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Simon & Garfunkel gets a classy makeover with 8-piece cast who all play musical instruments. Fall in love with Simon & Garfunkel all over again in this dynamic, and uplifting musical journey through more than 20 classic hits! Everyone knows the songs of Simon & Garfunkel and between 31 Jan and 8 March, you will be able to hear them all live at Pieter Toerien’s ...

Montecasino to host the new Mzansi Production in January. The South African International Ballet Competition, funded by the National Lotteries Commission, is happy to announce the staging of the new production of The Queen Show, a celebration of ballet and dance to the timeless music of Queen. The production will be staged by Mzansi Ballet. This new production will run at the Pieter Toerien Theatre ...

Alan Committie returns to Jozi as a Class(y) Clown Popular South African funnyman, Alan Committie, is back at Montecasino after a long hiatus in which he did some seriously dramatic work including playing the title role in Richard III at Maynardville Open air theatre in Cape Town. But now it’s back to Comedy and another installment of examining the foibles and madness of being alive ...

Contagious Theatre Stages new Production in Montecasino. Contagious Theatre has delighted audiences across the country with their sensitive, evocative depiction of the Paul Gallico classic, The Snow Goose – and now visitors to Montecasino can experience the magic of this timeless production at Pieter Toerien’s Studio Theatre. Gallico’s story of a lonely recluse and a young girl, and the surprising friendship that blossoms between them ...

Your Chance to win Tickets to this infamous British Piano Duo in Johannesburg.   With thanks to Pieter Toerien Productions, we have 10 sets of tickets to give away for the Worbey & Farrel’s Rhapsody performance, on Thursday, 7 November at 8pm. In this brand-new show following sell-out tours in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the internationally acclaimed duo brings their unique touch to the world’s greatest music. ...

Brittish Piano Duet set for Limited Two Week Run at Montecasino.  Worbey and Farrell are a British piano musical comedy duo comprising of Steven Worbey and Kevin Farrell – internationally acclaimed concert pianists with a wicked sense of humour. They have played with the world’s leading symphony orchestras, achieved over a million hits on YouTube, and entertained in over 150 countries around the globe with their ...

Funnyman Voss stages exciting brand-new, one-man-show. Benny Bushwhacker, aka Ben Voss, continues his successful national tour of his brand-new, one-man-show and will soon be heading to Gauteng to delight Joburg and Pretoria audiences. Benny Bushwhacker : Human Nature will be on stage at The Studio Theatre at Montecasino from Thursday, 3rd – Sunday, 20th October for a strictly limited season. Benny Bushwhacker : Human Nature ...

I am responsible for my part in the Story that is being told… by Louw Mulder Earlier this year, it was Peter Shaffer’s Equus, followed by Family Secrets, a play by Enrico Luttmann, currently on stage, that presented Joburg audiences to the talent of Cape Town based actor, Sven Ruygrok in both these productions. Hailing from Cape Town, I thought of getting to know this ...

This VR Theatrical Production, will definitely not be a Sound of Silence… Here’s to you… an opportunity to win tickets to get on this Simon & Garfunkel journey down Memory Lane, all the way to Graceland, passing the Bridge over Troubled with Water. With thanks to the Producers, we are giving away 10 double tickets to the 20:00 performance, on Thursday, 4 July 2019 at ...

Get to see Enrico Luttmann’s translated play, before it ends on June, 30th.   With thanks to Pieter Toerien Productions, we are giving away 10 Double tickets to the 20:00 Performance of Family Secrets, on Wednesday, 26 June 2019, at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. Pieter Toerien has scooped the English language premiere of Family Secrets for South Africa, starring Dorothy-Ann Gould and Sven Ruygrok, directed by ...

Simon & Garfunkel gets a classy makeover with 8-piece cast. Fall in love with Simon & Garfunkel all over again in this dynamic, and uplifting musical journey through more than 20 classic hits! Everyone knows the songs of Simon & Garfunkel and between 5 and 28 July, you will be able to hear them all live at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. Expect to hear all ...

A Contemporary Italian Play, is no Secret Any More.   Fresh on the heels of the much-talked about Equus, Pieter Toerien once again presents Sven Ruygrok in the Enrico Luttmann play, Family Secrets, to be staged in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Ruygrok will be staring in this production, alongside Dorothy Ann Gould, who herself does not need any introduction. It has been quite some time ...

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 ...

A Musical Piece You Don’t Want to Miss… With Compliments of Pieter Toerien Productions, we are giving away 11 double tickets to the performance of Into the Woods to be staged on Friday, 8 March 2019 at 19:30 at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. Into the Woods is a sleek and sexy beast of a musical. It is in turn moody and magical as well as witty and ...

Stand a Chance to Win your Tickets here, but #KeepTheSecret. With thanks to our friends at Pieter Toerien Productions, we are giving away 11 Double Tickets to the 20:00 Performance of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, on Thursday, 24 January 2019, on stage at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino theatre, in this Casino Complex situated in Fourways. The scene is set when a group of people gathered ...

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 ...

Acclaimed Theatre will take to the stage in Montecasino. With thanks to Pieter Toerien Productions, Stage and Screen will be giving away tickets to the Curious Incident, at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre.  We have 10 sets of tickets for the 20:00 performance on Wednesday, 14 November 2018. Fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at math, while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He ...

VR Theatrical’s new Mini-Musical comes to Johannesburg.  Stephen Sondheim, arguably the greatest living exponent of the Musical Theatre said: “Musicals aren’t written. They’re rewritten.” The Musical Theatre is the most collaborative of all the performing art forms made up of a rich tapestry of lighting and sound, costumes and special effects, music and lyrics, spoken text and choreography among various other elements. VR Theatrical commissioned ...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at math, while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. When Christopher falls under suspicion for killing his neighbour’s dog, his detective work to identify the true culprit, takes him on ...

Nik Rabinowitz is back at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. After the successful recent run of his one-man show in Cape Town, and turning 40, comedian Nik Rabinowitz decided that the best location for his midlife crisis would be Fourways. Please don’t tell him that 40 is the new 30, it’ll only confuse him further. How do you balance family, aging, government anxiety and Trump fears? ...

See Roxmouth as Jerry Lee Lewis! With thanks to Pieter Toerien productions, we are giving away 5 double tickets to Great Balls Of Fire.  The tickets up for grabs are for the 20:00 performance on Friday, 20 July 2018, at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. Fresh from his success as Che in the international tour of Evita, Jonathan Roxmouth sets the stage on fire as Jerry Lee ...

Innovative Theatre Showcasing More than Meets the Eye by Louw Mulder Avenue Q… there’s actually so much to say about this production, currently on stage at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. It’s a puppet show, but it’s an adult play, it’s a superbly composed musical, but it is also a presentation of the fact that South African Theatre is ready to take the next steps ...

Koch’s most fun show to date! With huge appreciation to the producers, Stage and Screen are giving away five sets of tickets to The Puppet Guy, for the performance on Wednesday, 16 May 2019 at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Studio. In his latest show offering, Puppet Guy, Conrad Koch – the man often mistakenly called ‘Chester’ – goes back to the lighter side of comedy ventriloquism. The show, brought ...

“… 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new show about forgetting, forgiving, remembering, faking, making-up and doing. Here we have a fun-filled entertainment show with Pieter-Dirk Uys and other darlings. 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, disguise and disgust: from apartheid ...

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 ...