TQ Zondi as the Prince in ‘Once Upon A Fairy (Not the Adult Panto)’. Photo: Sonneke Kacel
THE world’s best known fairy tales get a – very adult – make-over in the festive froth and frolics that is Once Upon A Fairy (Not the Adult Panto).
Written and directed by Thomie Holtzhausen, with music arrangement by Jaziel Vaugh’ann, the show runs from November 17 to January 15 at Altitude, 25 Silver Avenue, Durban. Continue reading
Lynelle Kenned and the young actors and actresses playing the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music at the Playhouse.
The Playhouse Company is set to delight theatre-goers in KwaZulu-Natal with its festive season staging of The Sound of Music, which opens in the magnificent Playhouse Opera Theatre on November 24 and runs until December 30.
This fresh, sparkling, new production will be directed by award-winning theatre director and actor, Ralph Lawson. Continue reading
The Karou Charou (Beauty and da Charou with Beauty Ramapelepele and Kama Sutra 1 and 2), brings his latest production, Hot & Spicy to Wild Coast Sun on November 13. Continue reading
Known for producing hilarious, nostalgic comedy, Dingalings Productions brings a brand new show to Sibaya’s iZulu Theatre in November, 50 Ways to Lose Your Lover.
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Just when you thought the cultural calendar in Joburg was calming down, November brings the 5th Women’s International Theatre Festival. Running from November 4, the event offers a fresh feast of theatre and performance, with 13 plays, two dance pieces, daily film screenings and an evening of music – all work that celebrates women in theatre.
The cast of KickStArt Theatre Company’s Into the Woods which is running at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban. Photo: Val Adamson
KickStArt Theatre Company has been rewarded with 54 nominations in this year’s The Mercury Durban Theatre Awards. The ceremony will be staged at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Howard College campus at 7.30pm on Monday, November 21. Continue reading
Cinema Nouveau will be screening the landmark of 20th century musical theatre, The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann, as part of the National Theatre Live series.
This new production was directed by Rufus Norris for the National Theatre on London’s South Bank and filmed live at the Olivier Theatre. Continue reading
TQ Zondi (behind) and Mpilo Nzimande in Feedback
TWO of my favourite young actors, TQ Zondi and Mpilo Nzimande, will be performing in Feedback at The Theatre-St Anne’s College at 7.30pm on Friday, October 28.
This Hexagon Theatre production, directed by Peter Mitchell, is a fantastical murder mystery that, in the peculiar logic of playwright Andrew Buckland, becomes a hilarious, poignant, lyrical and quirky piece of physical theatre. Continue reading
The Barnyard Theatre at Gateway in Umhlanga is celebrating the send of 2016 with a production which pays tribute to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Hollywood Walk Of Fame, which features music from the movies, runs until December 31. Continue reading
Mark Mulder and Annie Robinson star in Tarty Flowers!
Mark Mulder and Annie Robinson star in Tarty Flowers!, directed by Paul Spence, at 7pm on October 20 and 22 in the Centenary Centre at Michaelhouse in Balgowan. Continue reading
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