Event at Artscape Opera House


by Stephi Wild - September 28, 2023

The FTL Foundation will assemble London’s West End and South African musical theatre Stars to take to the Artscape Opera House for a 2-hour Musical Theatre Event. Learn more about this performance here!...

EDUCATING RITA Comes to Theater on the Bay


by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2023

Tally Ho! Productions will present its new production of Willy Russell’s classic comedy, EDUCATING RITA....

Tally Ho! Productions Presents Its New Production of Willy Russell's EDUCATING RITA


by A.A. Cristi - June 08, 2023

Tally Ho! Productions will present its new production of Willy Russell's classic comedy, EDUCATING RITA....

World Premiere Of Damon Galgut's THE PROMISE Comes to the Stage


by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2023

In what promises to be one of the most thrilling theatre highlights of the year, the stage production of Damon Galgut's Booker Prize-winning novel, THE PROMISE, will have its world premiere in Cape Town this September....

EMBODY YOU to Play The Drama Factory in May


by Blair Ingenthron - April 23, 2023

The award-winning dancer-choreographic duo Grant van Ster and Shaun Oelf alongside their company Figure of 8 Dance Collective is coming to the Drama Factory Theatre sold-out dance work titled, EMBODY YOU....

Past Shows

Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots
6/11 - 2/2/2020


Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots was first brought to life on the big screen in 2005 before being transformed into a hit musical, winning ...

MOEDERTAAL
MOEDERTAAL
11/14 - 12/2/2017


Written and directed by Nico Scheepers, MOEDERTAAL is the next instalment in Sandra Prinsloo's trifecta of one-woman plays that began so beautifully with DIE NAAIMASJIEN ...

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
10/7 - 11/19/2017


An all South African production of the West End smash hit comedy SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE comes to the Fugard Theatre in 2017 with the best ...

DIE REUK VAN APPELS
DIE REUK VAN APPELS
10/17 - 11/11/2017


DIE REUK VAN APPELS, based on the acclaimed 1993 debut novel of South African author Mark Behr, is the coming-of-age story of Marnus Erasmus, the ...

KING KONG
KING KONG
7/25 - 9/2/2017


Eric Abraham and The Fugard Theatre present KING KONG, which tells the story of heavyweight fifties boxing champion Ezekiel Dlamini whose self-appointed ring name was ...

CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS SOUTH AFRICA COMEDY BENEFIT SHOWCASE


Clowns Without Borders South Africa is celebrating their tenth anniversary with a once-off Comedy Benefit Showcase at the iconic Fugard Studio Theatre. Featuring the comic ...

THE MOTHER
THE MOTHER
2/7 - 3/4/2017


Anna-Mart van der Merwe will star in the South African premiere of Florian Zeller's companion piece THE MOTHER, directed by Janice Honeyman for the Fugard ...

THE GOLDEN AGE


Screened as part of the 2017 Fugard Bioscope World Arts Cinema Season, from the Bolshoi Ballet. In a seaside town where business and mafia are ...

KING LEAR
KING LEAR
2/12


Screened as part of the 2017 Fugard Bioscope World Arts Cinema Season, from the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). King Lear has ruled for many years. ...

CYMBELINE
CYMBELINE
2/5


Screened as part of the 2017 Fugard Bioscope World Arts Cinema Season, from the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Cymbeline is a ruler of a divided ...

BAD JEWS
BAD JEWS
12/13 - 1/14/2017


After the death of their grandfather, Poppy, a family heirloom propels cousins Daphna and Liam into a domestic battle of honour, faith and heritage. The ...

A VOICE I CANNOT SILENCE
A VOICE I CANNOT SILENCE
6/7 - 7/2/2016


A VOICE I CANNOT SILENCE is written by Greg Homann and Ralph Lawson. It is a moving and empathetic personal examination of life as portrayed ...

BENCH
BENCH
8/28 - 8/31/2013


BENCH, a hilarious comedy-drama, tells the story of two colorful and clumsy thieves, Hendry and Dwain played by Adrian Collins and Brent Palmer, who also ...

50 SHADES OF BAMBI
50 SHADES OF BAMBI
8/6 - 8/24/2013


Bambi Kellermann is Evita Bezuidenhout’s younger sister. She is the chalk to Tannie’s cheese. Stripper, sex worker and grande horizontal who graduated from the University ...

NIK RABINOWITZ
NIK RABINOWITZ
6/4 - 6/8/2013


Nik Rabinowitz is back with an all-new show that takes the Pistorius out of everything (from the donkey in your burger to the crocodiles of ...

SANTA'S STORY
SANTA'S STORY
5/15 - 5/26/2013


SANTA'S STORY returns to the Fugard Studio following a successful run at the Old Mutual Theatre on the Square in Johannesburg. Santa's Story is a ...

CHAMP
CHAMP
4/5 - 5/4/2013


Presented by Artscape and the Fugard Theatre, and directed by Greg Karvellas, Louis Viljoen's wicked new play CHAMP will be re-staged at the Fugard Studio ...

MASTER HAROLD... AND THE BOYS


Produced by Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre, Athol Fugard’s masterpiece "MASTER HAROLD"... AND THE BOYS will open in the Fugard Studio Theatre on the ...

KAT AND THE KINGS
KAT AND THE KINGS
11/24 - 3/9/2013


The Fugard Theatre's production of David Kramer and Taliep Petersen`s Award-Winning West End and Broadway Smash Hit Musical KAT AND THE KINGS is back for ...

DIE LAASTE KARRETJIEGRAF
DIE LAASTE KARRETJIEGRAF
1/25 - 2/23/2013


DIE LAASTE KARRETJIEGRAF is a story about the Karretjie People and a tribute to the heritage of the direct descendants of South Africa’s first inhabitants. ...

Videos


THE SIN DRINKERS in South Africa THE SIN DRINKERS
Baxter Theatre (4/23 - 5/11)
MAMMA MIA! in South Africa MAMMA MIA!
Teatro at Montecasino (4/12 - 5/26)
Dude! Wa's My Phone? in South Africa Dude! Wa's My Phone?
Artscape (6/4 - 6/8)
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