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Review: Enthralling psychothriller, Opera UCT’s Don Giovanni
Dance: SOBREMESA, celebrating the life and legacy of Sir Geoffrey Neiman
Creative economy: Justin Nanak and Talia Hamid unveil Blvnc Studios in Durban
In the Limelight: Rousing One Day, World Singing Day 2026, Cape Town
Review: Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage, Cape Town, superb production
Review: Intimate, personal, emotionally charged, Albie Sachs Father, Son and Soft Vengeance by Gail Louw
Community: Business and cultural elite gather at Kay Mason Foundation’s Hummingbird Ball
Interview: Majika Africa’s Greatest Illusionists at Cape Town City Hall
Review: Kinnes van Somers, impressive play by young creatives
Review: Blissful dance theatre, Cape Ballet Africa’s Elysium
Fun: Kick off summer, celebration of music, food and family fun at Best Day Out 2026
Review: Live Art Weekend, The Soil Remembers at the Masambe
Dance: Cape Ballet Africa’s spectacular Swan Lake at Artscape, limited season, February 2027
Review: Lindokuhle Melaphi’s Until I Arrive, masterful, tour de force
Stage: October 2026 brings music to our ears at Drama Factory and theatre, comedy
Lifestyle: Janet Pillai’s Footsteps to Freedom connects history, heritage and tourism in Cape Town
Dance: Cape Ballet Africa announces first overseas tour for SA full length production Swan Lake
Community: Do More Foundation ECD helping a Rustenburg child to find her voice
Stage magic: Majika takes over Cape Town City Hall for three shows only
Interview: Live art Weekend The Soil Remembers, insights
Review: The Fifth Step by David Ireland, in Cape Town
Review: Mamma Mia South Africa 2026, sublime, joyous, moving and heaps of fun
Review: Stacey’s Bay, fun, funny, quirky, sexy, erotic and deliciously entertaining
Performance: Working Title presents Live Art at Masambe Theatre, The Soil Remembers
Lifestyle: How local innovation is crushing the wallpaper guessing conundrum
Lifestyle: Where entertaining is at, review of Solstice Venue Bryanston for Corporate Functions
Stage: Acclaimed MOFFIE returns to SA stage at 2026 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees
Interview: In conversation about Stacey’s Bay by Pierre Malherbe
Review: Yasmina Reza’s ART, brilliant production, blistering mediation on friendship, art of conversation
Music: Loren Erasmus celebrates milestone birthday and career with Golden Concert and release of A Woman Unbroken
Review: Superfan, the gees, thrills, anticipation and drama
Stage: PULSE by the WTS, stunning, dance theatre par excellence
Travel: From bustling bazaars to Cappadocia vistas, here’s how to plan an upcoming trip to Turkey
Stage: Donate to Magnet Theatre SOS
Lifestyle: Beyond the Plate, Jetsetting with Janet Launches bold new vision for culinary travel
Stage: Morapeleng Molekoa’s achingly moving Scott, with a tour de force performance by Sbuja Dywili
Review: An Unexpected Guest by Lindy Wilson, exceptional writing and production
Review: Impressive work at Masque One Act Play Festival 2026
Dance: Cape Ballet Africa launches Spring Season with Elysium, quadruple bill at the Baxter
Review: Prima Facie in SA, astounding theatre, with the extraordinary Danica de La Rey Jones
Review: Tender and poignant, Alyssa Dionne’s I Can’t Speak for Freddy
Interview: Brasse, Tot Laat Toe by Zubayr Charles, Abdullatief Davids in conversation
Interview: Brasse, Tot Laat Toe by Zubayr Charles, Anzio September in conversation
Interview: Brasse, Tot Laat Toe by Zubayr Charles, Carlo Daniels in conversation
Review: Brasse, Tot Laat Toe, an urgent and visceral intimacy
Stage: Stacey’s Bay, debut of new indie comedy drama, by Pierre Malherbe
Review: Rapturous standing ovation, preview Prima Facie, Cape Town
Interview: Zubayr Charles’ Brasse, Tot Laat Toe from short story to stage
Stage: South African premiere of hit Broadway comedy First Date The Musical
Interview: Teater op Toer, vital collaboration, meaningful work deserves an audience
Stage: Brasse, Tot Laat Toe comes to The Baxter, August 2026
Review: Transcendent Simphiwe Dana, Symphonic Experience with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
Stage: Teater op Toer bringing top tier theatre to venues in the Cape
Stage: I Can’t Speak for Freddy, two hander by Alyssa Dionne, returns August 2026
Review: II, the play, egregiously existential
Review: Dalin Oliver’s Stuck in Dubai, hysterically funny, inspirational, proudly SA
Review: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Mark Shanahan’s adaption, invigorating, sheer escapism
Review: Bianca Flanders’ Karamonk, magical, enchanting, exquisitely crafted and performed
Review: Barrels of fun with Steven Stead’s Puss in Boots, Magical Family Pantomime
Review: Peter Pan A Musical Fantasy, wistful, enigmatic and quirky
Interview: Creating Peter Pan, A Musical Fantasy, based on the play by JM Barrie
Classical music: Significant offering of music at the Klein Karoo Klassique 2026
Lifestyle: Serenity Beauty Studio, luxury, self care and entrepreneurship
Review: Something Rotten! Brilliant musical, exceptional production by WTS, SA 2026
Stage: How Now Brown Cow presents SA premiere of Olivier Award winning, gripping legal drama Prima Facie
Review: Bowled over by dazzling G&S Pirates of Penzance
Interview: Something Rotten! WTS celebrating the art form of Musical Theatre
Review: Awe inspiring concert by young and talented DCYOP
Community: Do More Foundation and Kids Collab making magic for Mandela Day 67 Minutes of Play
Review: Sublime, divine, enthralling, A Little Night Music South Africa 2026
Stage: Winners announced for the 61st Cape Town Theatre Awards
Stage: New voices take centre stage at The Masque’s 2026 One Act Play Festival
Review: Constellations SA 2026, please don’t miss this exceptional production
Review: Minnesota Boychoir and CT Children’s Choir charm and delight at Cape Town concert
Community: Join Outside The Bowl Africa’s 10 Million Meals Initiative
Lifestyle: Nature Connect marks 25 years of building pathways between people, nature, opportunity
Stage: Canal Walk takes flight with Peter Pan for 2026 winter theatre magic
Ballet review: Orpheus in the Underworld, stunning, CTCB, Artscape 2026
Stage: Mabel the mermaid brings magical twist to The Pirates of Penzance, July 2026, Cape Town
Stage: WTS presents SA premiere of Tony Award nominated musical comedy, Something Rotten!
Music: DCYOP SA tour, July 2026, celebrating power of music to connect young artists across cultures
Stage: Kurt Schoonraad, Funny Side Up On the Road, June 2026
Lifestyle: Launch of Jetsetting with Janet Immersive Culinary Experience
Interview: The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair, playful and unpredictable
Interview: A fun Pirates of Penzance for the Cape Town winter 2026
Interview: Holding space for inner workings of the characters, Wolf Britz designing for Constellations
Choir concerts: Minnesota Boychoir first tour, South Africa, June 2026
Interview: Anzio September in conversation, Please, don’t call me moffie
Interview: Zubayr Charles, storytelling should be used to create a much needed voice for those who are marginalised in society
Review: A triumph, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder in Cape Town
Interview: Jay Pather on directing Constellations by Nick Payne in South Africa 2026
Stage: Artscape presents Please, don’t call me moffie, June 2026
Stage: New era for theatre awards in Cape Town
Choir: Crystal Children’s Choir first South African tour
Review: Andrew Buckland’s A Fools Guide to Living & Dying, brilliant, hilarious
Stage: The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair, new jukebox murder mystery
Stage: A bold new production of The Pirates of Penzance sails into Artscape
Review: Rise 76 The Story of June 16th, beautifully staged, within the grief, horror, loss, small tender moments
Review: The Killing of a Union Leader, creepy, twisted, taught and thrillingly entertaining
Stage: Chicken, And. Thrilling new satire debuts in Cape Town
Interview: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Barend Van Der Westhuizen in conversation
Choir concerts: Morgan State University Choir, SA tour, May 2026
Music: St Petersburg String Quartet Embarks on first SA Tour, May 2026
Interview: Magician Sinalo Mtwana aka Khalo Magic, I carry my story, community and hopes of young people
Stage: Paternoster’s first MayGay Weekend, 2026
Review: Songs for a New World, glorious songs, beautifully performed by BBATA, Cape Town
Review: Transcendent dance theatre Mamela Nyamza’a Hatched Ensemble, Cape Town 2026
Musical theatre: Annie Jr, Cape Town, 2026, staged by the Drama Lab
Review: Your Perfect Life 2026, deepened and become more nuanced
Stage: Hit musical comedy, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Cape Town 2026
Interview: Staging Songs for a New World, BBATA, Cape Town 2026
Arts: Afrofuture In Motion, leaves lasting impact across South Africa
Review: Rocky Horror Show, South Africa 2026, astounding production
Review: Aaron Posner’s Stupid F Bird, effing fabulous theatre
Review: Emma Amber’s You Should Go In, engrossing, hard hitting drama
Magic: Over 50 young magicians take the stage, Makin’ Magic at Artscape
Review: Talia Kodesh Actress, masterclass, beautifully crafted mini musical
Review: Meeting Murphy, mesmerising psychological thriller, when it is too late to apologise
Stage: Songs for a New World, presented by The Byron Bure Academy of Theatre Arts, Cape Town
Stage: How Now Brown Cow Winter season 2026, two new productions across two cities
In conversation: Dr Hildegardt Raubenheimer aka Dr Hilla, Cape Town based medical aesthetic practitioner
Interview: In conversation, Reagan Clay, South African luxury marketing strategist
Stage: Milnerton Playhouse presents Vaslav, starring Godfrey Johnson
Review: Whimsical and fun Children’s Concert at Kirstenbosch
Stage: Western Cape tour for funny, poignant award winning Your Perfect Life
Review: The Royal Countess Zingara, sublime experience of theatre, food and fun
Interview: Gavin Werner in conversation, Meeting Murphy and Spanish Steps
Review: Hello, this is Johnny Cash, Sin and Salvation in Cape Town
Comedy news: AfriSnaaks brings unapologetically Afrikaans laughter to Baxter
Stage: Winners announced, Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival 2026
Interview: In conversation with Janet Pillai, South African entrepreneur, academic, lifestyle guru
Review: Pretty Woman, upbeat and fun, fantasy love story musical
Review: Amaxelegu, funny, entertaining, sexy, perceptive, tender and achingly intimate
Impressions: Being jolted awake at the Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival 2026
Review: David Nixon’s Dracula, alluring, erotic fantasy, twisted and manic love story of possession and obsession
Stage: The Killing of a Union Leader, Louis Viljoen’s new thriller, Artscape, May 2026
Stage: You Should Go In, forgiveness and the complicated road toward it
Book review: Haram, by Zubayr Charles, intriguing, wistful, elegiac coming of age novel
Stage: Western Cape premiere of Naledi award winning musical, Actress, at Drama Factory
Review: Key Change, beautiful show by the incomparable Jonathan Roxmouth
Stage: Qondiswa James’ edgy new play about bedroom dynamics comes to Cape Town
Stage: Exciting season of two plays by Gavin Werner, Cape Town April 2026
Stage: Die Koelkamers Theatre 5th year Anniversary Celebrations 2026
Performance: My Body My Space Festival 2026 celebrates 11th edition
Stage: Four new plays for little ones at Magnet Family Festival 2026
Review: An Iliad, riveting with the superlative Alan Committie as eternal roving storyteller
Review: Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, Cape Town 2026, fun, quirky, cheeky
Review: Tankiso Mamabolo, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, entertaining, funny, with a biting edge
Review: Cape Ballet Africa’s extraordinary production of The Nutcracker, sublimely beautiful, layered, entrancing
Stage: Godfrey Johnson, with a Little Help From My Friends, Fundraising Concert For Miracle Kidz
Stage: Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival 2026 celebrates South African stories and artistic excellence
Interview: Rugby, golf, cooking, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), in Cape Town 2026
Review: The Lady Aoi by Yukio Mishima, dark, twisted psychotic and yet beautiful and lyrical
Stage: College of Magic Children’s Magic Festival, returns with Magical Circus Adventure
Insight: Listen at the 2026 Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Review: Gregory Maqoma’s Genesis, The Beginning and the End of Time, when freedom means no fear
Review: And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses, intriguing play with superb performances,
Review: ‘S Wonderful, Cape Town Opera’s Gershwin in the Park
Interview: Pieces of Me, Bo Petersen in conversation
Insight: From Hanover Street, emotional, moving, poignant and uplifting
Review: Sensational Ndlovu Youth Choir in Cape Town, at Artscape
Review: Electrifying concert by Charl du Plessis Trio at Maynardville 2026
Stage: Music, Memory and Community, Golden Oldies Concert on the Lawn, Baxter 2026 Valentine’s Celebration
Review: Thrilling and utterly mesmerising Twelfth Night at Maynardville 2026, entertaining, stylish, fun, poignant
Stage: Pieces of Me, award winning solo theatre returns to the Western Cape for 2026 tour
Stage: A riotous romp through all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in two hours
Books: Cape Town launch of Haram, debut novel by playwright Zubayr Charles
Review: Alan Committie, AV-A-LAUGH-TA, brilliant
Interview: Twelfth Night at Maynardville 2026, a comedy set against a background of loss
Review: Sublimely beautiful, immersive Giselle at Maynardville 2026
Review: The rousing songs of Freshlyground at Kirstenbosch 2026
Review: The Opera Singer, poignant and moving portrait of the loneliness of fame and celebrity
Stage: From Hanover Street, a Tribute to Memory, Music and District Six
Magic: College of Magic Free Open Days accompany launch of extended beginner courses
Stage: Milnerton Players present Ayn Rand’s Night of January 16
Review: Shades of Blue, sublime opening Maynardville 2026 In Full Swing
Interview: Designing Cape Ballet Africa’s Nutcracker, staged by Maina Gielgud
Stage: In Full Swing and all that jazz at Maynardville’s 70th Summer in Cape Town
Stage: STAND Foundation fundraiser, Breath and Hammer Acoustic at Baxter
Review: Touché, innovative and powerful fusion of improv music, cabaret, cirque and dance
Stage: Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2025/2026
Review: Rouge, at the Kalk Bay Theatre, slick, acrobatic, naughty, fun and entertaining
Review: Princess and the Pea, fairytale with a biting twist
Review: Mad, bizarre, Gerald Charles’ brilliant Alice in Wonderland ballet
Dance: Cape Ballet Africa’s The Nutcracker at Artscape for seven shows only
Community: The KKA Klopse Voorsmakie kicks off 2026 minstrels season
Review: Stunning, alluring, Cats, the musical, South Africa
Dance call: Emerging choreographers invited to apply for Open Call, ACDC Duet Xchange 2026
Review: Let’s dance together 123 As One, A Japanese SA Butoh Experience
Stage: Sarajevo, the play, theatre remembers what history forgets
Review: Live Art Weekend Soft Rebellion, beautiful, stimulating, immersive
Review: Let the sunshine in, Nik Rabinowitz, Geriatric Millennial
Review: Colleen The Musical, stunning, magic box of surprises
Review: Off the Record, captivating launch of Leah Mari’s new cabaret platform
Review: Hearty and gorgeous tasting menu of Broadway musicals with LAMTA’s 20 Years of the Tony Awards
Interview: Princess and The Pea, blending fairytale whimsy with a contemporary, Afrocentric energy
Insight: Miracles are just changes, the urgent call of Hidden Current
Stage: Universe on Stage presents Hidden Giants in Cape Town
Interview: jacki job in conversation about 1 2 3 As One, A Japanese SA Butoh Experience
Review: Magnet Theatre’s Animal Farm 2025, urgent, dark, hilarious
Interview: Carin Bester in Conversation, Soft Rebellion Live Art Weekend
Community: Calling all vendors, join the Baruch Community Carnival 2025
Tribute: Celebrating Bernhard Gueller for 30 years of music in Cape Town, Nov 22, 2025
Theatre interview: Hidden Current, gathering stories a vital intersection of the grassroots and global
Stage: Innovative collaboration, Butoh performances create dailogue between language and culture
Review: Maina Gielgud’s, Giselle, danced by CBA, beautiful, dark, enthralling, unsettling and utterly mesmerising
Performance: Soft Rebellion at Live Art Weekend, Masambe, December 2025
Review: Far Gone, harrowing, immersive and enchanting
Stage: Maynardville Open-Air Theatre, Cape Town celebrates 70 years in 2026
Stage: Freehold Theatre Lab’s Hidden Current, Cape Town, November 2025
Interview: Bringing the story home, John Rwothomack’s Far Gone, SA tour November 2025
Review: The luscious Vulgarians, juicy, fun and entertaining.
Stage: Spice up the festive season with Masque’s delicious fairytale, The Princess and the Pea
Food: Cape Town chef, Jill Van As, brings Kitchen Table Talk to Makers Landing, November 2025
Review: Stirred not Shaken, entertaining and wry, tale, with a bite
Stage: The Call, a bold new queer African musical, celebrating joy, artistry and survival
Interview: Off the Record with Leah Mari
Review: The One Who Stays, testimony and remembrance
Interview: Glorious vocals, food, wine, whiskey and Freddy Mercury with SA vocalist vocalist Warren Driscoll
Review: Glittering escapism, joy and hilarity, Opera UCT’s Die Fledermaus
Review: The Royal Countess Zingara, La Dolce Royal, divine in every way
Review: Ms Bhaved, in the Time Out Zone aka the Naughty Corner, laughing through the panic
Review: David Kramer’s Orpheus McAdoo exhilarating legacy musical resonates profoundly now for our times
Stage: Cast, international guest artist for Cape Ballet Africa’s production of Maina Gielgud’s Giselle, Baxter
Stage: Mr and Miss Sovereign Western Cape 2025 celebrates 15 years
Stage: Stuart Taylor’s award winning Odd Man Out, CPT and Jozi, November 2025
Stage: Ms B haved, hilarious, incisive new comedy from Sue Diepeveen
Stage: War drama, Far Gone, brings its powerful story to SA theatres, November 2025
Review: Exhilarating day in Darling at Voorkamerfest 2025
Review: Sublime Coppelia by Cape Town City Ballet
Review: Moffie, monumental theatre, achingly exquisite
Interview: Alan Committie talks about playing the jailer, Frosch in Die Fledermaus, Opera UCT
Review: Holding space in Circle Song with Ashley Dowds
Review: Wolf Biscuit, wacky and surreal, absurdist suspense thriller
Review: The Tramp, inspired by Charlie Chaplin, Tour de force by Daniel Anderson
Review: Down the Rabbit Hole at the Masque, CT, nuanced and edgy theatre for young people by young people.
Stage: Die Fledermaus, Opera UCT, a toast to glamour, laughter and opera
Stage: Drag race superstar Latrice Royale returns to SA after 13 years
Review: Emergency Workshop, let us play and breathe through our fears
Tribute: Daniel Anderson, The Tramp, legacy performance dedicated to 92 year old grandmother
Stage: Magicana Junior Magic Championships, Cape Town 2025, huge fun, entertaining and inspirational
Community: National Nutrition Week, investing in young children’s nutrition, building a stronger SA
Review: 2025 Dance Intersect, exceptional and beautiful dance across diverse genres and approaches
Stage: How Now Brown Cow presents My Name Is Lucy Barton at Woordfees 2025
Community: SA’s largest World Animal Day gathering, October 5, Sea Point Promenade
Review: The Routes of Sound 2025, sublime journey of music, wine and chocolate
Review: Chicago the musical SA 2025, breathtaking razzle dazzle production
Lifestyle: Look at Me Now 2025, celebration of growth, renewal and connection
Interview: Anderson Carvalho talks about ACDC Dance Intersect 2025 at Artscape
Fun: Stan Mars presents Smooth R&B Sip ’n Paint, Cape Town
Stage: Wolf Biscuit, written and directed by Pierre Malherbe debuts at the Outlore Base
Book review: Juliet Prowse, Born to Dance, charming and inspirational homage
Community: The SA Guide Dogs Association launches Wear Your Shades Day Campaign 2025
Community: Thrive By Five Index 2024, SA youngest children pay price of inequality
Stage: The Masque’s Youth Theatre Club presents Down the Rabbit Hole, school holiday fun
Interview: ‘n Pandok se Liefde, by Lauren Snyders, a call to witness, not to resolve
Stage: The Tramp, acclaimed production in Cape Town 2025
Stage: The Long Way Home, original SA jukebox musical
Community: World Koesister Day 2025, from cultural tradition to inclusive hospitality training
Stage: Cape Town’s brightest young magicians to compete in Magicana Junior Magic Champs 2025
Stage: Celebration of the 15th Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival with Best of the Fest, September 2025
Review: Interrogating silence in The Grab After A Doll’s House, by Morapeleng Molekoa
Review: Outstanding Little Shop of Horrors South Africa 2025, a protest musical for our times
Dance: Cape Town Welcomes ACDC Dance Intersect 2025
Performance: The Routes of Sound 2025, intimate musical journey at Spier, curated by Brett Bailey
Lifestyle: Meditation master, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche SA tour August to September 2025
Review: Truth and reality viscerally conjured up in To Life with Love
Review: Feedback is deliciously cheesy, a biting satirical caper and physical theatre feast
Review: So much fun, Melomania takes Quiz Night to another level at Kalk Bay Theatre
Stage: The WTS, In Flux, A Dance Production Exploring Human Transformation
Stage: Melomania, live music comedy quiz at Kalk Bay Theatre
Review: Joyful, hilarious and utterly captivating, The Barber of Seville, dished up by CTO
Review: The Glass Menagerie South Africa, masterful reimagining, exhilarating theatre
Festival news: Three day celebration at Open Book Festival 2025
Interview: Unique dialogue between language, memory and performance with Glass Menagerie and Speelgoed van glas
Festival news: Klein Karoo Klassique 2025, a choral journey with heart
Review: this bra’s a pyscho, rousing new play, brave, confrontational and entertaining
Interview: Jill van As, the kitchen where hearts connect, memories are made, with joy and peace
Review: The Mikado in Concert, gorgeous production, presented by the Cape Town G&S
Stage: Mike van Graan’s To Life, With Love, featuring John Maytham at Societas Theatre
Interview: Anzio September on performing multiple characters, yearning for human connection in this bra’s a pyscho
Review: Becoming Benno with Ben Vos, funny and wistful reflection on leaving one’s home country
Interview: Zubayr Charles in conversation, bashing down taboos in his play, this bra’s a pyscho
Lifestyle: Launch of Gauteng’s first internationally recognised cat friendly clinic
Interview: James Stoffberg, finding the balance between the comedy and tragedy in this bra’s a pyscho
Interview: SA creative Georgia Neves is loving working in LA, where people do not sleep
Interview: Staging Little Shop of Horrors, Cape Town 2025, fun with grit and edge
Review: Petticoat Princess intense and shattering dance theatre
Review: Unruly, engaging with our land and rights of all our inhabitants
Stage: Award winning The Glass Menagerie and Speelgoed van glas at the Baxter
Review: I Can Buy Myself Flowers, upbeat, wise and charming play
Review: Impressive performance by Bizo Maxegwana in SA adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s Diary of a Madman
Stage: Who Done Did It, comedic murder mystery set within a chaotic South African touring theatre company
Review: Everybody Talking About Jamie Cape Town 2025, fabulously inspirational, moving, edgy
Stage: Hit Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors comes to The Masque Cape Town
Stage: The Mikado In Concert set to delight Cape Town audiences in July 2025
Review: Clever, sharp delicious, Love Me Feed Me, the modern dating game
Review: Gripping theatre, Jan Glazewski’s Blood and Silver on stage
Interview: Staging Aladdin at Canal Walk Theatre 2025
Review: Fun and entertaining Jack and Beanstalk panto
Stage: Thrilling debut of this bra’s a psycho, written and directed by Zubayr Charles at 2025 Women’s and Humanity Festival
Community news: Do More Foundation launches Mandela Day Campaign to build climate resilient learning centres
Review: An Apprenticeship with Sorrow, lyrical, beautiful piece of theatre
Live music: Star studded music showcase in The Mother City July 2025
Review: Gorgeous Aladdin on in Cape Town, Canal Walk Theatre 2025
Interview: Staging Everybody’s Talking About Jamie in South Africa 2025
Stage: Unruly returns by popular demand for full length season at The Baxter
Review: Inspired and thrilling reimagining of Arthur Schnitzler’s play La Ronde
Review: Take Me to Town by Thabiso T Rammala is exceptional and essential theatre
Stage: Aladdin 2025 shines as Canal Walk celebrates 23 years of magical theatre
Review: Cape Town Funny Festival 2025, delish mix of comedy and variety acts
Review: Majika, theatrically, magically alluring and thrilling
Stage: Waterfront Theatre School presents SA premiere of hit West End musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Review: Rescue Remedy is tender and wistful, poignant writing, images, stirring performance
Music: VScript drops How You Move, single featuring Luke Goliath and Fly Boi Keno
Meditation: First full SA tour for renowned meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Review: Beggared in SA, heart warming and moving play
Stage: Autumn 2025 highlights at The Drama Factory
Review: Joseph and The Technicolor Dreamcoat South Africa 2025, young, energetic, fun
Stage: Premiere of two new solo shows at Baxter Masambe July 2025
Review: Find your inner child at Museum of Illusions Cape Town
Stage: Assist Spark in the Dark with production costs for Spark Hub NAF 2025
Review: A triumph, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, brilliantly staged and performed
Review: Bitter Winter, beautiful and poignant play, distinctly South African and universal
Review: Pure gees at University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra’s stunning concert, Cape Town
Performance: Vulvasphere Woman Beyond the Surface, multi sensory exhibition in Cape Town
Review: Kamogelo Mhlantla’s Solitude, uplifting, funny, warm and insightful
Review: Minimalist epic staging of a wow Aida by Cape Town Opera, May 2025
Community: Historic 10 billion Rand investment in ECD retained in new budget
Stage: Kamogelo Mhlantla’s Solitude, explores the duality of loneliness and being comfortable with being alone
TV: TopGear SA, Star in a Reasonably Priced Car launches with UFC Champion Dricus Du Plessis
Community: SA’s Kay Mason Foundation raises R12.5 million at first KMF Hummingbird Ball London
Review: Die Kwiksilwers, a gem of a film
Interview: Time and gender are fluid, mutable in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, a meditation on loyalty, governance and the cost of civil discord
Interview: Getting real with Viv Vermaak, a lateral shift of thinking
Stage: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in bold new production at Artscape, May 2025
Community theatre: Join The Masque at Volunteer Open Day May 2025
Interview: Sjaka Septembir infinitely curious, exploring tension between emotional repression and release, discovering true fun
Stage: Internationally acclaimed stage adaptation of Moffie comes home for SA premiere
Stage: Dolliwarie, a theatrical fever dream of absurd beauty and emotional truth
Dance: Dance Intersect 2025, cross cultural dance collaboration, Netherlands, Rwanda and South Africa
Stage: Courage to be Average, Performative Philosophy theatre show with Viv Vermaak
Review: Emotional and visceral gravitas in thrilling gender swapped Hamlet set in the film industry
Live music: Simphiwe Dana celebrates 20 years in song, June 2025, performances in Cape Town
Stage: Paul Slabolepszy’s acclaimed play, Bitter Winter travels to Cape Town
Review: Die Uitweg embracing the unpredictable bouncing balls of life with magic lyricism, humour and hope
Review: Samantha Carlise’s Messy, a gem of a play
Review: Please, don’t call me moffie, brave and important play
Education: eta College Cape Town shaping SA’s top sports stars for over 42 years
Interview: Majika, afro futurist and Black Panther with Africa’s Greatest Illusionists
Interview: Samantha Carlisle talks about getting Messy on stage
Interview: Yuri Behari-Leak talks about his gender swapped adaptation of Hamlet set in the film industry
Review: Harnessing the Piña Colada of relationships in 2 Lovers by Ter Hollmann
Musical theatre: Exuberant Disney’s Aladdin Jr, staged by The Drama Lab in Cape Town
Review: A Doll’s House Part 2, mesmerising deep dive into the ties that bind, connect and separate us
Review: Mrs Mitchell Comes to Town is a mother of a play with knockout performances
Stage: Debut of Messy, semi autobiographical solo show written and performed by Samantha Carlisle
Review: Glorious weekend at Soli Deo Gloria, Paternoster Western Cape
Review: Hallelujah for Messiah with the Philharmonia Choir Cape Town
Festival news: Hermanus FynArts 2025, June 6 to 16, celebration of the arts, culture and creativity
Books: South African arts icon, Kurt Egelhof, launches four book collection, May 2025
Interview: Staging Die Uitweg, adapted from Kafka’s Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor
Stage: The Masque presents Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a fresh new production
Stage: Die Uitweg, directed by Sjaka Septembir, starring Carlo Daniels premieres at Suidoosterfees
Stage: R and J Love Beyond the Stars, musical presented by Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck
Review: Interesting, funny and very entertaining Darwin, a curious mind
Comedy: Celebrated SA comedian Kurt Schoonraad at the Baxter with new show, Sunny Side Up
Magic: MAJIKA, Africa’s largest illusion show, magic, wonder, mind blowing stunts to the stage
Interview: Please, don’t call me moffie, a gaze on the difficulties faced by queer Coloured men in Cape Town
Review: Candice Bernstein’s Earthside, tender, poignant funny
Insight: Simmy and Ami Faku, sensational wrap concert, Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2024/2025
Dance: Hip Hop Encounters, April 5, 2025, thrilling dance programme
Review: Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee, South Africa 2025, sheer entertainment and escapism
Review: Pathos and mirth of Kafka’s Ape, physically and emotionally charged theatre
Stage: Four new plays to be presented at 2025 Masque’s One-Act Play Festival
Stage: Please, don’t call me moffie by Zubayr Charles debuts at Suidoosterfees 2025
Review: Cape Ballet Africa’s Breathwords is breathtakingly beautiful ballet
Interview: Cindy Jumat talks about her journey and her work facilitating faith and healing
Theatre news: Winners of 60th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, eligible productions in 2024
Review: SboNdaba Dance Generations, stunning showcase capped by explosive finale
Insight: Playful and poignant de Constructing Gender at Live Art Weekend
Theatre news: 60th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards special award recipients for 2025
Review: The Salt Lesson, intriguing and complex
Classical music: Stellar lineup of soloists for University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra SA tour May 2025
Magic: Embark on a wild jungle adventure at the 2025 Children’s Magic Festival in Cape Town
Interview: Sbuja aka Sibuyiselo Dywili, in conversation about The Salt Lesson
Dance: Hip Hop Encounters embracing vibrant history of street dance and Hip Hop culture in Western Cape
Community: Budget 2025, the first step towards a Children’s Budget
Concert news: Watershed celebrates 25 years with a special performance at Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts
Review: Psycho thriller tripping with Bluebeard’s Castle at Cape Town Opera’s Shorts
Interview: de constructing gender at Live Art, March 2025
Dance: Generations, exciting showcase of emerging choreographers by SboNdaba Dance
Review: Celebrating memories at Songbirds with Mynie Grové and Kim Kallie
Review: Faustus in Africa! theatrical magic, a triumph
Review: Beautiful offering, Grieve, that is how you survive
Review: Thrill Me, gripping psychological thriller musical
Performance: de Constructing Gender at Live Art Weekend, March 2025, Masambe
Review: Theatre of the absurd in intriguing Lemons play, captivating South African production
Jazz: Magic lineup for Cape Town Jazz Greats Home Coming Series, March to October 2025
Review: Being normal is being happy with your life, a tonic of a show with Mr and Mrs Normal
Stage: Groundbreaking Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival celebrates 15 years of innovation
Review: Evocatively spinning and transcending family, dislocation and grief in Spin Cycles
Review: Sensational Sondheim at Maynardville Open Air Festival 2025
Music: The 4th Marimba Xplosion Festival, March 22, 2025, incredible lineup
Review: Playing at vibrant Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025
Stage: Cape Ballet Africa celebrates its first birthday with new studio and bumper 2025 programme
Review: South African production Dear Evan Hansen beautifully staged and performed, a cautionary tale
Interview: Mr and Mrs Normal, the turbo charged Aaron McIlroy and Lisa Bobbert
Review: Exhilarating concert, The Golden Oldies, Kirstenbosch 2025
Review REMO: A True Story, brave, raw and immediate theatrical testimony
Art: Embrace the Art of PLAY at the 12th Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Concert news: Stef Bos & Friends to celebrate a 35 year musical journey at Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts
Theatre news: Nominees announced for the 60th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Stage: Stuart Taylor’s new show, Odd Man Out, debuts at Baxter March 2025
Stage: South African production of Sam Steiner’s acclaimed Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
Review: Despicable Hehe, theatrical masterclass in satire, puppetry and ventriloquism
Review: An Unromantic Comedy, wonderful escapism, fun relationship comedy
Concert news: The Golden Oldies to Serenade Kirstenbosch with Timeless Classics This Valentine’s Weekend 2025
Review: The Tempest at Maynardville 2025, enchanting, entertaining and playful
Stage: Aaron McIlroy and Lisa Bobbert in award winning Mr and Mrs Normal, Masque, Cape Town
Interview: Grace Storm and Thandiwe Nqanda talk about creating Grieve, that is how you survive
Review: Visceral lived experience of The Cry of Winnie Mandela, the play
Review: To Life with Love, beautifully rendered mediation on life
Interview: Mynie Grové and Kim Kallie, Songbirds, music story cocktail of two friends at Die Koelkamers
Stage: Dazzling evening at Artscape to invest in the future of The Masque
Community: Section 1 champions crowned at Kaapse Klopse Competitions at Athlone Stadium
Interview: The Tempest at Maynardville 2025, turning personal tragedy into magic
Dance: Cape Ballet Africa celebrates first birthday and debut at Artscape Opera House with mesmerizing triple bill
Stage: The Young Professionals 2025, showcasing the talents of the new generation of theatre makers, actors and dancers
Dance: Open call for choreographers for Dance Intersect 2025
Stage: The staging of REMO, by Rameez Cassiem, A Journey of Resilience, Strength and Hope
Insight: Maynardville 2025 opens with beautiful concert, Tour de Tchaikovsky
Concert news: Hermanus Old Harbour Sunset Concert 2025 celebrates launch of FynArts programme
Review: Unplugging from the world at St George’s Unplugged lunch concerts in Cape Town
Review: Review: John Cartwright’s Old White Man an extraordinary piece of theatre, exquisitely performed
The Cape of Arts: 10 reasons to visit Cape Town this February 2025
Concert news: Bok van Blerk and Elandré bring Afrikaans magic to Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts
Review: The Sun is a Star and We Know What It’s Made Of, offbeat, intense, lyrical and intimate
Stage: Die Koelkamers in Paternoster announces bumper programme January to March 2025
Stage: Despicable Hehe with Conrad Koch and Chester Missing, Cape Town, February 2025
Magic: Discover the Art of Magic with Enchanting Open Days at the College of Magic
Stage: Grieve, that is how you survive, choreo-poem navigating through the complexities of loss
In the Limelight: The true value of buying a ticket for an Artscape production
Interview: Claire Johnston talks about Mango Groove’s Memories and Moments 40th Anniversary Concert at Kirstenbosch
Concerts: James Grace opening Unplugged, new lunch concert series, St George’s Cathedral Cape Town
Review: Joyous concert, Freshlyground with new lead singer Mbali Makhoba at Kirstenbosch
Stage: The Johnson Jukebox by Godfrey Johnson, fun show with audience making requests
Review: Thrilling acts, Unthinkable is sheer entertainment
Review: Sold out Goldfish at Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts, December 29, 2024
New Year celebrations: Ring in 2025 with the Hollywoodbets Cape Town Street Parade
Review: The Addams Family the musical South Africa, crazy, mad and wonderful production
Concert news: Will Linley and Lloyiso at Kirstenbosch NYE December 31, 2024
Dance news: ACDC, Anderson Carvalho Dance & Choreography open call dancers 2025
Review: Harmony and Understanding at Unity Concert 2024, Kirstenbosch Sunset Concerts
Review: Spectacular My Fair Lady South Africa 2024/2025
Review: Lyrical, wistful and celebratory Santa’s Sleighbell Safari!
Concert news: Unity at Kirstenbosch, summer celebration of music and togetherness
Stage: Step into the magical world of puppetry with Santa’s Sleighbell Safari
Review: Red Riding Hood, fun, imaginative, quirky, innovative, fab staging, performance and dance
Review: Emotionally charged storytelling comedy, Phillip Dikotla, Big Comedy Live
Concert news: Full lineup Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2024/2025
Festival news: The 2025 KKNK, curated and packaged to include all artforms, genres, with entertainment for all ages
Review: Beautiful, emotionally charged writing and performance, all my ex-lovers are dead
Review: Immersive Uninhabitable Spaces at Live Art
Review: JOLTYD – Through the Ages of Music, dynamic cast, stunning celebration of song, dance and the human spirit
Review: Magic Cradle to the Cape Concert led by Zolani Mahola, Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts
Music festival news: Unity On The Square returns, December 16, 2024, Cape Town
Lifestyle review: A zippy buzz with non alcoholic Okushal cordials
Stage: Edinburgh Fringe hit Spin Cycles comes home for Cape Town premiere at The Baxter
Stage: Zolani Mahola leads the Cradle to the Cape Concert, opening the 2024-25 Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts
Review: Invigorating solo theatre at Magnet Summer Season 2024
Visual art: Cirkel, FynArts Gallery’s last exhibition for 2024, explores the unseen forces that connect us all
Review: Magnet Theatre’s beautiful and meditative Mina Thina
Review: I Think I Smell Smoke ignites the stage at Spark in the Dark’s Solo Fest
Lifestyle: Derek Lubner talks about his sober curious journey to establish OKUSHAL cordials
Performance: Spier’s A Summer Dream, magical spectacle weaves a fantastical tale of light and hope
Review: LAMTA’s Part of Your World is a tonic of a show to get us into festive spirits
Stage: Live a little, give a lot with ImproGuise year end Improv Mixer
Interview: Phillip Dikotla, in my comedy, laughter symbolises triumph
Interview: The Masque’s Red Riding Hood, dipping a classic fairy tale in glitter, setting it to a pop playlist everyone secretly sings in the shower
Interview: Jenna Fish talks about Unpacking Mr Becker, Magnet Summer Season 2024
Interview: Carin Bester talks about Live Art Weekend UNinhabitable SPACES
Review: Dalin Oliver charms the audience with 90 Day Comedian
Stage: Big Comedy Live Presents Phillip Dikotla LIVE (HERE)
Activism: Cape Town hosts historic ILGA World Conference Kwa umoja we rise
Review: Intriguing dark and disturbing production, Opera UCT’s The Turn of the Screw
Review: Jazz on the Green in Cape Town, like being at a chilled garden party
Review: A Doll’s Life Confessions of a Quarter Life Crisis, smart, sassy, hard hitting comedic play
Stage: Fun for all ages at Magnet Theatre’s Summer Season 2024
Review: Magnet Theatre’s Manje! Manje, vivid, exceptional theatre
Theatre: It’s Family! It’s Festive! Celebrate the festive season at the Baxter Theatre Garden
Dance: Cape Ballet Africa announces prestigious new home at Sports Science Institute of South Africa
Stage: Opera UCT stages Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at Baxter Theatre
Festival news: Event postponement, Rands Holidae Festival 2024
Activism: Decriminalisation advocates, intersex and trade union movement leaders at 2024 ILGA World Conference
Performance: Live Art Weekend UNinhabitable SPACES, December 2024
Stage: Igniting Cape Town’s festive season with JOLTYD Through the Ages of Music at the Baxter
Community: Join the Million Meals Campaign to feed vulnerable children across South Africa
Stage: Fairytale family entertainment in Cape Town, The Masque’s Red Riding Hood
Stage: Maynardville Outdoor Amphitheatre 2025 full programme and cast announced
Lifestyle: Beyond cordial? Let’s get curious, OKUSHAL range of cordials
Stage: Mr and Miss Sovereign Western Cape 2024, November 2, Cape Town
Music: Experience the joy of live music in the heart of Cape Town at Jazz on The Green
Stage: A Doll’s Life, Confessions of a Quarter Life Crisis
Review: David Kramer’s musical Orpheus McAdoo,ground breaking, stunning performances
Stage: Pre-Christmas season at Theatre Arts, Cape Town
Review: Stirring, magnetic performance by Shannon Esra in Susan Miller’s My Left Breast
Food: Edgy fine-dining Terrarium, by Chef Chris Erasmus opens at the Queen Victoria Hotel, V&A Waterfront
Review: The Magic Box, big fun show, sheer entertainment and escapism through the magic of Disney
Review: Nkoli: The Vogue-Opera is fierce and fabulous history protest theatre
Review: Celebrity Skin at Mavericks is a fun show in a venue which one doesn’t associate with “theatre”
Insight: Anderson Carvalho Dance & Choreography’s Dance Intersect 2024, epic celebration of dance in Cape Town
Review: Dynamic physical performance in Return of the Ancestors by Mike van Graan
Festival news: Rands Holidae Festival unveils first wave of artist lineup for 2024
Community: World Food Day, October, 16, 2024 with the Do More Foundation
Stage: Award-winning Magnet Theatre presents mAnJE ! MaNJe (an epic)
Review: Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater is beautiful theatre of healing, restoration and hope
Insight: Speel-speel, wistful exhibition of toys and children’s games at Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees 2024
Review: Thank you for your Service, brilliant script and physically charged performances
Stage: Cape Town Opera presenting David Kramer’s new musical Orpheus McAdoo
Review: Cape Ballet Africa’s sublime SALT, inaugural season
Festivals: Play is the theme of Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees 2024
Review: 32 Lavender Close at Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees 2024
Business: Pranary hosting Elevate Your Enterprise Summit 2024 through marketing, technology and investments
Review: Julie-Anne McDowell glows as a feisty, spunky and brave My Name is Lucy Barton
Review: Smokie South Africa Tour 2024 delivers with all the hits, thrilling the audience
Stage: Celebrity Skin, A Sensational Dance, Theatre and Dining Experience in Cape Town
Opera: Cape Town Opera presents Horizons at 2024 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees on September 28
Stage: Fresh from European tour, SA comedian Dalin Oliver is ready to make SA laugh
Music: Renowned saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane launches his new album Iladi with two Cape Town concerts
Review: Legendary at Kalk Bay Theatre, high energy and hugely entertaining immersive show
Creativity: The Ukukhanya Arts Project, illuminating immunology through the power of art
Review: Battlefield and playground of possibilities in autoplay by Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre
Dance: Food Lover’s Market Celebrates 20 Years of Excellence with Debbie Turner
Review: Metamorphoses in Cape Town is stirringly beautiful epic theatre, an exquisite production
Community: Outside the Bowl Africa Launches Million Meals in 5 Days to to Combat Child Hunger
Community: Cape Minstrels troupe Baruch Entertainers, hosting new Theme Song launch event at Plug Studios in Cape Town
Interview: Staging My Name is Lucy Barton in South Africa
Review: Trial and Error is a stylish courtroom drama and psychological thriller
Insight: Exhilarating Dalinda, staged by Opera UCT, a triumph
Review: Festive Fever, dazzling entertaining dance showcase
Review: Breathing in mold and decay in Nelisiwe Xaba’s vRot at LAF
Stage: Wela Kapela cabarets at Drama Factory, Sep 2024
Stage: Jive Culture returns for a fifth season, September 2024
Music: SA singer Nina Stamper teams up with Joe Nina for Afro-Soul single, Kancane
Review: Exhilarating outside inside Live Art Weekend Art As Resilience
In the Limelight: Kalk Bay Theatre in Legendary mode, gearing up for Unthinkable for the festive season
Performance: ICA’s 2024 Live Art Festival ushers in Spring to Cape Town
Review: The excellent Glimmer by Magnet Theatre takes a deep dive into the world of social media
Interview: Jeremy Silver talks about staging Dalinda, Donizetti’s “lost opera” in Cape Town
In the Limelight: The Waterfront Theatre School, Cape Town in festive fever focus
Interview: Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre’s autoplay, transforming the stage into a playground of possibilities
Review: Murder on the Nile in Cape Town, holds attention from start to finish
Stage: World premiere staging of Donizetti’s lost opera to be performed in Cape Town
Books: Open Book Festival Unveils Programme for 2024 Edition
Magic: Young magicians dazzle at The College of Magic’s Magicana Junior Magic Championships
Interview: Live Art Weekend’s Art as Resilience, breaking the bubble of isolation, sharing burdens of moving forward
Interview: Staging Trial and Error, the play by Emma Amber
Review: The Agents, brilliant satirical comedy, cautionary tale to chart our own mandates
Stage: Festive Fever – Holiday on the Dance Floor by The Waterfront Theatre School
Review: Streetcar Named Desire in Cape Town, beautiful and stirring, excellent production of a brilliant play
Stage: Trial and Error, new courtroom drama premieres in Cape Town
Interview: Dressing Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile at the Masque in Cape Town
Review: Not in my backyard, rupture of the South African Dream in Neighbourhood
Concert news: Smokie in South Africa, September 18-22, 2024
Stage: Festival hit The Agents is Pick of The Fringe, August 2024 in the Cape
Stage: Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre presents new full-length work autoplay in Cape Town, September 2024
Review: The fabulous NYO Jazz from Carnegie Hall dazzles South Africa
Performance: Step into a world of music with Spier’s The Routes Of Sound directed by Brett Bailey
Review: Beautiful Ver in Die Wêreld Kittie glows in The Blik
Live Art: Working Title Live Art Weekend at Masambe, Art as Resilience, August 2024
Festival: The Fringe Fireside Chats Festival for self-publishing know how
Stage: Innovative and exciting GLIMMER, premiers at Magnet Theatre August 2024
Jazz: Renowned jazz trumpeter Feya Faku homecoming concerts Cape Town 2024
In the Limelight: South African actress Thembi Mtshali Jones wins prestigious Simon Mabhunu Sabela Award
Stage: LAMTA stages Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire
Review: The 2024 Ugly Noo Noo, magical play, retaining its subversive thrust, speaking to us now in this fractured world
Community: Volunteers give their 67 Mandela Day minutes to Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in South Africa
Stage: It’s NOT That Glamorous! A new original jukebox musical opens in Cape Town
In the Limelight: Entrepreneurial innovator, Darren Barnes, CEO of Perfect Solutions
Festival news: Rands Holidae Festival, celebration of music, culture, adventure
Review: Heathers The Musical, Cape Town 2024, exhilarating, exceptional production
Review: Immersion in Live Art Weekend, Art Must Be
Stage: UHAMBO (The Traveling), Buhle T Stefane’s personal journey of confronting his past and finding solace in art
Artcentric: Solo Studios 2024, a vibrant mix of art, culture, and adventure
Review: Rocking the Bar is a gem, a bonsai musical with an elegiac narrative