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Forte Academy of Performing Arts presents another show stopper. Music Legends is a tribute show with medleys featuring some of the best hits of al time.  These song favourites, including ABBA, Queen, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, etc, have been placed together to create the most entertaining and enjoyable evening featuring the performers of #FAPA. Showing off some skilled and coached vocal ...

A Beautiful Noise launches Rockwood Theatre in Pretoria The first show to be staged at the newly Rockwood Theatre by this dynamic team is A Beautiful Noise – a long awaited tribute to country, folk and acoustic rock singers who have been making waves and influencing the music industry over many decades. For nearly a century, this genre of music has been topping charts not only in America, but globally making artists ...

The Purrrfect Pantomime Adventure From the producer of Shrek The Musical and twelve sold-out award winning pantomimes, KickstArt Theatre brings you Puss in Boots, a swashbuckling spectacular for the whole family. Live on The Lyric stage from Friday, 30 June until Sunday, 23 July 2017, this rendition of Puss in Boots is an original adaptation of the well-known fairytale. Set on a mystical, magical Caribbean island, Puss in Boots is a laugh-a-minute and features great ...

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  ...

Add-Life Produksies se nuwe Panto bring kleur en klank deur Coen Jacobs Sprokiesverhale met hul elemente van woude, kastele, waters en koninkryke is al vir duisende jare deel van elke kultuur, veral stories wat op die verhoog in soveel vorms vertel word. Een van die bekendste sprokies, Doringrosie; Die slapende Skone, het pas geopen as die derde Afrikaanse pantomime deur Add-Life Produksies, na die sukesvolle ...

HAMLET returns to South Africa for limited Runs in Cape Town and Joburg before heading off to the USA After playing to 5 star reviews and standing ovations at the National Arts Festival and in Europe, Pieter Toerien proudly presents a limited season of Abrahamse & Meyer’s internationally acclaimed Hamlet at Montecasino in May! The Abrahamse & Meyer production takes its inspiration from one of the earliest recorded ...

A Play where Organised Chaos is Perfected By Louw Mulder The scene is set. It is opening night of the Northriding Polytechnic Drama Society’s production of Murder at Haversham Manor. The actors in this play are dedicated, loyal, and also very excited to perform. Everything is ready, the lights go out, the director makes his opening speech, and then everything just goes wrong. Stomach-spasm laughter ...

Revised casting for La Traviata – The Ballet New productions – Big  City, Big Dreams & Snow White – announced for 2017 Guest artists Juan Pablo Ledo from Buenos Aires and Daniel Szybkowski from Cape Town City Ballet join Joburg Ballet’s dancers in the casting line-up for the company’s 10-performances of La Traviata – The Ballet at Joburg Theatre from 31 March to 9 April. Due to the departure of Dayana Acuna ...

Pieter Toerien presents the Funniest Comedy Ever on Stage! In the words of Pieter Toerien – “The Play that Goes Wrong is the Funniest play I have ever seen!” Joanna Lumley came out a recent London performance and said: “We laughed until the tears ran down our faces! It has to be seen!!!” What’s on Stage said “It’s as though The Mousetrap has been taken over by Monty ...

Lost Male Music Legends come alive through their Greatest Hits This spectacular tribute show is headlined by West End and Broadway star and international recording artist MiG Ayesa, alongside fabulous local talents, Connell Cruise, Kurt Herman and John Tsenoli In celebration ofher 25th Anniversary in the Entertainment Industry, Collett Dawson of The CoLab Network launches a series of concerts entitled Gone too Soon – shows that will pay homage ...

A Sensory Symphonic Sensation Building on the success of their dynamic collaboration in 2016, the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra Company joins forces once again with Born To Perform for three shows only in A Night with the Stars at The Lyric Theatre at Gold Reef City from Friday 19 – Sunday 21 May in the celebration of vibrant young talent. The Johannesburg Youth Orchestra Company (JYOC) is a full symphony orchestra and is without doubt, one of Jozi’s ...

A One-Man Memoir with Pieter-Dirk Uys After sell out seasons in Cape Town in 2016, Pieter-Dirk Uys brings his acclaimed one-man memoir The Echo of a Noise to Johannesburg! Having performed alone on the stages of the world for well over seven thousand times, Pieter-Dirk Uys has learnt that every show is the first and the last performance – because each audience demands and gets ...

The Full Morty and Live Jukebox double up on the fun in one weekend. After highly successful seasons of both their hit shows The Full Morty and Live Jukebox and the demand to bring the shows back, Ginger Cube Productions are doing just that and giving audiences a double dose of fun over one weekend with the re-staging of both shows – for one night ...

Back by HUGE demand from 1 February! Alan Committie – the star of the hit show DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN – has decided that after 941 performances of the record-breaking comedy, it’s time to take a fresh look at relationships in 2016… With a comic, honest and sometimes even touching examination of couples, our “Caveman” Committie will continue to explore the mad differences between men and ...

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 ...

Sherlock Holms and the Curse of the Queen’s Diamond An Unrecorded Case, By Royal Request; A Ridiculously Funny Comedy! Simply Magical! Written by acclaimed playwright, Robert Fridjhon, comes a very funny and absurdly inventive tale of the one case the British Empire never wanted mentioned, or written about. Ever. Starring award-winning Robert Fridjhon, whose impressive list of theatrical credits include Pythonesque, Travels with My Aunt, ...

Ideal family entertainment during the December holidays at Roodepoort Theatre For those staying in Joburg over the December holidays and looking for ideas of how to entertain the children – there is no better way than by taking them to see The Big Bad Musical, on stage at Roodepoort Theatre from for a short season from 15 – 23 December. The Big Bad Musical is a smart, wickedly funny and ...

The original Defending the Caveman will end the year at Monte Casino and The Victory Theatre. Considered one of South Africa’s best solo comedies, Defending the Caveman explores the complexities of romance and relationships with truthful hilarity. Through his Caveman, Plewman ensures his audience spend the show in stiches but walk away with something to think about. Plewman has an uncanny knack for capturing his audience, and whether ...

Award-winning musical for the whole family this December Beautiful Creatures in association with Blu Blood are excited to announce the return of the award-winning children’s stage production, Beautiful Creatures, at the Theatre of Marcellus, Emperors Palace from the 8th to the 18th December 2016. Following on the huge success of their shows in 2010 and 2011, this fun, educational and interactive 60-minute show is back by popular demand and features some ...

Hit Musical returns from 10 November, starring Nadine as the Narrator! Pieter Toerien & The Really Useful Group present this Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sparkling family musical, which returns to Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre from 10 November 2016 to 29 January 2017, due to huge popular demand. Retelling the Biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colours, this magical musical is packed ...

Elke mens wil elke dag hê dat sy lewe lekker moet wees, maar as ons moet wag vir ‘n maer lyf, baie geld en eerlike politici om ons Kaap weer Hollands te maak, dan gaan ons lank wag. Marion Holm se voorstel is om vir niks te wag nie, maar self jou eie lewe gelukkig te maak:  maak jou Kaap weer Holms.  Chris Vorster is ...

Joburg Ballet marks 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in remarkable production of literature’s star-crossed lovers By Jaco Lotriet Following the successful run of Giselle, Joburg Theatre presents the most endearing love story of all time, in a ballet presentation of William Shakespeare’s timeless Romeo and Juliet. This production reunited Giselle leads Jonathan Rodrigues and Shannon Glover, amongst others, as the main characters in a breathtakingly ...