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Back and Fresh from his recent International stint in Phantom of the Opera….  With thanks to Pieter Toerien Productions, we are giving away 5 double tickets to the 20:00 performance of Lenny, Andrew, Steve and Me on Friday, 13 September 2019 at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. Pieter Toerien presents Jonathan Roxmouth in Lenny, Andrew, Steve and Me – an evening celebrating the music and lyrics of theatre ...

Jonathan Roxmouth is coming home! For the first time since his sold-out concert series at the Teatro at Montecasino a year ago, one of South Africa’s favourite leading men is to return to Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre for a very limited time between seasons behind the mask as the title character in the international tour of The Phantom of the Opera. Pieter Toerien presents Jonathan ...

A Somewhat Unusual Twist, to an old-age Classic. Pieter Toerien is proud to present to thee, they Abrahamse and Meyer production of thou Shakespeare’s R&J. Joe Calarco’s award-winning Shakespeare’s R&J re-imagines Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers as two adolescent schoolboys in a Catholic boarding school during the 1950s. Their love for one another becomes the ultimate forbidden love in an austere, repressive all male milieu. Four pupils ...

Hilarious new South African play about Tinder-dating to hit the boards. From the producers of the award-winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Rock of Ages, VR Theatrical is proud to present their latest local offering, The Dead Tinder Society.  In a story of love, loss and sex on the N1, The Dead Tinder Society grapples with finding the poetry in the pandemonium of seeking ...

Come see the intense Equus for yourself! With thanks to Pieter Toerien Productions, we are giving away 10 sets of tickets to Equus, currently running at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. When teenager Alan Strang’s pathological fascination leads him to brutally blind six horses in a Hampshire stable, psychiatrist Dr. Martin Dysart is tasked with uncovering the motive behind the boy’s violent act. As Dysart ...

A Raw, yet Intense Manipulation for the love of the Stage. by Louw Mulder During the last 12 odd years, I have written ample reviews about entertaining theatre shows that effortlessly tell the story, requiring no effort from the patron to understand the subject matter. But this is certainly not the case with Peter Shaffer’s Equus, which I saw this weekend at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Piano Play by Rocco de Villiers 2018 is Rocco’s year of the emerald! In 2018 popular pianist Rocco de Villiers celebrates 20 years of blood, sweat, tears and survival as a piano player in South Africa. The 20thanniversary gemstone is the emerald. As part of his celebration Rocco will be wearing green for the entire year. In 1998 he released his first solo instrumental album, Screen ...

Rocco de Villiers stel Kort Broek Album bekend! Die bekroonde en uiters begaafde pianis, Rocco de Villiers, is terug met ’n splinternuwe popalbum, wat nie net vir die eerste keer spog met ’n Afrikaanse titel nie, maar ook beloof om luisteraars se voete na die dansvloer te lok. Kortbroek, langkouse is die musikant se veertiende instrumentale album en bou voort op die unieke klavierstyl, eiesoortige komposisies en ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Electric and Flamboyant Jolt of Rock and Raunch! by David Simmons Gate69 together with VRT theatrical theatre have once again unravelled this very bold and gutsy story on stage and this time around it is here in Johannesburg. Introducing complex characters to an audience can be a daunting task especially when the themes presented are strong, expressive and at times brutal. However, it is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alan Committie returns to Jozi with some funny Matters Joburg audiences can once again enjoy their annual dose of favorite funnyman – Alan Committie – in his brand new solo stand-up show Laughing Matters. After a sold out festive season in Cape Town at the end of 2016 this show finally arrives at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre from the 18th of October! Once again Committie ...

Rocco de Villiers Returns to Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre Following the success of the first Amazing Grace in April 2016 at Montecasino and December 2016 at Theatre on the Bay, popular pianist Rocco de Villiers is back with the sequel – Amazing Grace 2, a brand new repertoire. This concert is a follow up, not only of his previous show, but also inspired by a ...

Eight Characters, Two Actors… and Irma Vep… By Louw Mulder You see the posters, two of South African Theatre giants in drag. You get convinced to go see this show, just because of VR Theatrical’s reputation. Half way through the first act, you think, “What am I watching”. At the end, when the actors take their final bow, you are saying: “I have to come ...