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Where rhythm speaks every language… From London and Paris to Las Vegas and New York STOMP makes music with brooms, matchboxes, hands and feet, poles, chairs, sinks, basketballs, newspapers and more, climaxing with the exhilarating trademark bins routine, where metal trashcans become drums and dustbin lids become combat shields. The encore engages the audience in a call and response that proves rhythm is a universal ...

Casper de Vries Kry ‘n Hoedjie in this year’s Panto. Joburg Theatre and independent theatre producer Bernard Jay are delighted to begin the countdown to Panto Season, with this year’s return of Jack and the Beanstalk to The Mandela Stage at Joburg Theatre. Acclaimed writer, director and South Africa’s queen of pantomime Janice Honeyman will once again tell the story of poor country boy Jack, ...

I do believe in Fairies, I do, I do.. Even On Ice, Peter!! The world’s premier theatrical ice skating company, The Imperial Ice Stars, returns to South Africa with a brand-new show Peter Pan on Ice this December, as presented by Pieter Toerien. Take a journey to Neverland in this classic tale of magic and make-believe, spectacularly staged on real ice. Showcasing 23 former World, European and ...

Don’t Dream it, Come Believe It. Pieter Toerien and Howard Panter presents the legendary Musical Extravaganza, The Rocky Horror Show, coming to Cape Town later this year, and Johannesburg early in 2020, with Craig Urbani as the infamous Dr Frank’n’Furter, Kate Normington as the Narrator, with Rocky being played by Jarryd Nurden. Recently announced by Pieter Toerien Productions, is that record-breaking actor playing the infamous ...

Rhythmic tapas for the soul! El Rincon Flamenco, the Johannesburg-based Spanish dance company, is to stage a glittering dance extravaganza, Esencia Flamenca, at The Lesedi (formerly known as The Fringe and Tesson Theatre), Joburg Theatre, from May 30th until June 2nd. This heady cocktail of passion, drama and rhythmic tapas for the soul is guaranteed to lift the spirit and have you toe-tapping in your ...

Joburg Ballet brings Classic Ballet to the Montecasino Teatro. After a triumphant début season at The Teatro, Montecasino in December, Joburg Ballet returns to the popular venue with its sparkling production of Snow White – The Ballet from Thursday 30 May to Sunday 2 June, for five performances only. Inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairytale of a girl whose beauty drives an evil queen to ...

Marc Lottering’s latest stand-up show. Lottering arrives at Monte fresh from his maiden trip to Thailand.  What happens in Phuket, does not stay in Phuket.  He has brand new stories to tell, from frantic snorkeling to fashionable depression. Marc Lottering is one of South Africa’s top comedians, and celebrates 21 years in the business.  This production comes to Johannesburg, hot of his recent appearance in ...

Audition Calls for Schools and Choirs. Following the incredible success of SHINE 2018, Born To Perform are excited to announce the show will be re-staged at The Teatro at Montecasino from 13th – 15th September for four performances only. Born To Perform is a platform to give young performers opportunities and experiences in the arts, whilst allowing self-development and personal growth through the love and passion for music. In 2018 they played to sold-out audiences ...

Stephen Sondheim Magical Musical at Monte! Into the Woods is a sleek and sexy beast of a musical. It is in turn moody and magical as well as witty and wise, providing the kind of intellectual and emotional satisfaction, and the kind of exhilarating theatrical experience that you would expect from Stephen Sondheim, the creator of musical masterpieces such as Sweeney Todd and West Side ...

Puppet mayhem returns to Montecasino… South Africa’s most famous puppet, Chester Missing, and his sidekick, ventriloquist, Conrad Koch, return to Montecasino once more, almost a year after their last performance, in their internationally acclaimed show, Puppet Guy. Including world-class ventriloquism, an array of hilarious puppet characters as well as audience participation, Koch and Missing are up to mischief; sure to surprise and delight theatre-goers again ...

Killer Hit Musical Chicago Returns to Razzle Dazzle SA! A nightclub singer, a double-murderess, a smooth-talking lawyer and a cell block of sin surrounded by the razzle dazzle of the world’s sexiest musical returns in 2019! You’ve got it Comin’ as the story of the award-winning Broadway and West End Musical Chicago unfolds to show-stopping songs including ‘All that Jazz’, ‘Cell Block Tango’ and ‘Mister Cellophane’.  The multi-talented all-South ...

Peter Shaffer’s iconic psychological thriller coming to Montecasino. Equus stars Graham Hopkins as psychiatrist Dr Martin Dysart and Sven Ruygrok as 17-year-old Alan Strang – a stable boy who has been arrested for blinding six horses with a metal spike. With its controversial nude scene and simulated sex act, Equus still causes quite a stir amongst theatre goers wherever it is performed around the world. Most recent being a production starring Harry ...

Monster Jam® thunders into SA for the FIRST TIME EVER!! American-based Feld Entertainment and leading local promoter, Showtime Management, in association with SuperSport and regional radio media partners East Coast Radio, Kfm 94.5 and JacarandaFM are bringing Monster Truck Juggernaut Monster Jam® to South Africa for the first time ever in 2019, debuting at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban on Saturday, 20 April followed by Cape ...

Silverstar Casino – Prepare yourself! Krugersdorp is in for a treat as the very best of Joburg comedy descends on Silverstar Casino for a celebration of all things funny in The Joburg Comedy Invasion on 29 March. From the producers of “The Big 5 Comedy Show”, Taylor Made Productions brings you their newest comedy concept with a line-up that is a non-stop laughter fest as the comics touch ...

New York’s Les Ballets Eloelle to perform in Joburg and Cape Town. Technical brilliance, tongue-in-cheek humour and a passion for classical and contemporary ballet, is Men in Tutus, soon to be seen on stage in Johannesburg at the The Teatro, Montecasino, and the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town. Male ballerina is usually a term used in error made by a rookie arts writer. However, Les Ballets ...

New Pop-Up theatre opens in Sandton The famous Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Balalaika Sandton celebrates its 70th Birthday this year. It was the only hotel seventy years ago in Sandton and the original venue that hosted live entertainment fifty years ago has now created a Pop-Up Theatre called Live at the Balalaika. This Pop-Up Theatre, has a prime location in the hub of the Sandton Precinct and is opposite ...

Royal Moscow Ballet to tour Southern Africa. Russian cultural impresario, Edouard Miasnikov, has announced the 2019 tour of the Royal Moscow Ballet to South Africa, presenting three pieces: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture: Fantasy, the third movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.6, Pathétique and excerpts from Carl Orff’s scenic cantanta, Carmina Burana. Royal Moscow Ballet has toured successfully around the globe presenting more than a thousand ...

Fall under the spell of Joburg Ballet’s romantic classic A classic fairy-tale of evil defeated and love triumphant, Joburg Ballet opens its 2019 season with a new production of The Sleeping Beauty, staged by former British ballerina Maina Gielgud, from Friday 29 March 2019, to Sunday 7 April 2019, at Joburg Theatre. Set to Tchaikovsky’s sweeping romantic score, played live by the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, ...

Get ready for laughter and rhyme with Dr Seuss! Directors Jill Girard and Keith Smith are delighted to get this 2019 Children’s Theatre year, at The Peoples Theatre, underway with a bang, bringing children, parents and all those with a love of joy and laughter together, for a rollicking theatre experience with the fabulous Broadway show Seussical the Musical Jr. Previews begin on 4 March ...

Cape Town Academy brings Sarafina to the Mother City. The Rainbow Academy Class of 2018 is proud to present the award winning South African hit musical Sarafina! Sarafina!, an ode to the lives of our fallen youth, who through their struggle, fought for equality in education during the 1976: Soweto youth uprising, is the ideal vehicle to showcase the immense talent amongst some of the best and ...

Pieter Toerien’s Studio Theatre to be hypnotised again! André, the Hilarious Hypnotist celebrates a record breaking 26 years on stage as South Africa’s very own convener of the strange, weird and wonderful, having discovered his hypnotic calling after watching a performance of the late Max Collie in action. Having studied drama, teaching and with a background in psychology, André immediately became hooked at the promise of ...

Gate69 to once again host World Famous Drag Queen. As one of the UK’s top female impersonators, Ceri Dupree has been delighting audiences in Britain and around the world for almost 30 years. Aside from writing and producing his own shows, his extensive musical theatre credits include Hello Dolly, The Wizard of Oz and The Rocky Horror Show.  He famously appeared at Madame Jo Jo’s in London’s West End ...

Alan Committie cast in Shakespear’s Richard III. Shakespeare’s historic dark comic tragedy, Richard III, which will be presented at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre from 7 February to 9 March 2019, is directed by Geoffrey Hyland and starring award-winning actor, Alan Committie in the title role. Committie was recently seen in The Fugard Theatre’s production of David Mamet’s hard-hitting two-hander OLEANNA, and award-winning Shakespeare director Hyland returns to Maynardville after the ...

Creator of Langarm adapts hilarious comedy for S.A premiere. Eric Abraham and The Fugard Theatre present the South African premiere of Happy New Year, a hilarious, heart-warming rom com, adapted by South African icon David Kramer from the hit, award-winning play Midsummer (A Play With Songs), by David Greig and Gordon McIntyre. Happy New Year will be presented from 19 February 2019 in The Fugard Studio Theatre and bookings are ...

Stories van hoop en groei in kykNET se nuwe reeks. Om in die oomblik te leef beteken nie slegs om doelbewus in die hier en nou te wees nie, dit beteken ook om bewus te wees van die hoofstuk én seisoen waarin ons ons tans bevind. In die Oomblik is ’n nuwe kykNET-reeks wat op 6 Januarie om 2019 om 09:30 begin en waarin ons deur ander ...

Agatha Christies’ best loved murder play comes to Montecasino. The scene is set when a group of people gathered in a guest house, Monkswell Manor and cut off by the snow discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst… Who can it be?  One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at last, in a nerve-shredding moment, the identity and ...

Marc Lottering sasays onto the stage in Cape Town and Joburg! Popular comedian, Marc Lottering’s most beloved alter ego, Aunty Merle Abrahams sashays onto the stage for the first time in Johannesburg with Aunty Merle, The Musical, after a Christmas and New Years run in Cape Town. Written by comedian, Marc Lottering and directed by Lara Foot, the show has received four Fleur du Cap nominations and has ...

Adaptation of a Christmas Classic back by Popular Demand! VR Theatrical expands to collaborate with various artists under the banner Crewworks, to bring to the stage Charles Dickens’ Evergreen tale of redemption, A Christmas Carol, with Jason K. Ralph as Scrooge, and Naret Loots as Everyone-one-Else, in this 2-hander adaptation by Elizma Badenhorst. Bah, Haumbug! The famous exclamation of Ebenezer Scrooge will be heard this ...

Trio of Guitarists sets to Thrill South Africa. A brand new, exciting fusion of guitar sounds is about to take South Africa by storm – kicking off in the cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town in March 2019. Guitar Wizards is a concept, created by Corneille Hutten of the award-winning international, but proudly South African, Guitar Duo CH2. The idea is to fuse various Guitar styles ...

International Frank Sinatra hit show to tour SA in March 2019! Frank Sinatra, one of music’s great icons, is all set to ignite the South African stage in 2019 in a dazzling big band international show, Sinatra and Me, featuring celebrated British performer, Richard Shelton who has been described as one of the world’s finest Sinatra interpreters.  Shelton is an award-winning actor and singer and his show comes ...