Marc Kay and Rowan Bartlett in Rapunzel.
IF you have little ones and are wondering what to do with them in the holidays, then I suggest you head down to the Rhumbelow Theatre in Cunningham Avenue, Umbilo, Durban for the Actors Unemployed Company’s latest offering: Rapunzel.
The show stars Marc Kay, Tessa Tjasink and Rowan Bartlett and is directed by Adam Dore. Continue reading
The Fleur du Cap winners.
THE winners of the 51st annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were announced at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town on Sunday, March 20.
The biggest winners on the night were Samsa-masjien which won five awards and Orpheus in Africa, which took home four. Continue reading
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SUN International’s Sibaya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom has teamed up with makers of the acclaimed Great Moscow Circus and Great Euro Circus in Australia to bring AUSSIE: The Australian Circus Spectacular to KwaZulu-Natal in March for the school holidays, as part of its nationwide tour of South Africa. Continue reading
Grant Almirall in Singin’ in the Rain.
CAPE Town’s Baxter Theatre is hosting the 51st Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards from 6pm on Sunday, March 20. The Awards are presented for distinguished acting, directing, design and technical abilities in theatre. Continue reading
Masande Ntshanga. Photo: Simiato
As part of its Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series, the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) will present a range of local and international speakers in the month of March – including novelists, choreographers, theatre-makers and academics. Continue reading
Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet.
THE Fugard Theatre on the corner of Caledon and Lower Buitenkant Streets in District Six, Cape Town, will be giving theatre fans another chance to see Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet on March 20 and 21 at 11 am and 4 pm. Continue reading
Rosalie Craig and Joe Bannister in As You Like It. Photo: Johan Persson
The next production in the National Theatre Live series at Cinema Nouveau is William Shakespeare’s delightful comedy of love and change, As You Like It.
Filmed for cinema broadcast during the live production at the Olivier Theatre in London, the screen version releases on Saturday, March 19 at Cinema Nouveau theatres countrywide for four screenings. Continue reading
Hero (Spokazi Poswa) and Claudio (Vuyolwethu Tshambula)
An innovating telling of one of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies, Much Ado About Nothing, will be staged at the Durban University of Technology’s Courtyard Theatre in Durban from March 14 to 18, before heading off the Germany as part of an innovative global exchange/research programme to honour the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Continue reading
Don’t miss Superchop at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban
Review: Superchop – Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus
REALITY shows – love them or hate them – are today a staple of television channels the world over, but in Liam Magner’s Superchop he takes the format to hysterically funny new places.
The satirical comedy show is the latest production from the multi-award winning Neon Anthems. It is written and performed by Van Heerden and directed by Liam Magner. Continue reading
AFTER working with pupils on a scene from Arthur Miller’s powerful play, The Crucible, drama teacher, Diana Wilson, was so impressed with their efforts she started to think about staging the full play at Epworth School in Pietermaritzburg.
“They did the scene so well and I was so excited about what I was seeing that I thought their would definitely be something in it if we did the play,” Wilson said.
The Epworth girls will be performing alongside a talented group of Hilton College boys in The Crucible, which is being staged in The Haley Hall, from Monday, March 14 to Thursday, March 17 at 7pm. Continue reading
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