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YouTube Impressionist and Singer coming to Montecasino! Direct from playing the lead role of “Fanny Brice” to critical acclaim in the first ever production of Funny Girl in Paris, internationally acclaimed New York singer, actress and impressionist, Christina Bianco heads to Johannesburg this Easter to perform for the first time at Montecasino’s Teatro for two shows only. Me, Myself & Everyone Else is a highly ...

Lose Yourself in a Blizzard of Joy!

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 ...

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 ...

Strings of Soul From Sasolburg to Jozi. Conceived on the magnificent stage of Sasolburg’s Etienne Rousseau Theatre, nurtured, developed and delivered in sold-out performances at Cape Town’s Theatre on the Bay, Recuerdos, is coming to Johannesburg. This unique showcase featurs internationally acclaimed guitarist James Grace with dancers from Carli Spanish Dance Production is coming to Pieter Toerien’s Theatre at Montecasino from 26 – 30 September. With stunning underwater ...

Electrifying World Tour to Stop in Johannesburg and Cape Town! Australia’s most successful theatrical export, Dein Perry’s Tap Dogs, is coming to South Africa for a strictly limited season starting in Cape Town on 22nd August at the Grand Arena, GrandWest followed by Johannesburg on 29th August at Montecasino. The global dance sensation has appeared in over 330 cities, and 37 countries and 12 million ...

Shakespeare Saga in Jozi. After the sensational success of Hamlet in 2017, Pieter Toerien proudly presents Abrahamse & Meyer’s dazzling take on Macbeth, William Shakespeare’s shortest, darkest and most thrilling tragedy. This production comes to Johannesburg hot on the heels of its European debut at the world’s largest and most prestigious International Shakespeare Festival. Macbeth is currently being studied by Grade 12 English Additional Language as well as Grade ...

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 ...

Double Double, Toil and Trouble… With thanks to Pieter Toerien Productions, we are giving away 10 double tickets to Macbeth.  The Tickets up for grabs are for the 20:00 performance on Saturday, 1 September 2018 at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. Pieter Toerien proudly presents Abrahamse & Meyer’s dazzling take on Macbeth – William Shakespeare’s shortest, darkest and most thrilling tragedy.  This production comes to Johannesburg hot ...

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 ...

They are back in SA, and here is Your Chance to Win Tickets! With thanks to Big Concerts and the Publicity Workshop, we are giving away a double ticket to Tap Dogs.  Tickets up for grabs, are for the 20:00 performance on 29 August 2018, at the Teatro, Montecasino. Australia’s most successful theatrical export, Dein Perry’s Tap Dogs, is coming to South Africa for a strictly limited ...

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, ...

In Support of our Furry Friends! The Sandton SPCA and Johan Ungerer Signature Events are proud to announce the hosting of the very 1st Annual Sandton SPCA Variety Showcase 2018.  Temperatures are sure to soar this Winter with hot performances to remember from SA’s local talent. Celebrities and artists from the world of music, comedy, magic and dance, are joining forces for this not to be ...

“… 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 ...

Queen of the Kitchen, Now on Stage! Where do you go when you’re trying to get away from your monster mother-in-law?  If you’re Annalakshmi, then it’s a different country and a different continent altogether! Annalakshmi’s African Adventure is a hilarious musical comedy about being an Indian National taking refuge in South Africa.  This one-woman-show will take place for the first time on a Joburg stage on ...

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 ...

With compliments of Joburg Ballet, we are giving away a double set of tickets to their season of Carmen. 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. The tickets up for grabs are for the Saturday night performance at 7.30pm on 7th April ...