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Marc and Kie visits Gold Reef City With his characteristic wild hair and grin and his rapid-fire delivery and sense of timing, Marc Lottering has earned the title of comedic genius.  It may be twenty years since he launched his career but he still continues to deliver world-class comedy.  And he’ll be bringing his unique brand of comedy and entertainment for one night only to ...

Joseph Clark Travels to Cape Town and Pretoria After incredible public demand, Joseph Clark will be in Cape Town for the first time for 5 performances only with Joseph Clark – The Music of QUEEN, after which he will travel to the Capital for 3 performances at the new Sun Arena, Time Square. Being regarded by many as the world’s number one performer doing justice to Queen’s ...

Vlismis Is Back at Pieter Toerien’s Studio! John Vlismas is 45 years old. He’s been in comedy since Democracy was born. For decades, he drank everything he could get his hands on. Then he stopped all that and decided that he would be better off reading quietly, building his tattoo collection and being a better father. In between these important things, he still watches the ...

Roxmouth is Lewis in Great Balls of Fire Fresh from his success as Che in the international tour of Evita, Jonathan Roxmouth sets the stage on fire as Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire. Audiences can expect the hits that shaped a generation played by Jonathan at the piano and a flaming hot six-piece band. All-time favourite hits include Great Balls of Fire, ...

Royal Moscow Ballet Returns to Johannesburg. It’s been said that attending a ballet is a truly magical event, an emotional and enchanting storytelling journey that will leave you feeling exhilarated. The “Crown of the Russian Ballet”, proudly presented by Edouard Miasnikov and the acclaimed international theatre company, the Royal Moscow Ballet, will be returning to Johannesburg for 2 days only at the Theatre of Marcellus ...

Joburg Theatre’s Hit Returns in the Same Year, with a new Shug Avery! Producers Joburg Theatre and Bernard Jay announced that The Color Purple would be extending its run on The Mandela Stage at Joburg Theatre for Women’s Month in August 2018. Popular actress and vocalist Lelo Ramasimong, who achieved a great personal success playing the role of Darlene in The Color Purple in February, ...

The Darling Hits Cape Town! After a sold-out season at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Studio, the newest Pieter-Dirk Uys show will be presented at the Fugard Theatre in August 2018. Sometimes politics repeats itself, not only taking history and turning it into farce, but taking farce and turning into the fake news which is now called entertainment. Pieter-Dirk Uys is sorting out 40 years of distress, ...

Roxmouth is Back by Popular Demand, with an even Bigger Show! For Four Performances Only, one of South Africa’s most versatile Musical Theatre Stars, Jonathan Roxmouth, takes to the magnificent Teatro stage to perform all your favourite Broadway hits – accompanied by a full 55-piece orchestra! Presented by Pieter Toerien, and featuring the cream of South Africa’s musicians and performers, Jonathan Roxmouth – The Musicals in Concert is back, ...

Alfred Adriaan’s Debut One-Man Show comes to Life. Five time Comics’ Choice Award Nominee, Alfred Adriaan brings his debut one man show Dating Life to the Studio Theatre at Montecasino. Alfred Adriaan is an accomplished South African comedian with international comedy experience and has just recently returned from a club tour in New York city. He is also known as the lead actor in the the KykNet ...

Free she was born, and free she will die! Founded in 2011, Sempre Opera, in collaboration with Joburg Theatre, is proud to announce its upcoming production of Carmen by George Bizet on The Mandela Stage for four performances only on Sunday 3rd, Tuesday 5th, Friday 8th and Sunday 10th June. Seville, Spain.  A gypsy is determined to live life on her own terms – whatever her fate may be. The passionate triangle of the world-wise gypsy woman, the jealous ...

A Glittering Double Bill from Joburg Ballet this Winter. From the diamond brilliance of classical ballet to the sweep and surge of contemporary dance, Joburg Ballet returns for its second 2018 season at Joburg Theatre with Fire and Ice, a glittering double bill, for ten performances from Friday 29 June to Sunday 8 July. The company offers a range of affordable tickets throughout the season, including half ...

She’s back…hairier than ever… The much loved comedies about a dysfunctional Portuguese family, with more dirty secrets between them than the mafia, returns to the stage. This one woman, 6 character show played by the award winning Sonia Esgueira, and directed by Heinrich Reisenhoffer has been one of the longest running one man shows in SA, to critical acclaim. “Porralicious 4, is a hilarious new show featuring ...

“… You fall in love with each one…” by Kosie Smit If you told me three years ago that I would be building puppets for AVENUE Q, I would not have believed you and would have laughed nervously. I have an extensive Scenic and Lighting background, and have been producing theatre for almost two decades. On the odd occasion I would agree to build creative ...

Exclusive Gala For Ballet Fans at Montecasino – For One Show Only! Fresh from a spectacular season of Carmen – The Ballet at Joburg Theatre last month, Joburg Ballet makes its debut at The Teatro at Montecasino with an unmissable gala on Saturday 19 May at 3pm. Brimming with world-class entertainment, the company partners with some of SA’s top singers to bring audiences Joburg Ballet ...

Weyers Prinsloo Colab hits Cape Town Stage. The Fugard Theatre’s star-studded production of Athol Fugard’s The Road to Mecca has been extended due to an overwhelming response and universal critical acclaim. The play will be presented at the Fugard Theatre until 12 May and bookings can be made at Computicket. Eric Abraham presents this Fugard Theatre production in honour of this iconic playwright’s 85th year, who marked this ...

Comedy-Horror for Cape Town. Nominated for three WoordTROfees awards at this year’s University of Stellenbosch Woordfees, The Demon Bride will be unleashed on the Fugard Studio Theatre from 8 May. Eric Abraham presents this production in association with US Woordfees. The Demon Bride is the latest play from multiple award-winning playwright and director Louis Viljoen, who is also the Fugard Theatre’s Writer in Residence. The play was nominated for the WoordTROfees ...

The South African premiere of Joshua Harmon’s Broadway hit! From the writer of the West End smash hit comedy Bad Jews, which enjoyed sold out runs in Johannesburg and Cape Town, comes a Fugard Theatre production of Joshua Harmon’s Broadway success Significant Other. Eric Abraham presents a Fugard Theatre production and South African premiere of Significant Other. The play opens on 30 May in the Fugard Theatre and is directed ...

Avenue Q to Pull the Puppets off their strings. In 2004, on Broadway, against all the odds, a little show called Avenue Q snatched 3 Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Score and Best Musical from a monster hit, Wicket. This year, VR Theatrical and Kosie Smit are proud to present that triple Tony Winner to Johannesburg Audiences. The Broadway production was described as ‘equal ...

Wonderful Wizzard of Musicals, Set to Dazzle at NSA’s Festival of the Arts. The National School of the Arts is proud to showcase their bright young talented performers during their annual NSA Festival of the Arts, running from Tuesday, 6 March, to Sunday, 11 March 2018 on the various NSA and Joburg Theatre stages. Featuring a diverse program of youth focused productions, the NSA Festival of the Arts, formerly known as Festival of Fame, is set ...

Ashley Dowds stars in stage adaptation of thrilling 1987 film Do you remember the thrilling 1987 box office hit film Fatal Attraction, starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close? Now you have the chance to see it live on stage in the South African premiere produced by Pieter Toerien in arrangement with Robert Fox and Patrick Ryecart. This story of obsession and revenge explores how a ...

Puppet mayhem comes to Montecasino… Ventriloquist: A person, especially an entertainer, who can make their voice appear to come from somewhere else, typically a dummy of a person or animal. What would Conrad Koch and Chester Missing talk about if they didn’t constantly discuss politics and race? In his latest show offering, Puppet Guy, Conrad Koch – the man often mistakenly called ‘Chester’ – goes ...

The Fugard Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company Present Kunene and the King Eric Abraham presents a Fugard Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company co-production of Kunene and the King, the new play by John Kani. Kunene and the King, comes to The Fugard Theatre in April 2019, hot off its world premiere at The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. This moving and funny two-hander ...

Another First for South Africa in 2018 Big Concerts and A Live Nation Company have announced that Cartoon Network Live! will be coming to South Africa for the very first time over the winter school holidays. This brand new live show will be coming to Cape Town from 26th June 2018 at the Grand Arena, GrandWest and Johannesburg from 3rd July 2018 at Montecasino. Cartoon Network, 947, KFM ...

More Mark Madness At the Pieter Toerien Studio. Comedy icon, Mark Banks returns in an all-new show with a difference. In a time when there are solo stand-up shows flooding the market, Mark has written this reflective piece of brilliance that shares true-life comedy moments for his life. Starring out-of-towners, celebrities, business figures, politicians and other interesting South Africans – all recounted by a modern ...

Multiple award-winning star Desmond Dube joins cast of Fugard’s acclaimed King Kong. Multiple award-winning actor and popular TV and film star Desmond Dube has joined the cast of the Fugard Theatre’s hit production of the iconic South African musical King Kong.  Dube has stepped into the central role of Pop in the production, which is currently playing at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town, having been ...

Sizzling start to Joburg Ballet’s 2018 season! Casting announced for leading roles Joburg Ballet opens a bumper 2018 year in sizzling style when the company brings South African choreographer Veronica Paeper’s production of Carmen to Joburg Theatre for ten performances from 6 to 15 April. Joburg Ballet will perform to live orchestral accompaniment for the first time in many years, when the launched Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) ...

Seeing is Believing – First SA appearance for Dynamo! He’s walked on water across the river Thames, levitated in front of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro and walked down the outside of the L.A times building; he’s predicted the Soccer World Cup outcome and taken a trip on the side of a bus. This global television star, international brand ambassador, author and stage ...

Hedwig to WOW Joburg after Rave Reviews in Cape Town. Brilliantly innovative, heart breaking, and wickedly funny, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a landmark musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask that is “ground breaking and undoubtedly ahead of its time” (Entertainment Weekly). This genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing musical sensation, with its pulsing score and electrifying performances, tells the story of one of the most unique characters ...

Hilarious Hypnotist Celebrates 25 Years on Stage. There’s no better way to chase away the January “back to work” blues than by enjoying one of South Africa’s funniest entertainers, Andre The Hilarious Hypnotist as he returns for a limited season to Montecasino’s Studio Theatre from Friday 19th January – Sunday 25th February 2018. Andre The Hilarious Hypnotist celebrates a record breaking 25 years on stage as South Africa’s very own convener of the ...

Alan Committie returns with his Brand New and Hilarious Stand up Show. Planet Mirth is a funny look at everything…in HD! It’s the start of a new year which means it’s time for SA funnyman Alan Committie to bring us another hilarious look at the world around us…. In this, his 20th one man comedy show, Committie presents a docu-comedy in the highest definition and promises everything ...