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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
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Festivals: Play is the theme of Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees 2024
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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
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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
Review: Pieces of Me, gripping performance, beautiful theatre, imbued with empathy and pathos
Interview: How very? Staging Heathers the Musical in Cape Town
Interview: Activating Live Art with dynamic Live Art Weekend
Live music: NYO Jazz, Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra, South Africa tour 2024
Review: Witness for the Prosecution is sheer escapism and entertainment, a wonderful diversion from winter in Cape Town
Live art: Working Title Live Art Weekend at Masambe, ART MUST BE… July 2024
Music news: Berry, releases Afrikaans single 10 000 Redes and performing Berry Rocks, July 13 2024
Review: Figure of 8 Maze of the Mind is brilliant dance theatre
Stage: Agatha Christie classic Murder on the Nile at The Masque, 2024
Community: Do More Foundation Mandela Day of Play 2024
Review: Bravo to the wonderful 25th Jive Cape Town Funny Festival
Interview: Dynamic Kutloano Headbush from Johannesburg making a mark in LA
Community: Outside the Bowl Africa & Samaritans Feet SA, Food for Soles Mandela Drive
Insight: Invigorating to be at FynArts 2024 and looking to FynArts 2025
Stage: Bo Petersen returns to the stage in Pieces of Me, Baxter Studio
Stage: New stand-up show, Look Who’s Joking with Wayne McKay at the Wave, Cape Town, July 2024
Stage: Cape Ballet Africa ignites the Baxter stage with inaugural season SALT, September 2024
Review: The heritage Windsor Hotel in Hermanus is charming and welcoming
Review: The Dumb Waiter, gripping and compulsive with superb performances
Review: Hollywood, LAMTA has again delivered a knockout of a dance show
Stage: Fiona Ramsay in Blonde Poison, searingly brilliant theatre
Review: The Little Mermaid shimmering on stage at Canal Walk Theatre winter 2024
Review: Dynamic choral exchange by St Olaf Choir in concert with the UCT University Choir
Review: Grand Opera, epic, expansive production of Lucia di Lammermoor by Cape Town Opera
Performance: Hunger Count, durational performance art installation by Carin Bester, National Arts Festival 2024
Stage: Magicians Brendon Peel and Li Lau return to SA stages for National Arts Festival 2024
Stage: Waterfront Theatre School presents South African premiere of Heathers The Musical at Artscape, July 2024
Stage: The Karin Kortje Foundation hosting inaugural Carols in July in Cape Town
Review: Ashley Dowds delivers a tender and nuanced performance in The Return of Elvis Pisane
Stage: LAMTA’s Hollywood, a dance spectacle celebrating the glitz, grit and glamour of Tinseltown
Stage: Canal Walk Theatre Presents: The Little Mermaid, 2024
Stage: Forever Motown, The Musical, debuts in Cape Town July 2024
Stage: Celebrated St Olaf Choir conducted by Dr Anton Armstrong on tour South Africa 2024
Stage: Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre presents ULTRA at the National Arts Festival 2024
Stage: Dance Intersect 2024, Meet the Dancers in Silent Symphony of Feelings
Stage interview: Andi Colombo talks about 32 Lavender Close, a bathroomedy
Stage:Dog Rose is poignant, quirky with a warm heart, beautiful and special theatre
Festival: Closing weekend of FynArts 2024, features five performances on stage
Review: The Golden Girls on stage in South Africa 2024 is fun fun fun, upbeat, inspiring and uplifting.
Review: Trouble in Mind, Cape Town 2024, is a wonderful opportunity for audiences to become engrossed in this riveting play
Design: Your hot guide to Decorex Africa 2024 Cape Town
Community: Real Reform for ECD celebrates milestone publication of Children’s Amendment Bill
Africa: Celebrating Africa Day May 2024, new campaign by award winning African agency Perfect Solutions, highlights the beauty of Africa
Stage: David Kramer’s award winning musical Ver In Die Wêreld Kittie returns for a limited run at The Blik
Stage: 32 Lavender Close, directed and written by Andi Colombo, winner of the Theatre Arts Emerging Theatre Directors Bursary 2024
Stage: Cape Town Opera presents Lucia di Lammermoor at Artscape, June 2024, directed by Angelo Gobbato
Design: Discover the pulse with Africa’s most exciting lifestyle companies at Decorex Cape Town 2024
Interview: McCoy Mrubata’s Cape Town 2024 Homecoming Concerts, celebrating his milestone birthday and launch of new album Lullaby for Khayoyo
Stage: Bo Petersen’s Pieces of Me, South Africa 2024 tour, starts at FynArts
Stage interview: Fun and entertaining tribute to The Golden Girls, South Africa 2024
Design: Decorex 2024, from small screen to decor scene, inventive room sets to bring emojis to life
Stage: My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, starring Julie-Anne McDowell, South Africa 2024
Review: Brilliant play, Droomwerk, cathartic in its honesty, pain and capacity for facing the unresolved and uncomfortable
Dance theatre: After Dark, choreographed by Lee van der Merwe for Dance Intersect 2024
Review: The King Of Broken Things is beautiful, poignant, lyrical theatre experience of the extraordinary
Dance: Artscape celebrates 30 years of Democracy and diversity with SboNdaba Dance, May 2024
Festival news: FynArts 2024 at a glance, thrilling offerings June 7-17 in Hermanus
Community: Do More Foundation and Care for Education partner to enrich play based learning with DUPLO boxes to ECD Centres in SA
Stage: Back with a Bang with the May 2024 lineup at The Drama Factory
Community news: Advocates for young children took to streets in Johannesburg to urge political parties to prioritise Early Childhood Development
Magic on stage: The College of Magic’s spellbinding new show, Unbelievable, four shows, Artscape, June 2024
Review: Louis Viljoen’s The Sin Drinkers, beguiling drama, in a gloaming glare of closure
Stage: Pieter Odendaal’s award winning play Droomwerk coming home to Cape Town
Stage: Thembi Mtshali-Jones stars in Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress at the Baxter, 2024
Review: The South African 2024 production of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus is extraordinary
Dance news: Cape Ballet Africa, visionary new dance company reimagines how dance can look in Africa
On stage: Sleep! with André the Hilarious Hypnotist, Cape Town tour, May 2024
Community news: Gauteng Health Department introduces devastating requirement, ECD programmes must be registered to receive nutrition support
Theatre news: West End and Broadway hit, Tell Me on a Sunday, on stage in Cape Town, April 2024
Community news: The Early Childhood Development sector launching the People’s Manifesto for ECD at Constitution Hill
Review: Stunning opera showcase, SHORTS: A Festival of Pocket Operas, presented by Cape Town Opera, April 2024
Theatre news: Next! Thank you!… tongue-in-cheek musical revue by Debby Jamieson, with Matthew Reid on sax and keys
Community news: Human Rights Month in Rustenburg, empowering Day Mothers
Musical theatre news: Fame the Musical on stage in Cape Town, April 2024
Music news: Melorie Jane, acclaimed South African jazz pianist generating a buzz with a new CD, Hold the Stars
Theatre news: Multiple award winning the King of Broken Things at the Baxter, May 2024
Interview: Urgently compelling, relevant, staging Trial by Media, world premiere, presented by Cape Town Opera, SHORTS-A Festival of Pocket Operas
Theatre news: The Golden Girls, celebration of iconic TV show on stage in Cape Town at The Masque
Stage: WhatsOnStageMzansi @TheCapeRobyn April 2024
Review: Our Mother the Earth – Where will our children play? by SboNdaba Dance is an exceptional piece of dance theatre
Theatre news: Amazing April 2024 lineup at The Drama Factory, Western Cape
In the Limelight: Lerato Maphatsoe, channelling pain into power and birthing new dreams
Community news: Human Rights Month South Africa 2024 in Bushbuckridge, connecting ECD practitioners and Government
Opera news: Cape Town Opera presents ‘SHORTS-A Festival of Pocket Operas’, Artscape, April 2024
Theatre news: 59th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards winners celebrated at the Baxter
Festival news: William Kentridge is the Legacy Award Winner at the 2024 FynArts Festival in Hermanus
Review: Super duper Mamma Mia! South Africa 2024 is a winner, superlative
Theatre news: Ìlọ Yá, solo play written and performed by Oluwasegun Lafup Ogundipe, debuts in Cape Town
Review: Die vegetariër is a brilliant production, brilliant staging, design and mind blowing performances
Review: Sweeney Todd, stunning site-specific immersive production in a bakery in Cape Town
Theatre news: Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards for Contribution to Theatre 2024, announced before Gala Event
Record breaking gin fest: Two Gingers presents Cape Cheers, April 6, 2024
Musical theatrical news: Hail to the King! A Musical Story, Dr Thokozani Mhlambi, Cape Town, April 2024
Dance theatre news: Our Mother the Earth – Where will our children play? SboNdaba Dance, premiere, Cape Town, March 2024
Interview: Immersive site-specific Sweeney Todd in an industrial bakery, Olympia Bakery, Kalk Bay, March 2024
Dance theatre: Anderson Carvalho Dance & Choreography (ACDC) presenting Dance Intersect 2024, exciting season of dance theatre, Baxter, Cape Town
Review: Verve, whimsy and tenderness, exceptional theatre for tots, Red Boots, Theatre in the Dark
Review: Fabulous Ratanga Park Sunset Concerts launch, Feb 25, 2024
Theatre news: Festival of new South African plays promotes and celebrates local writers at The Masque, March 2024
Theatre news: Comedy, music and Every Brilliant Thing for The Drama Factory in March 2024
Theatre news: Nominations announced for 59th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Review: Djeli, magical storytelling, framed by the warm glow of paraffin lamps and the sands of time, shape shifting physically and metaphorically
Review: Light in the dark, Diapason and In Transit, Theatre in the Dark, Cape Town
Review: Erika Breytenbach-Marais is mesmerising with her searing and visceral performance in The Good Dad/Die Goeie Pa
Review: An Evening in the Company of Grief, Theatre in the Dark, lovingly crafted and exquisite piece of theatre
Festival news: FynArts 2024 presents two summer outdoor concerts in Hermanus
Review: Breathtakingly fabulous Puccini double bill by Cape Town Opera, February 2024
Review: Expelled is an unsettling cautionary morality tale, igniting essential conversations in the vortex of social media
Review: Electrifying Emperor’s New Clothes, zips and zaps into the Zeitgeist of our times
Review: Excellent script, performances, design and direction, Duncan McMillan West End hit play Lungs
Review: Legally Blonde The Musical, Cape Town 2024, beautifully staged, knockout performances, choreography and upbeat songs
Insight: Theatre in the Dark, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet
Interview: Tik Tok goes The Emperor’s New Clothes in South Africa, fun and contemporary
Review: Romeo & Juliet at Maynardville 2024, infused with a millennial energy by young leads and knockout performances by veteran thespians
Outdoor concerts: Century City launches The Ratanga Park Sunset Concerts, with Die Heuwels Fantasties, Sunday February 25, 2024
Theatre news: Fun new take on classic fave for children, The Emperor’s New Clothes at The Masque, February 2024
Theatre news: Djeli to shed light on the meaning of life, Theatre in the Dark, Theatre Arts, Cape Town, Feb 2024
Theatre news: Fabulous February 2024 at The Drama Factory
Opera news: Puccini double bill, Cape Town Opera’s Angelica and Gianni Schicchi at Artscape, February 2024
Theatre news: Intimate and immersive production of Sondheim’s masterpiece, Sweeney Todd, March 2024, Cape Town
Interview: Sibahle Mabaso’s In Transit at Theatre in the Dark- exploring darkness, sound and light
Theatre news: Critically acclaimed The Good Dad/Die Goeie Pa at the Baxter, February 2024
Review: Marthinus Basson’s striking staging of Die Fel Omstrede Kroon van Edward II en Gaveston, is a wow
Insight: Magical opening for Maynardville 2024
Big band news: Lady Day Big Band (LDBB) album launch and concert
Review: Chasing the Sugarman, elegiac and moving tribute to Rodriguez
Review: Sensational WILD, neo Western cirque cabaret at the Kalk Bay Theatre
Theatre news: Theatre under the stars at Maynardville 2024, Cape Town tradition since the 1950s
Live music news: Award-winning Simphiwe Dana, set to dazzle Cape Town audiences, January 2024
Theatre news: Begin the year 2024 with The Young Professionals at Theatre Arts
Review: Fabulously Fast and Reasonably Furious with Alan Committie
Preview: The Hollywoodbets Cape Town Street Parade, January 2, 2024
Review: Pumpkin Finds Her Kindness is charming, sparkling, entertaining theatre for children
Insight: Lekker vibes at Unity on The Square Music Festival Cape Town 2023
Review: Rapunzel Untangling the Truth, a lot of fun, with an enthusiastic and energetic cast having a blast on stage
Review: The Sound of Music – exceptional, fresh and vibrant staging of much loved musical
Gifting: 10 Ways to Gift for Good, this Festive Season with The Do More Foundation
Review: Stunning VOOMA! By Zip Zap is a festive season winner
Review: Cape Town City Ballet, Veronica Paeper’s A Christmas Carol, December 2023 is a treat, a joy and a lot of fun
Community: Do More Foundation and RCL Foods empowers Molteno community through transformative initiatives for children and parents
Fashion: SA hip-hop sensation, Lucasraps, partners with nostalgic sports brand, Starter, new fashion capsule range launching this festive season
Review: Marc Lottering, So I Wrote That Musical is an upper, a tonic, must-see for the festive season
Review: Reza de Wet’s African Gothic (Diepe Gronde), brilliantly directed by Amee Lekas, exceptional theatre
Review: Spring Awakening- excellent production by LAMTA, directed by Sylvaine Strike
Review: Every Brilliant Thing is brillant theatre
Review: Moved to tears in a good way by Pieter-Dirk Uys in Bambi Kellermann in Kaberet 2023 with Godfrey Johnson
Cabaret news: Wêla Kapela Productions, Cabaret Festive Season 2023
Review: Entertaining, sophisticated King George is a biting morality play and cautionary tale with knockout performances
In the Limelight: South Africa Ronette Marx celebrates two decades in the modelling biz
Interview: Aidan Lewis, musical director of Rapunzel – Untangling the Truth talks about conceptualising the fun soundtrack of whimsy and mashups
Circus news: The return of thrills, Zip Zap unleashes VOOMA! Circus spectacle, December 2023
Theatre news: African Gothic by Reza de Wet, directed by Amee Lekas, winner of Theatre Arts Emerging Theatre Directors Bursary 2023
Review: Flughafen, wonderfully original new South African play by Alice Viskat
Interview: The Pussy Squad at Infecting the City 2023, charismatically challenging pre-conceived ideas of women’s bodies
Public arts festival: Infecting the City 2023, Cape Town, two week fest
Theatre news: Theatre Arts shines spotlight on the impact of load shedding with upcoming Theatre in the Dark 2024 Season
Musical theatre news: Legally Blonde The Musical, Cape Town, Artscape, Feb 2024
Theatre and music: The Jive Culture Shock 2023, proudly Capetonian showcase returns for a fourth season
Insight: Children’s in focus at Cape Town City Ballet’s A Christmas Carol 2023
Interview: Seeing ourselves on stage, universal theme of loss, award winning Karatara, Johannesburg November 2023 season at Market Theatre
TV commercial: SA film director partners with UK production company to showcase virtual reality dating app in spectacular international TV commercial
Theatre news: Flughafen the play by Alice Viskat, screwball comedy and thrilling, psychological twists
Review: Immersion in the quiet of Constellations 2023, The Garden of Good and Evil
Theatre news: Expelled, new South African play by Rosalind Butler, premiering in Feb/March 2024 at Baxter and then transferring to The Market Theatre
Theatre news: Get ready for the gift of festive season fun with The Masque’s Rapunzel – Untangling the Truth
Community news: First Lady, Dr Tshepo Motsepe, advocates for child nutrition at Right to Nutrition Campaign launch by Real Reform for ECD
Review: The Murder of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, innovative, fabulously fun stage adaption of Agatha Christie’s novel
Review: Bucket Boy, funny, wistful, psychological thrills, twists and absurdity
Music festival news: Cape Town’s Unity On The Square returns with a star-studded line-up, December 16, 2023
Community: Right to Nutrition Campaign- launch on November 3, 2023 by the The Real Reform for ECD (RR4ECD)
Ballet news: Cape Town City Ballet’s festive season 2023,Veronica Paeper’s A Christmas Carol
Interview: What happens backstage doesn’t stay backstage when a drama society stages, The Murder of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Review: Mesmerising and stunning La traviata, Cape Town, October 2023
Books: Monthly gratitude journal for kids aims to grow better humans in South Africa
Community news: Do More Foundation activates campaigns, beyond 2023 World Food Day, in ECD Centres in SA
Destinations: FynArts Weekend of Workshops, Hermanus, November 2023
Review: Matilda JR, Cape Town 2023, a lot of fun, with a talented and energetic cast
Theatre news: Star-studded November 2023 line-up at The Drama Factory
Insight: Woordfees 2023 in Stellenbosch- igniting conversations – in and out of our bubble
Review: Lyle Kessler’s Orphans, directed by Christo Davids, South Africa 2023, is a triumph, a theatrical gem
Bubbly news: 2023 Festival of Bubbles at the Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town
Theatre news: Matilda Jr– A Timeless Tale of Magic and Imagination comes to life on stage in Cape Town
Community: South African non-profit organization, Outside The Bowl Global, launches nationwide Christmas Drive 2023
Community news: Do More Foundation celebrates World Food Day October 16, 2023
Review: Beautiful music of Carole King, beautifully evoked in Up On The Roof -The Carole King Songbook
Live music news: Classical Calabash- a musical journey from sunset to sunrise at Woordfees 2023
Performance news: Constellations – The Garden of Good and Evil, Spier Wine Farm, November 2023
Shakespeare in Africa: Preview screenings of film, Speak Me A Speech, at Woordfees 2023
Theatre news: Agatha Christie’s The Murder of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd becomes a hilarious play-within-a-play at The Masque
Review: The stickiness of connections and disconnections in ULTRA by Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre
Review: Exit/Exist by Gregory Maqoma, rousing beautiful performance; lament and celebration
Concert: ATKV-Crescendo finalists gearing up for final training week and concert, Sit Dit Aan
Interview: Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre’s Louise Coetzer talks about ULTRA
Theatre news: An evening with musical theatre super stars and Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Artscape Opera House, April 2024
Business: Elevate Your Enterprise Summit 2023, championing growth through marketing, technology and Investments
Theatre news: Discover incredible local music talent with Interlace Live at The Masque, October 2023
Jazz news: Mandla Mlangeni Quartet, Cape Town October 2023
Theatre news: ULTRA by Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre at Woorfees 2023
Review: The Promise on stage, extraordinary theatre, magnificent production
Theatre news: Exciting October 2023 programme at The Drama Factory
Review: Soul food and deliciously funny, A Vegan Killed my Marriage
Gin and music: Raise a glass and make history with Two Gingers Gin
Theatre news: VR Theatrical’s Up On The Roof, The Carole King Songbook
Community: Do More Foundation South Africa- ready to do more in Randfontein communities
Insight: Andre the Hilarious Hypnotist, back on on stage in South Africa 2023
Cape Town Baroque Festival: 2023 fest features music from Spanish Renaissance until the 21st century
Theatre news: Christo Davids directs Lyle Kessler’s play Orphans at the Baxter, October 2023
Theatre news: Gavin Werner’s play, Spanish Steps – 2023 Cape Town
Review: The Moon Looks Delicious From Here – poignant portrait of a family in its magic and complexities
Review: Cape Town Opera’s 2023 Tosca – ravishing production
Funding call: Opportunity for EdTech entrepreneurs and social innovators, to improve language and literacy in South African homes
Insight: Theatre Arts, rehearsal space of choice in Cape Town and vibrant theatre
Review: Happy place in Same Time, Next Year South 2023 production
Theatre announcement: Winners of Emerging Theatre Directors Bursary 2023
Jazz news: Jazz Waves Wednesdays on 91 Bree, Old Bailey Lounge Bar Cape Town
Live music: World renowned cellist and composer, Dr Thokozani Mhlambi, presenting Heritage Month 2023 concert in Cape Town
Interview: Never Say Die – singing to the theme of her life -is South African star, Berry
Review: And The Winner Is – Cape Town’s WTS delivers captivating dance show
Theatre news: The countdown is on to the world première of Damon Galgut’s The Promise – on stage
Theatre news: And The Winner Is – WTS, Cape Town, celebrating award-winning musicals and films
Review: Zip Zap’s MOYA 2023 is awe-inspiring theatrical circus
Review: Flummoxed by grief and sadness, in South African English version of The Good Dad
Theatre news: Parel Vallei delivers another powerful Afrikaans play to Cape Town audiences, with Wegwereld
Review: Cantos of a Life in Exile is a beautifully poignant theatre experience
Shopping: Ancient Spirit, ahh, where did you get THAT?
Music news: Berry, SA musician and 2021 Idols winner, releasing new music and hosting Heritage Month concert in Cape Town
Opera news: Cape Town Opera’s grand scale Tosca in Cape Town, September 2023
Review: Maina Gielgud’s fun, sassy, whimsical Don Q 2023, for Cape Town City Ballet
Review: Inspirational Blind Ambition doccie screening at Solo Studios 2023
Review: Living for art -why do moths fly like crazy f*@#ks in the night?
Review: The Beauty Queen of Leenane is engrossing theatre, engaging with a host of festering issues
Review: The Water Rats, documentary of intimacy and tenderness of interpersonal connection
Review: Stylish with stunning art, 1 Royal Street Guesthouse in Riebeek Kasteel
Concert news: Daylin Sass celebrates his late mother with his Heritage Month 2023 show
Music news: Love inspires ATKV-Crescendo finalist Alzanley Lizemore’s single, Klein Oneindigheid
Community news: South African NPO, Outside The Bowl, combating childhood hunger with One Million Meals
Music news: Cape Town’s Marsha Bothma, releases music video from her single, Vlam in My Hart, as ode to her love
Preview: World premiere of Sue Pam-Grant’s MOTHS play, a portrait of a Woman as Artist
In the Limelight: A weekend of art and culture at Riebeek Valley’s Solo Studios 2023
Interview: Makhaola Ndebele’s Cantos of a Life in Exile, the power of theatre and performance practice to transcend displacement and estrangement
Interview: Richard Wiseman – Magic is symbolic of the impossible being possible and that is inspirational
Ballet news: Cape Town City Ballet’s Don Quixote 2023
In the Limelight: Wêla Kapela Productions from South Africa, at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
In the Limelight: Chayela Rosenthal – Wunderkind of the Vilna Ghetto Theatre
Review: Magnet Theatre Youth Company’s Surge is a lyrically poignant and magical theatre experience
Theatre news: Makhaola Ndebele’s Cantos of a Life in Exile, yearning for a place to call home, Cape Town, August 2023
Review: Exceptional play, Die Halwe Huis is a poignant howl from inside a crushed psyche
Insight: ACDC at the Ubumuntu Arts Festival – a shared space with the expression of unique voices and visions
Theatre news: Second Women’s Month Festival at The Drama Factory, celebrates South African stories through music, comedy and drama
Theatre news: The Waiting Game, set to music and dance exploring the need and want for human connection
Music and art: Ground breaking Solo Symphony at Solo Studios 2023
Review: Set in Motion- threads which bind and connect us as humans in constant flux
Review: Educating Rita – Willie Russell’s classic comedy revisited
Preview: Die Halwe Huis, award winning drama, with poetry, storytelling and music
Dance announcement: Dancers Love Dogs (DLD), back on stage, Cape Town, July 2023
In the Limelight: MOYA 2023 on stage, with new music and acts
Review: Outstanding staging of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night by the Masque in Cape Town
Review: Intimacy of the Skin, tender and beautifully nuanced dance theatre, of personal and collective memory
Review: Madly marvelous Alice in Wonderland at Canal Walk’s Children’s Theatre 2023
Review: Magical Cinderella/Cendrillon harnesses the intimacy of chamber/salon opera and the grandeur of epic theatre
Trends: Hatching design at Decorex Africa 2023
Interview: Laughter and enjoyment in the Masque’s 2023 staging of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, set in Weimar Germany
Review: Stunning Jive Cape Town Funny Festival 2023
Review: Rousing celebration and lament in documentary, Reflections in a broken mirror
Art news: Bespoke art at Solo Studios – Intimate Art Encounters 2023
Theatre news: Naledi winning, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, has its Cape Town premiere at The Baxter, August 2023
In The Limelight: Creating Cape Town Opera’s Cinderella- a menagerie of cutting-edge minimalism with opulence and elegance
Preview: Beat It – The Incredible Story of Michael Jackson, on in Cape Town, July 2023
Music news: Worcester-born artist, Selby Williams, follows his dream with the release of single, Hier is Ek
Review: Transcendence of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra SA tour 2023
Interview: Trailblazing and innovative – family friendly adaption of Cinderella, by Cape Town Opera
Review: LAMTA’S Vintage Jukebox is a seductively immersive jewel box of a show
Review: Compelling psychological thriller which digs deep into abuse, trauma, revenge and choices made
Interview: Canal Walk’s Alice in Wonderland 2023, twinkles and sparkles with puppets, animation, original score and lyrics
Theatre news: The Reed Player staged in 2023, by Marianna Productions
Festival news: Wêla Kapela Productions at National Arts Festival 2023
Music news: Afrikaans singer, Madelaine, releases her debut single: Ek Kies Vandag
Film news: Reflections in a broken mirror has world premiere at 25th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, 2023
Theatre news: Canal Walk Children’s Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland, 2023
Festival news: Sibongakonke Mama’s award winning play at National Arts Festival 2023
Interview: Benjamin Zander talks about the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra’s South African tour, June 2023
Destinations: A Blooming Perfect Way To View The Spring Wild Flowers Spectacle in the Cape, 2023
Insight: Communing in happiness in Hermanus at FynArts 2023
Opera news: Enchanting Cinderella for winter school holidays at Artscape, July 4-8, 2023
Review: Bold, brave edgy staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! in 2023, Cape Town
Winter School: FynArts in Hermanus 2023 offers fabulous presentations, workshops and demonstrations
Must-sees: Discover the best in home decor and design at Decorex Cape Town 2023
Circus announcement: Zip Zap’s MOYA is back with brand- new original music and acts
Review: The College of Magic’s Impossible! is a spectacular escape from reality
Sustainability: Decorex 2023, celebrates how decor and design businesses are approaching sustainability
Public art: Walking Back to Happiness with Sculpture on The Cliffs at FynArts 2023
Trends: Delectable food trends served up at Decorex Cape Town
Innovation: Exploring the next wave of creativity and inovation, Decorex Africa’s Future of Design
Review: Zip Zap’s Vooma! is a wow- polished, fun and full of ‘vooma’
Curated wine events: Wine by Design and The Art of Wine at FynArts 2023
In the Limelight: From small beginnings, FynArts in Hermanus, celebrates its 11th festival in 2023
Classical music: Celebrated conductor, Benjamin Zander, brings award-winning Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra on tour, South African June 2023
Preview: LAMTA’s new dance production Vintage Jukebox celebrates the spirit of the Roaring Twenties
Review: Sell-By- Date – Pieter-Dirk Uys and his truly unstoppable titanium Tannie Evita
Interview: Oklahoma! staged in Cape Town June 2023- re-invigorating and revitalizing this seminal musical with a young and energetic cast
Interview: Mentalist Bryan Miles, loves exploring the cracks in our reality and the magic of the mind
Interview: Angelique Munyange- the DRC born, South African raised actress talks about her career in the USA
Interview: Houdini escape featured in Impossible! –epic scale Family Magic Show by the College of Magic, Cape Town, June 2023
Festival news: The 2023 FynArts Festival is an epic fusion of arts festival and winter school
Music festival: 3rd annual Klassieke Koelkamers in Paternoster, June 15-18, 2023, Youth Day weekend
Music news: Rising South African musician, Deard, drops debut single: Antisocial
Interview: Pieter Dirk Uys, Sell-By-Date, personal journey from the paralysis of states of disaster to renewed energy and enjoyment
Music on stage: Get your secret season sizzling, with a great May 2023 music line-up, at The Drama Factory
Circus news: Zip Zap’s VOOMA! Is almost here, May/June 2023
Preview: International mentalist Bryan Miles returns to Cape Town stage, June 2023, with new show Hidden Senses!
Theatre announcement: Damon Galgut’s The Promise, directed by Sylvaine Strike, premières, 2023 in South Africa
Review: Cape Town Opera’s The Pearl Fishers (2023) is sublimely exquisite
Announcement: The Institute