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Starry Cast for Athol Fugard’s Masterpiece for the Fugard’s 10’th Birthday! A star-studded cast has been announced for a new Fugard Theatre production of Athol Fugard’s masterpiece Master Harold…And The Boys which marks the start of the Fugard Theatre’s 2020 season and tenth birthday year. Presented by Eric Abraham and The Fugard Theatre’s Master Harold…And The Boys will run in the Fugard Studio Theatre from ...

These Kinky Boots are made to kick some closed-minded butt!  by Betty Bangles   Daaaahlings! I took a trip down to Cape Town and with lots of thanks to The Fugard Theatre and Stage and Screen, I got to see Kinky Boots, and now I have something to say…. I first saw Kinky Boots two years ago on Broadway and fell in love with the ...

Runaway High Heel Hit Extended… For the Final Time Just two weeks into its South African premiere run, The Fugard Theatre’s production of multiple Tony-Award winning musical Kinky Boots has been extended. Bookings are now open for performances until 27 October. Presented by Eric Abraham and The Fugard Theatre, this is the first non-replica production of the show, and a brand new, South African original production of ...

By Popular Demand, Pieter-Dirk Uys returns to the Fugard. Pieter-Dirk Uys’ newest show, When in doubt say darling, sold out as it opened at the Fugard Theatre in August this year, creating an unprecedented demand for tickets. The show returns to the same venue on 27 November by popular demand. At a time when a casual greeting or embrace can be seen as racist or harassment, ...

Sold out show  returns to the Fugard Theatre in November by popular demand! Pieter-Dirk Uys’ newest show, When in doubt say darling, sold out as it opened at the Fugard Theatre on 8 August, creating an unprecedented demand for tickets. With a growing waiting list for the current season that ends on Saturday 25 August 2018, the Fugard Theatre has now opened bookings for a return season ...

Enchanting Romantic Comedy back by Popular demand in CT! The award-winning South African premiere production of the enchanting romantic comedy Shakespeare In Love returns to the Fugard Theatre due to overwhelming demand. It will be performed at the Fugard Theatre from 14 August 2018. Eric Abraham presents this Fugard Theatre production of Shakespeare In Love which was a runaway success last year, playing to sold out houses and ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Fugard Theatre’s ‘memorable masterpiece’ returns to Cape Town in March 2018 The Fugard Theatre has announced the full cast for the final return South African season of the critically acclaimed West Side Story that opens at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town on 7 March 2018. The exceptional Lynelle Kenned (Orpheus in Africa, Blood Brothers, Showboat) will reprise the role of Maria for which she won the Fleur du Cap for Best Actress in a Musical in 2016.  Tony, the leader ...

Sandra Prinsloo stars in one-woman play at The Fugard Moedertaal, starring Sandra Prinsloo, will be presented by Naskrif Produksies at the Fugard Studio Theatre for a limited season from 14 November to 2 December 2017. The production comes to the Fugard Theatre off the theatre festival circuit where it played to full houses and standing ovations. Written and directed by Nico Scheepers, Moedertaal is the next instalment in Sandra Prinsloo’s trifecta of one-woman plays ...

A reawakening of South Africa’s rich history by David Simmons Let’s reflect for a few moments and take a brisk walk down memory lane. It’s 1959 Johannesburg. Sophiatown is a melting pot of culture, vibrancy and not forgetting the impenetrable sounds of Jazz. People come and go, the streets are bustling in true 1950’s style and the gossip at the local bus station imbues a ...

The Fugard Theatre brings acclaimed production of iconic musical KING KONG ‘home’ to Joburg Over half a century since the world premiere of the original production of King Kong – The Musical, Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre bring this legendary and iconic musical ‘home’ to Johannesburg. The run comes hot off the Cape Town season, which is currently playing to five star reviews, rapturous responses and sold-out houses ...

Fabulous Funny Fanny at the Fugard by Louw Mulder It is not the first time I have had the privilege to review a Fugard Theatre Production, but it is the first time I am writing about a production performed at the Fugard Theatre. Being in Cape Town is always an experience for a Gautenger like me, and to see a professional musical like Funny Girl  ...

A Majesitc, Memorable, Magnificent Musical By Louw Mulder In the mid-nineties, in the middle of my high school career, I took a fieldtrip to the Sand du Plessis Theatre in Bloemfontein to see my first ever musical, West Side Story. Not only was I bowled over by the magic a stage production can enchant, but also the decisive factor was, that it made me fall ...

STELLAR CAST ANNOUNCED FOR THE FUGARD THEATRE’S SMASH HIT MUSICAL WEST SIDE STORY After receiving rave reviews across the board from critics and audiences alike, Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre’s grand-scale, smash hit, all South African production of West Side Story will be presented at the Mandela Theatre at the Joburg Theatre by popular demand from 24 January 2017. West Side Story ended a staggeringly successful, sold-out run at ...