JOIN Durban theatre legend, Anthony Stonier, for Showstoppers, a new music revue heading to the Rhumbelow Theatre in Durban from Friday, July 28 to Sunday, July 30. Continue reading
West Side Story
Fleur du Cap Awards: honouring theatre excellence
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
Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards: Rewarding great shows and performances
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
Durban theatre rocks at the 2015 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards
Lyle Buxton and Jessica Sole in a scene from KickStArt Theatre Company’s Shrek The Musical. Photo: Val Adamson
Ralph Lawson and Clare Mortimer in A Voice I Cannot Silence at the 2015 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. The play, directed by Greg Homann, is based on the life, stories and poems of Alan Paton. (Photo: CuePix/Sithasolwazi Kentane)
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2015 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards especially Greg King and Stephen Stead of KickStArt Theatre Company, the gifted talent that is Neil Coppen and exceptional actress, Clare Mortimer. Continue reading
Take a journey on a magical, musical, carpet ride at the Hilton Arts Festival
THIS year’s Hilton Arts Festival, which runs at Hilton College from September 17 to 20, has a feast on offer for those who love music revues and cabaret shows. Continue reading
West Side Story heading to Jozi after Cape Town success!
After receiving rave reviews in Cape Town the smash hit local production of West Side Story will now be moving to Jozi. The show will be presented at the Mandela Theatre (Joburg Theatre) in August and September by popular demand. Continue reading
West Side Story opens in ten days at Artscape
A grand production of the musical West Side Story, opens at the Artscape Opera House on July 23. Presented at Artscape by Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre, West Side Story, is the musical masterpiece created by Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim based on an original conception of Jerome Robbins. Continue reading
New shows heading to Cape Town
Theatre-goers in Cape Town are in for a treat courtesy of these new shows heading to the city.
West Side Story will run from July 23 to August 23.
Perhaps the best musical ever written – West Side Story – explodes onto the Artscape Opera House stage in the winter of 2015. This Eric Abraham and Fugard Theatre production is brought to you by the award-winning creative team behind the smash hits The Rocky Horror Show and Cabaret.
Wie’s Bang vir Virginia Woolf? can be seen from July 28 to August 8.
Starring Sandra Prinsloo and Marius Weyers, Saartjie Botha, in association with the Fugard Theatre, will present an Afrikaansversion of Edward Albee’s drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Fugard Theatre.
The Fugard Theatre is in Caledon Street, corner of Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town. Tel: 021 461 4554.
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