Stage and Screen Stage and Screen is an online publication offering the latest Entertainment news of Productions on Stage, and on Screens.

Inaugural Winner of The Voice SA Releases Stripped, New Single Richard Stirton unveiled his first independent single release with Defeated, which is available across all digital platforms from 18 January 2019. Making his mark in the music industry as the winner of the first season of The Voice SA, Stirton releases Defeated as the first single from his forthcoming EP Naked, due for release on ...

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 ...

Debut Album for Gunshot Blue a True Reality! Joburg-based Blues Rock band, Gunshot Blue, have announced the release of their debut full-length album Until The Last Prayer, due on January 31st.  The album is currently available on pre-order. Their critically acclaimed debut EP 12 396km was released in November 2014 and just over 4 years later, fans will be excited to get their hands on ...

Indian Movie Star Arrives in South Africa for local Movie premiere. Bollywood actress, Lillete Dubey, best known for her roles in captivating movies like Best Marigold Hotel, The Second-Best Marigold Hotel, Karl Ho Naa Ho and Monsoon Wedding will arrived in South Africa earlier this week to attend the official Durban premiere of the much anticipated dramedy, 3 Days To Go… Dubey mentions that she ...

Frank Opperman gets serious again in a Role of a Modern Priest in Society. The decline in church attendance is a global phenomenon. The role of the priest in our rapidly changing world is one of the themes that lies at the heart of Dominee Tienie, a new film starring acclaimed actor Frank Opperman, who reprises on the big screen, the role he played on stage in ...

Action-adventure epic retells story of legendary South African Outlaw! One man’s bandit is another man’s champion. That is the theme at the heart of Sew the Winter to My Skin, a new film by South African director Jahmil X.T. Qubeka.  The film is a searing reimagining of the story of John Kepe, a legendary outlaw of pre-apartheid South Africa.. Hailed as a Western-style manhunt thriller, ...

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 ...

New Series on Internet Pioneers during Dot-Com Boom. Set During the 1990’s in Silicon Valley, this six-part limited series stars two-time Emmy award-winning actor Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn and Lamorne Morris, with show runner Matthew Carnahan and Executive Producer, Arianna Huffington. Creator Matthew Carnahan uses a disruptive approach to tell the true stories of these visionaries, blending doc-style interviews with real-life subjects into the scripted storylines. ...

Rarely seen behaviours come to the Small Screen in Big Cat February… Nat Geo Wild’s ninth annual big cat event packs in five new premieres over the month of February 2019, featuring surprising behaviours and inspiring stories of big cats around the world. Every year the channel shines a light on these majestic creatures to remind people of their struggle and their importance in our ...

3rd Season of Nat Geo’s Cosmos, returns with Possible Worlds. National Geographic has announced the Emmy-, and Peabody Award-winning Cosmos will return for its third season, beginning Sunday 3 March at 20:00. The program is airing as a global event on National Geographic in 172 countries and 43 languages which now includes South Africa. The 13-part series will once again be executive-produced, written and directed by ...

Entries for M-Net’s New Blind-Dating Show are Now Open! The very first Bachelor SA – superhot former Sharks rugby player, entrepreneur and international model, Lee Thompson, is not the only one who will be dating up a storm on M-Net 101 in 2019, in the hopes of finding true love. In addition to The Bachelor SA, the magic channel has conjured up a fresh and fun-filled highly original ...

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 ...

Stêr van The Voice Season 2, reik eerste enkelsnit uit. Die sanger PJ Pretorius, wat naam gemaak het tydens die tweede seisoen van die gewilde M-Net sangkompetisie, The Voice SA, het pas sy eerste enkelsnit uitgereik en beloof om iets beter te wees as wat verwag word. Dié pop-rock liefdesliedjie, wat 12 uit 10 heet, is uit die pen van Renier Bester en gaan oor ...

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 ...

Rapper Riky Rick from Rikado Replaces Khan in the New Voice’s Coaching Ranks! M-Net recently revealed that radio and TV star Anele Mdoda had been signed as the new host of The Voice South Africa. But she is not the only larger-than-life personality who will soon be setting the brand-new stage at Urban Brew studios alight in the 3rd season of this popular talent search. Multi-talented rapper and record ...

Out with Bobby and In with Riana, as the new Afrikaans Coach in The Voice SA’s 3rd Season. There’s some serious competition coming your way from another new coach in the third season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa. One of strongest female voices and most successful songwriters in the South African music industry, Christian and pop music star Riana Nel, took a seat in one of The Voice SA’s famous red ...

Lady Lira returns for Season 3 as the Longest Sitting Voice Coach in South Africa. Fans of The Voice South Africa are in for an electrifying third season. The sparks are bound to fly when new coaches Riky Rick, Francois van Coke and Riana Nel compete for talent.  To add to the star wattage, Lira is back in her old red seat, as the most capped Voice Coach in SA! As a confirmed coach ...

Francois van Coke replaces Karen Zoid as the Rocker on the new Voice’s Coaching Panel! The coaching panel for The Voice South Africa Season 3 would include three hitmakers from different backgrounds and music genres: a Flamboyant male rapper and producer, an Afrikaans gospel, country and pop darling and an Afro-chick soul diva. Missing from the mix was a rebellious rocker… and perhaps a little more testosterone.  ...

M-Net’s The Voice SA, delivers Anele Mdoda as the new Host in its 3rd Season. One of South Africa’s best-known media personalities has landed her dream job. The third season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa, will be hosted by the effervescent, always-colourful radio and television star, Anele Mdoda. Anele, a self-proclaimed super fan of the popular television franchise, took on this coveted role when the show’s Blind ...

In Fact, There is So Much More than just The #VoiceSa! On 3 February 2019, the 3rd Season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa will return after a year’s break, just after Craig Lucas and Richard Stirton were announced the Season 2 and Season 1’s winners respectively. It seems that it is M-Net’s mission to impress South Africa with a range of locally produced shows, with ...

Stand a Monstrous chance of winning tickets to this First SA Jam. With a huge thank you to the very generous Showtime Management, fans of this monster truck Juggernaut craziness in Durban, Cape Town andd Johannesburg, stand a chance to win a set to each city’s event, which includes Four Tickets for the family, as well as Tickets to the Pit Party, in the middle ...

The History and Sounds of Cape Town create this Perfect Mosaic of Musical Theatre. by Louw Mulder The wonder, awe and art of theatre is very special to the team at Stage and screen. When I visited the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town this past December, the level of specialness was magnified in such a way, that the theatre outing in its whole became one of ...

Springbok Nude Girls Meets Roxy Music! Big Concerts announced that award winning, singer-songwriter Arno Carstens is confirmed as the support act for Bryan Ferry. Arno Carstens has released 12 albums; five as lead singer of Springbok Nude Girls, one as part of electronica project Bhelltower and six as a solo artist.  He’s had over 20 top-ten singles and won 5 SAMA Awards, including Best Rock Album ...

Kompanjie Stories se Eerste Vol Fliek maak Liefde op Valentynsdag. Liewe Lisa, die debuutfilm van Kompanjie Stories, se lokprent is nou aanlyn te sien. Die film word vrygestel op 14 Februarie 2019 en kykers sal Hendrik Cronje en Elani Dekker in die hoofrolle sien. Die film Liewe Lisa is nie net die filmmakers se eerste produksie nie, maar het ook as inspirasie gedien vir die begin van ‘n nuwe produksiemaatskappy, naamlik Kompanjie Stories, met ...

Lokprent van nuwe SA Film, dra Kragtige Boodskap.

A Sparkling and Magical Year-End Treat! By: David Simmons 2018 has been a very busy year for Joburg Ballet. They have skilfully presented audiences with world class offerings, not forgetting a company of dedicated artists each embracing their own unique talents. Each production, whether a classical representation or modern enactment, has set a very high standard for dance in this country. The level of flair ...

The Must have Christmas Album this year. It is no surprise that a Christmas song is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling single ever – there is a universality to Christmas music that transcends the end of year madness and reminds us of what the season is truly about. This year, the song set to spark the Christmas spirit in South Africans, ...

You can Win the Must Have Christmas CD of the Year! With thanks to Starburst Promotions, we are giving away two copies of Helene Fischer’s new Album, Merry Christmas. This year’s Christmas Song, sets to spark the Christmas spirit in South Africans, is German artist Helene Fischer’s Merry Christmas, performed with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The album also includes fantastic duets with the likes of legends Frank ...