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  • Stage: Pieces of Me, award winning solo theatre returns to the Western Cape for 2026 tour
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  • Stage: Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2025/2026
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  • Dance call: Emerging choreographers invited to apply for Open Call, ACDC Duet Xchange 2026
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Stage: War drama, Far Gone, brings its powerful story to SA theatres, November 2025
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  • Interview: Alan Committie talks about playing the jailer, Frosch in Die Fledermaus, Opera UCT
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  • 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
  • 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 for Creative Arts (ICA) launches the 2023 Great Texts/Big Questions Lecture series on May 16
  • Review: We Will Rock You- South Africa 2023- sensational epic production
  • Review: Mike van Graan’s My Fellow South Africans, laughing, but it hurts
  • Review: Firefly is lyrical and meditative – beguiling theatre
  • Review: David Kramer’s Ver in die wêreld Kittie, enchanting homage, tribute and celebration
  • Preview: Twelfth Night set in Weimar Germany, staged by The Masque, Cape Town
  • Interview: Who is Anderson Carvalho? The Brazilian-Dutch choreographer talks about his passion for the African continent and kindling the intersection of dance across nations and sensibilities
  • Interview: Cape Town artist Shakil Solanki subverting the narrative of the The Pearl Fishers into a queer love triangle for Cape Town Opera’s production
  • Interview: Empatheatre, South Africa’s theatre company of healing- changing, challenging systems and igniting vital conversations
  • Review: Cruise the play, a vivid portrait of love, identity and cruising through trauma
  • Preview: David Kramer’s Ver in die wêreld Kittie
  • Review: Mad dogs and shenanigans at the Good News Cabaret-quirky, wry, witty and entertaining
  • Opera news: International opera star Levy Sekgapane returns home for Cape Town Opera’s The Pearl Fishers, May 2023
  • Review: Die Moeder is immersive and compelling viewing- brilliant and innovative production
  • Magic news: New TV series, to showcase talents of Cape Town’s young magicians
  • Circus celebration: Zip Zap celebrates World Circus Day 2023
  • Review: Kirstenbosch Summer Concerts 2022/23, a jubilant season
  • Interview: The Good News Cabaret, mélange of new songs and standards and comedy by Godfrey Johnson and Roland Perold
  • Review: Buddy – the Buddy Holly Story – South Africa 2023- Stupendous! Sophisticated, vibrant and immersive production
  • Interview: Jessie, Die Man en Die Maan, by Kanya Viljoen, starring Carlo Daniels
  • Dance announcement: Dance Intersect 2023- exciting dance platform in Cape Town – with public performances in May
  • Insight: Devil Song- new South African cabaret
  • Interview: Before the Second Advent, grappling with sickness and faith stems from a real place
  • Water access: QVDB Foundation and Cassper Nyovest, giving students access to clean drinking water
  • Theatre news: Zip Zap’s New Performance Hall in Cape Town, building fund is gaining traction  
  • Review: Jonathan Roxmouth’s Key Change – My Favourite Pianists- stunning show underpinned by multi-dimensional innovative conceptual arc
  • Announcement: Winners of 58th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards 2023
  • Concert announcement: Love Life and Happiness,Emo Adams, Jesmoné Damonse and Berry on April 8, 2023 in Stellenbosch
  • Insight: In the Spirit of Peace: Bheki Khoza with Kazakyah Ben Israel at Gallery South, Cape Town
  • Preview: The Good News Cabaret, Roland Perold and Godfrey Johnson at three venues in the Cape, April 2023
  • Preview: Before the Second Advent- drama in four acts by Ydalie Turk
  • Insight: Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards- is your production eligible for nomination?
  • Review: Daniel Newton’s play,The Rangers, playback of memory and narratives, triggering in multiple directions
  • Preview: Love Me, Feed Me, Never Leave Me- comedic play – love, loss, longing, relationships and modern world of dating
  • Preview: VOOMA! – the new high-octane show by Zip Zap Circus –May and June 2023 in Cape Town
  • Review/interview: Epic Hamlet –opulent and operatic- mythical trance-like masque
  • Preview: Our Oceans Our Future – première season, presented by SboNdaba Dance, Cape Town
  • Review: Ziyana- exquisitely manifested musical drama, alchemy of storytelling, memory, blessings
  • Preview: Cape Town Jewish Literary Festival 2023 with spirited lineup
  • Interview: Carlo Daniels, No Complaints, dynamic, ingenious response to Beckett’s Happy Days
  • Preview: Gratitude- solo exhibition of oil paintings by Jaret Loggenberg at Avontuur Estate in Somerset West
  • Interview: Patisserie Femme – satirical play – commentary on how woman are defined- to be chewed, consumed and spat out
  • Theatre news: Announcement of nominees for 58th Fleur du Cape Theatre Awards
  • Review: When We Awake- poignant, lyrical, nuanced, drawing vividly from oral storytelling Intsomi and games
  • Review: Cape Town City Ballet soars with enchanting double bill at Maynardville 2023
  • Interview: New South African satirical cabaret, Devil Song, set in a South African-inspired netherspace
  • In the Limelight: QGC is set to uplift the Namibian mining town of Klein Aub
  • Review: Masterful Sandra Prinsloo –intoxicating mélange of theatre and opera in Terrence McNally’s Master Class
  • In the Limelight: Nwabisa Plaatjie When We Awake, returns to The Baxter, from February 28 to March 4, 2023
  • Film news: Thembi Mtshali-Jones celebrates the 35th anniversary of anti-apartheid film, Mapantsula, in Berlin, February 2023
  • Preview: Cape Town City Ballet at Maynardville Open-Air Festival 2023 with Summersnow, glorious double bill
  • Review: Live Art Network Africa 2023 – intensely immersive experience
  • In the Limelight: Cape Town Opera’s National Schools Tour 2023
  • Preview: Brand new South African production, Devil Song, glittering cabaret of villainous proportions
  • Mining news: QGC partners with Marula Mining to develop and mine three major future metals projects
  • Interview: Aldo Brincat The Moon Looks Delicious from Here- triggering audience into remembering their heritage; to reflect on their past
  • Music news: Keanu Harker, releases Valentine’s single as a gift to fans
  • Mining news: QGC takes a leap into the sustainable Nickel mining sphere
  • Interview: Renowned trumpeter Mandla Mlangeni tours Cape Town, February 2023
  • Preview: Spier Harvest of the Arts Festival 2023, cultural abundance to delight the soul and senses
  • Review: Excellent play, Hansard, excellent production, South Africa
  • Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, at 2023 Maynardville Open Air Theatre Festival, fun, accessible, superbly staged and performed
  • Preview: Vincent – His Quest to Love and be Loved, at The Drama Factory, February 17-19, 2023
  • Review: Oedipus at Colonus #aftersophocles is vividly imaged, achingly grieving theatre, a fierce and defiantly immersive theatrical experience
  • Preview: Fagrie Isaacs hosting Ultimate Love Song Collection at the Castle, March 4, 2023
  • Applications: The Drama Factory and F Creations Women’s Month Festival, apply before March 31, 2023
  • Review: Louis Viljoen’s psycho-sexual thriller Grass Widow, machinations into realities and delusions
  • Interview: Tangibly reconnecting through the shared space of theatre in South African epic musical, Calling Us Home
  • Review: LAMTA’s Come Together: The Beatles Covered/Uncovered – excellent, brilliantly conceived dance theatre show -not to be missed
  • Preview: An evening of love and music – the Masque’s Valentine Soiree 2023
  • Interview: Uncovering the story of the Beatles for LAMTA’s The Beatles Covered/Uncovered
  • Preview: Terry Fortune’s Golden Oldies at Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts, February 5, 2023
  • Preview: Exciting programme for Live Art Network Africa Gathering, Cape Town, February 16-19, 2023
  • Review: Cape Town Opera triumph at Kirstenbosch Summer Concerts after an absence of 23 years
  • Interview: Loathsomely lovable Ugly Sisters in Cape Town City Ballet’s 2023 production of Veronica Paeper’s Cinderella
  • Preview: The Young Professionals at Theatre Arts, Cape Town – inaugural season 2023- showcasing work by graduates
  • Preview: LAMTA’S acclaimed, The Beatles Covered/Uncovered, returns to Cape Town stage, February 2023
  • Preview: Shakespeare, ballet, opera and music at 2023 Maynardville Open Air Theatre Festival 
  • Preview: Cape Town Opera performs at Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts on January 22, 2023
  • Announcement: International guest artists- Vadim Muntagirov and Tatiana Melnik, will perform in Cape Town City Ballet’s Feb 2023 production of Veronica Paeper’s Cinderella
  • Preview: Renowned trumpeter, Fezile ‘Feya’ Faku gig in Cape Town, January 2023
  • Review: Sizzling concert by Goldfish at Kirstenbosch Summer Concerts 2022/23
  • Preview: Aldo Brincat’s The Moon Looks Delicious From Here – a theatre play of magical realism and far off places
  • Preview: Athlone Stadium ready for Klopse 2023 competitions after successful Hollywoodbets Cape Town Street Parade 
  • Preview: Gustavo Romero, Schubert Sonata Series, Cape Town January 2023
  • Review: Glorious Kirstenbosch Summer Concerts 2022/23 – Neon Dreams, Majozi and Will Linley
  • Review: Alan Committie’s Live and Let Laugh is 90 minutes of sheer fun- love, love, loved it
  • Review: Sizzle- sizzles at Kalk Bay Theatre- astounding speciality acts, burlesque, comedy and dance
  • Review: Theodore Jantjies and Maurice Paige deliver dynamic performances in the madcap and zany Platform 9: Coming Home
  • Review: Curl Up & Dye – iconic play revisited – pushing metaphors around our roots in brilliant production
  • Review: Contested bodies with personal, political and celestial orbiting in Star+Crossed – intriguing new musical
  • Community: The Quinton Van Der Burgh Foundation continues to feed disenfranchised families in the Middleburg area
  • Review: Cape Town Theatre Company’s The Secret Garden is enchanting family entertainment
  • Review: Cape Town City Ballet’s, The Nutcracker is a sparkling jewel of a production
  • Review: Innovative Sleeping Beauty with gender bending fairies and a knockout Maleficent
  • Review: Fabulous! Aunty Merle – Things Get Real- is a comic and musical triumph
  • Double Star: Gravitational pull of love in relationship play which taps profoundly into the zeitgeist of feeling unhinged
  • Preview: Christmas with Keanu Harker and Friends – 2022 festive season concert
  • Review: Joyous, celebratory, innovative adaption of A Christmas Carol-enthralling storytelling musical theatre
  • Interview: Designing Sleeping Beauty with gender fluid fairies and a magnificent Maleficent
  • Review: Mike van Graan’s He Had It Coming is achingly funny, poignant and oh so sad
  • Destinations: Stargazing at Cederberg Observatory (Sterewag), Western Cape, South Africa
  • Interview: Star+Crossed – South African musical – storytelling as an agent of healing
  • Interview: Dr Siphiwo Mahala in conversation about his acclaimed play, Bloke and His American Bantu
  • Review: -No Complaints – new day, new dawn- extraordinary theatre experience – igniting light in a time of darkness
  • Lifestyle: Internationally award winning, beauty brand, Africa Organics has relaunched in South Africa, with a new website
  • Preview: The Secret Garden – magical stage adaptation of timeless novel, by Cape Town Theatre Company
  • Preview: Season 3 of Jive Culture Shock, on at Baxter in December 2022
  • Preview: World première of new musical, Star+Crossed, inspired by the life of South Africa’s Elizabeth Klarer
  • Interview: Craftivist Nell-Louise Pollock, stitching memory onto fabric, for Cape Town Opera’s One in Three
  • Review: LAMTA’s Being Steve – delicious tasting menu of Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, and Stephen Flaherty
  • Interview: Exciting children’s company of dancers to accompany Cape Town City Ballet’s Nutcracker, summer of 2022
  • Preview: Sleeping Beauty is set to enchant at The Masque, Cape Town summer 2022/23
  • In the Limelight: Marius Schonken, South African finance entrepreneur launching charity to assist under resourced communities
  • Preview: Dreams, friendship, culture, humanity and love- Platform 9: Coming Home at Baxter, festive season- 2022/2023
  • Interview: 2022 Distell National Playwright Competition winner Sibongakonke Mama talks about her play
  • Preview: I Love 90s Dance Music- Africa tour 2022- headed up by international music superstars, CeCe Peniston and Crystal Waters
  • Review: Die Dag Toe Guppie Sweef –challenging how we think about our world, and the people in it
  • Preview: Exciting lineup for the 2022 Unity On The Square music festival in Cape Town
  • Review: Extraordinary Alcina, 2022, by Cape Town Opera and UCT Opera School
  • Review: Hold Still, Nadia Davids’ play is breathtaking – trauma of the living, walking in the steps of those who are no longer here to tell their stories
  • Review: The woods is a potent protagonist in Constellations 2022- riffing off land, storytelling, nature, connections
  • Happiness interview: Marlisa Doubell is basking in the happy vibes after Betrayal, Cape Town 2022
  • Preview: LAMTA’s Being Steve – tribute to three Broadway legends to renew your faith in music and the performing arts
  • Preview: Cape Town Concert Series- International Festival-November 2022
  • Review: Dinner With The 42’s – dating and connecting in a world of cacotopia
  • Interview: Pianist Germaine Gamiet imbues award winning Vincent, the cabaret, with beautifully nuanced musicality
  • Preview: Cape Town’s Rocksteady tribute, Women of Rock Unleashed at Hillcrest Quarry and The Drama Factory
  • Review: Zip Zap’s Rhapsody is astonishing in its circus artistry, staging and music
  • Review: At All Costs – powerful theatre of witness and testimony of Battle of Delville Wood
  • Review: The loneliness of freedom rings out loudly in 2022 in The Bells of Amersfoort
  • Interview: South African magician/mentalist Brendon Peel creating the illusion of getting inside the mind
  • In the Limelight: Winner announced for the 2022 Distell National Playwright Competition
  • Interview: At All Costs, Peter Terry’s play, men who are forced into killing other men on behalf of faceless politicians
  • Interview: Rhapsody brings to the stage the culture of the Cape, diversity of South Africa and the spirit of Zip Zap Circus
  • Preview: The Bells of Amersfoort by Zakes Mda, directed by Dintshitile Mashile
  • Interview: Lorin Sookool at Constellations 2022 with ‘ongoing’- mourning, motherhood and the act of working
  • Preview: Music and Art- fundraising showcase – presented by The Cape Town Concert Series at The Norval Foundation
  • Preview: Exciting theatre for children – Die Dag Toe Guppie Sweef- presented by Motorhuis Productions, Cape Town
  • Review: Betrayal – finely calibrated, stylish and elegant production
  • Review: The Unlikely Secret Agent- powerful and immersive dramatic experience
  • Cinema: Wrap weekend European Film Festival 2022- catch Olga
  • Preview: Women artists feature at Constellations 2022, at Spier
  • In the Limelight: Harnessing entrepreneurial essence with innovator Nomalanga Sitole
  • Interview: Jazz & Classical Encounters 2022 Vol 4 at Spier- a festival where our togetherness come alive
  • Review: Silent Land –scathing look at race, class, otherness, through the lens of tourists behaving badly
  • Preview: Zip Zap’s philharmonic circus show, Rhapsody on stage at Artscape, before travelling to Paris
  • Preview: Homegrown talent heads back to SA from LA for family tour, includes The Swing With The King, benefit concert  
  • In the Limelight: Kim-Lee Wentzel Ricketts- sparking change and positivity
  • Review: Effortlessly excellent film, Ali & Ava
  • Review: Cape Town Opera’s 2022 touring production L’elisir d’amore is favolosa 
  • Review: Julie’s Narcissistic Circus peeling out of The Worst Person in the World
  • Watchlist: Finely curated programme 16 films European Film Festival South Africa 2022
  • Review: Imaging the unimaginable in Klondike, the film
  • Review: What’s Your Budget? Breathtakingly beautiful celebratory cabaret-tribute
  • Review: Wistful and tender meditation in Petite Maman, on the ties that connect us in family, memory, love and loss  
  • Review: Javier Bardem owns it as scaly but stylish patron in Spanish film, The Good Boss
  • Review: I’m your Man – compelling film takes an existential look at love, growing old and the meaning of it all
  • Interview: So You Want To Be A Trophy Wife?–locating the sweet spot of the Marie Biscuit –in over 50s coming-of-age play
  • In the Limelight: Health is literally wealth, Murray Hewlett, CEO of Affinity Health
  • Interview: Fagrie Isaacs talks about Here and Now – his epic Luther Vandross tribute show in Cape Town
  • Preview: Exciting Hermanus First Fridays Artwalk- October 2022- “CHAIR”lebration- weekend of art
  • Opera news: Cape Town Opera’s Conduct Like a Pro series- available free on CTO YouTube channel
  • Preview: An Epic Journey of hope in Maanmaats – part of finals of play competition, 2022 ATKV Tienertoneel
  • In the Limelight: Competitiveness through digitisation -W&RSETA -Wholesale and Retail SETA research conference
  • Preview: Thriller grappling with teenage leadership in Die Susterskap, in finals of play competition, 2022 ATKV Tienertoneel
  • Preview: European Film Festival (SA) 2022- exciting hybrid fest -bringing the best of European cinema to Southern African screens
  • Preview: Stunning lineup at Jazz & Classical Encounters 2022 Vol 4 at Spier
  • Invitation: Institute for Creative Arts ICA Podcast – Season 3
  • Review Marine grief poignantly evoked in Lalela uLwandle- listen to the sea
  • Interview: Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, a tale of illicit liaisons, on stage, Cape Town 2022
  • Preview: Award-winning The Unlikely Secret Agent returns for run at Baxter Theatre Centre ahead of tour
  • Interview: The whimsy of (mis)communication with Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre’s blame it on the algorithm
  • Interview: Dikelo Mamiala talks about starring in NEXT!!! the cabaret, art imitating life
  • Preview: Teens vie for magic champ titles, 2022 Cape Junior Magic Championships
  • Review: Karatara- who by fire and who should we say is calling
  • Art exhibition: Lewatle: Spirit of the Ocean, solo exhibition by Theko Boshomane
  • Preview: The Mzansi Tenors in concert in Hermanus, presented by Richard Cock
  • Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? South Africa 2022, is thrillingly illuminating, entertaining, must-see 
  • Preview: Exciting CaberetFest 2022 by Wêla Kapela Productions,The Baxter, Cape Town
  • Preview: Baroque with a Twist- opens the Cape Town Baroque Festival 2022
  • Review: Sibuyiselo Dywili, electrifying performance as Can Themba in Siphiwo Mahala’s House of Truth
  • Review: Molupi Lepedi’s Back to Ashes is an intricately polished piece of theatre
  • Insight: The perils of booking through secondary ticket platforms
  • Review: Daniel Anderson captivates in the award winning, Vincent, The Cabaret
  • Preview: Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra Quintet -South Africa tour- September 2022- presented by Classical Movements
  • Interview: Umgidi – celebrating – Nduduzo Makhathini talks about his 2022 South African Heritage Month concerts
  • Interview: Leading Effectively in The Digital Era and Post-Covid-19, seminar hosted by Dr David Molapo
  • Preview: On tour, Cape Town Opera’s L’elisir d’amore 2022, Mpumalanga, Free State and Cape Town
  • Review: Hominal /Xaba in Cape Town 2022- beautifully cerebral and playful dance theatre experience
  • Preview: Belgian conductor Rik Ghesquière, will make his Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra debut with two concerts, September 2022
  • Craft Gin: Two Gingers Gin launches La Primavera, Spring Day 2022, South Africa
  • In the Limelight: Art meets science -Dr Reza Mia opens his first aesthetic medicine practice in Cape Town
  • Review: Eight men on stage at Kalk Bay Theatre, creating a beautiful Noise
  • Insight: Cape Town Opera’s Youth Development and Education Studio celebrates its 1st birthday
  • Review: Seeing the Invisible-AR exhibition is an extraordinary experience at Kirstenbosch, Cape Town
  • Stage review: The Shell Singer – the caterwaul of the voiceless scream – yearning to be heard
  • Tribute: An experience- Solo Studios Intimate Art Encounters in the Riebeek Valley
  • Review: Fordsburg’s Finest speaks volumes about home, identity and how South Africa is embedded in the hearts of people
  • Destinations: Groot Constantia Heritage Month 2022- experience culture at South Africa’s oldest wine producing farm
  • Preview: Smokie- Live in South Africa – summer 2022
  • Review: Ikigai – superlative triple bill, Cape Town City Ballet Winter Season 2022
  • Preview: Two performances of HOMINAL/XABA in Cape Town, September 2022
  • Review: Not Falling is raw, heart breaking and also uplifting and inspirational
  • Interview:  Île by Sophie Joans- We can’t change our families, but we can laugh at them
  • Preview: Minnesota Orchestra Brass Quintet from the USA on tour in Cape Town August 2022
  • Insight: The sensational Slapstick by Zip Zap Circus returns to Cape Town, August 2022
  • Review/interview: Sculpting This Earth, complex and nuanced film, directed by Victor van Aswegen, featuring land artist, Strijdom van der Merwe
  • Destinations: Bliss – sheer comfort and mountain views in the King Suites at The Royal Hotel, Riebeek Kasteel
  • Preview: Speed Dating for the Brain at Spier’s Talking Heads 2022
  • Cinema: Two feature documentaries, Solo Studios Intimate Encounters 2022, including world premiere, Sculpting This Earth
  • Reflections: Optimism peeks through in Home, Hope and Humour theatre festival
  • Review: Cape Town City Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet is astounding – classical ballet which soars beyond archetype
  • Preview: Saxy Vibes 4.0, by renowned Cape Town musician and saxophonist, Don Vino, Women’s Month 2022
  • Insight: Exciting Riebeek Valley’s Solo Studios Intimate Art Encounters 2022
  • Preview: Brilliant pianist Kate Liu will give one recital and one masterclass in South Africa, September 2022
  • Interview: Tackling what-if life questions, Not Falling, play by Juliete Rose-Innes
  • Preview: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’s Spring Symphonies 2022, at City Hall
  • In the Limelight: SA musician, Keanu Harker, igniting good vibes through his music
  • Interview: Celebrating live performance at new Women’s Month Festival, The Drama Factory, Aug 2022
  • Film review: Girl, Taken- there’s no accounting for human behaviour in riveting documentary
  • Interview/review: Popping stereotypes, memory in enthralling multidisciplinary dance piece, POP
  • Insight: Leftfoot Dance– two gripping online dance pieces -Ikaros and Peter and the Wolf
  • Interview: Birthed out of personal loss and pain, The Shell Singer, play by Marianna le Roux
  • In the Limelight: Entrepreneur, Janice Chetty, embracing business and community advocacy
  • Classical music Youth Extravaganza 2022: SA Conductors’ Competition finals, CPO Youth Orchestra and Youth Ensembles
  • Preview: Eco-family drama Agulhasvlakte on at Theatre Arts, July 2022
  • Destinations: Groot Constantia harnesses people-power to go solar with Sun Exchange
  • Preview: Inaugural festival at The Drama Factory, August 2022 celebrates South African women, Your Voice, Your Stage
  • Preview: International superwoman Karyn White, Live in South Africa 2022
  • Insight: Harnessing the rainbow lining of online–as a vital platform for the live arts sector
  • Theatre news: Acclaimed production of Shirley Valentine, returns to Theatre on the Bay, August, 2022
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  • Cinema: TheCapeRobyn watchlist for 2022 Durban International Film Festival
  • Preview: Fabulous Femme Fantasties concert, Cape Town, kicks off Women’s Month 2022, produced by AKTV-Crescendo
  • Announcement: Internationally acclaimed conductor Jonathan Lo for Cape Town City Ballet Winter Season 2022, full cast list announced
  • Review: The CPO Community Spectacular Gala 2022, was an evening of wow
  • Review: The CapeRobyn watchlist -exciting diverse offerings at vNAF 2022
  • Preview: Award-winning The Unlikely Secret Agent returns, for 2022 Artscape Women Humanity Arts Festival
  • Review: Kerry Hiles miraculously reprises the legend of Eva Cassidy
  • Preview: Durban International Film Festival 2022, live and online, exciting hybrid presentation
  • Preview: International Guest Artists announced for Cape Town City Ballet’s Winter Season 2022
  • Review: Tony award-winning musical, Once On This Island, vividly evoked by South African theatre company
  • Preview: Buskaid celebrates its 25th anniversary with an epic concert, July 17, 2022
  • In the Limelight: Distell National Playwright Competition finalists for 2022
  • Preview: Oceanico – Brazilian and South African band- playing at Nouvelles Vibes, Alliance Francaise, Cape Town
  • Destinations: Everything was illuminated at NAF 2022 – live in Makhanda 
  • Review: Bang bang – edgy Great Gatsby on stage in Cape Town
  • Destinations: Groot Constantia Estate celebrates its 337th birthday on July 13, 2022
  • Preview: Tony award-winning musical, Once On This Island, at the Baxter, July 8-16, 2022 
  • Destinations: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Winter Wonders 2022 with kids free in school hols
  • Preview: CPO’S Community Spectacular Gala – epic concert- July 16, 2022, Artscape
  • Review: Sophie Joans’ Île is a spark in the dark -magical and lyrical storytelling theatre
  • In the Limelight: 2022 Standard Bank Ovation Awards, NAF 2022
  • Review: Delela –deliciously cheeky play with twisty bits and a Shakespearean undertow
  • Preview: FOM Benefit Gala – presented by Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and Friends of Orchestral Music
  • In the Limelight: Free at National Arts Festival 2022
  • Review: James Webb – Nothing here does not hear you- at NAF 2022
  • Review: Tea and sweeteners at Gavin Krastin’s 12 Labours
  • Review: Janni Younge’s Hamlet-an extraordinarily beautiful knotted an intertwined coil of puppet and human creatures
  • Review: My Trauma and why I carry it, Rob van Vuuren Still Standing
  • Review: We Regret to Inform You at NAF 2022- transcending pain and loss, through art
  • Review: My Weight and Why I Carry It at NAF2022- poignant, funny and insightful
  • Review: Jackal & Wolf NAF 2022- puppetry and song captivates young audience
  • Review: Connecting within the chaos of the abrupt reboot to ‘normal’ at NAF2002
  • Review: And Not A Word Was Spoken-  taps intensely into being unhinged and disconnected, even when we are physically together
  • Preview: The Jackal and the Wolf- exciting family theatre – at National Arts Festival 2022
  • Preview: Wela Kapela presenting three cabarets at National Arts Festival 2022
  • Review: Zip Zap’s astonishing MOYA Live– on stage- at NAF 2022
  • Review: LAMTA’s Come Together/The Beatles Covered /Uncovered is a dance and theatrical sensation
  • Preview: Cape Town Opera presents Twinkle Twinkle and Little Stars – opera for babies and toddlers
  • Review: Spanish Steps –coming-of-middle-age comedy – quirky, uplifting and fun
  • Review: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro – in South Africa 2022- sparkles with hilarity, wit and virtuosity
  • Review: Brecht’s The Good Soul of Szechuan in 2022- joy transcending beyond fear
  • Review: Decorex Cape Town 2022 is bright, bold and welcoming
  • Preview: Gavin Krastin -interventions and labours – personal and solo -at NAF 2022
  • Theatre news: 2Sugars  has rebranded, Betrayal is coming soon
  • Preview: POP-multidisciplinary dance piece – premiering at NAF 2022
  • Must watch: James Stoffberg stars in How to Hold the World, at NAF 2022
  • Interview: And Not A Word Was Spoken: What would a relationship sound like if we turned down the volume?
  • Review: The College of Magic’s The Magic Key, dazzling spin on classic illusions and tricks
  • Review: The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival is back on the boards for a fab 2022 season
  • Review: Women on Top at Kalk Bay Theatre will put you in an upper frame of mind
  • Preview: South African premiere run of internationally acclaimed play, The Good Dad
  • Preview: Cutting edge Decorex Cape Town 2022
  • Interview: Extending our realities in Darkroom Contemporary’s deus::ex::machina – harnessing technology and real time touch and connection
  • Preview: And Not A Word Was Spoken – dance film exploring relationships in the pandemic, premiering at NAF 2022
  • Preview: Zimbini Makwetu in concert: retrospective of Zimbini Makwetu with guest artists
  • Interview: Pushing through to hope in Gavin Werner’s comedy drama, Spanish Steps
  • Preview: Music for Mark- fundraiser for tango dancer, Mark Hoeben
  • Interview:  A cheeky poke at do-gooders, behaving badly, in Delela, the play
  • Preview: Chasing the Dream, The Great Gatsby on stage, 2022 in Cape Town
  • Preview: The Good Soul of Szechuan by Bertolt Brecht, presented by Magnet Theatre’s Fulltime Training & Job Creation Programme
  • Good news: Food drive to feed 2 500 households in-need in Middleburg and surrounds
  • Good Health: Heal Your Gut, cookbook by South African actress Euodia Samson
  • Preview: Nozze di Figaro – inspired by the romanticism of artful decay- exciting collab-CTO and Sempre Opera
  • Travel alert: NAF it – get to National Arts Festival (NAF) 2022 in Makhanda
  • Preview: LAMTA’s Come Together/The Beatles Covered /Uncovered- exuberant, energetic, and entertaining dance production
  • Review: Feeling good with Zip Zap’s Slapstick, a gem of hope in a dark, dark world
  • Preview: Searching for connection within chaos with Darkroom Contemporary’s immersive deus::ex::machina, on at NAF 2022
  • Review: When I left the Room, lingering images of cohesion and estrangement
  • Interview: Step into the world of circus magic with Zip Zap’s Slapstick
  • Preview: African Folktales Festival 2022 at the Drama Factory-When Lion Had Wings & River of Life
  • Good health: Alleviating stress with the use of CBD
  • Business announcement: Tlou Commodities – sustainable, coal and metal conglomerate-Lucky Kgatle and Quinton van der Burgh 
  • Preview: Dazzling Duet Gala Concert makes a welcome return in 2022
  • Preview: Pranary Cape Town is hosting Uri Levine, double Unicorn Builder, of Waze and Moovit, May 26, 2022
  • Review: Taut ties that connect and unite us in engrossing production of Fugard’s Blood Knot
  • Review: Your Song is a joyful and poignant celebration of the music of Sir Elton John, wistful and reflective
  • Tribute: The electrifying Sipho Hotstix Mabuse at 70 tour at The Daisy Jones Bar, May 2022
  • Review: Qadasi & Maqhinga Maskandi Folk Fusion Tour- wistful, emotional and emblematic of our humanity
  • In the Limelight: Pioneering theatre for all at the Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa
  • Interview: The village vibe of Greyton Genadendal Classics for All Festival – 2022 – and beyond
  • Preview: 2022 Great Texts/Big Questions: Love as ethic; love as action- May 19 to June 7, 2022
  • Preview/interview: James Grace -Music from Spain- Cape Town Concert Series, May 14, 2022
  • In the Limelight: Seeking gaps – in the smallest spaces -on the margins of established theatres – Magnet Theatre FDC Award
  • Preview: The College of Magic’s spectacular family magic show, The Magic Key, June 2022
  • Preview: When I Left the Room- research dance performance- reflection on identity, culture, and human relationships
  • Musical theatre review: Outstanding production of Hairspray, staged by Cape Town school, May 2022
  • Preview: Your Song – The Music of Elton John – presented live on stage by Anton Luitingh, Amy Campbell and Tshepo Ncokoane
  • Theatre review: Daniel Newton delivers a penetratingly nuanced performance in Shadow Boxing
  • Preview: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’s Winter Symphonies, City Hall, fab full season, June 2022
  • Preview: Chester Missing and Conrad Koch on 2022 tour with Nice Racists  
  • Preview: Bumper edition for the 12th Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa, 2022
  • Classical music alert: official launch concert of the Cape Town Philharmonic Wind Ensemble (CPWE)
  • Hairspray: The Musical- collab by HS Jan van Riebeeck, Baxter, Cape Town Theatre Company and DALRO
  • Preview: The Cape Town Theatre Company’s More to the Story, musical revue, enchanting world of magic, fairy tales and superheroes
  • Good health: Give yourself the gift of wellness: How CBD can help 
  • Music tour alert: Qadasi & Maqhinga Maskandi Folk Fusion Tour, May 2022
  • Preview: The Shell Singer, raw nerved work, reveals the psychosis of a shattered being
  • Preview: Mama Mia! A Mother’s Day Special, Cape Town- inaugural celebratory event
  • Preview: Cape Town Opera’s Songbook – Folk Songs from Britain and Ireland -celebrating humour, pathos and deep human feeling
  • Preview: Buttermoon Productions’ innovative musical experience, Feeling Pretty
  • Live: National Arts Festival- live in Makhanda June 23 to July 3, 2022
  • Bravo: 57th FDC Theatre Awards- celebration, tribute and remembrance-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
  • On stage: The hit play, Earworm, returns to Theatre Arts, April 2022
  • Preview: Head into autumn 2022, with awesome April line-up at The Drama Factory
  • In the Limelight: Momeleh, a stirring musical tribute and homage by Cheri Rose Katz
  • Review: The Last Five Years – zesty award-winning musical- on stage in Cape Town
  • Good health: Celebrating the healing power of CBD in April 2022 National Cannabis Awareness Month
  • In the Limelight: Entrepreneur and business strategist, Sandras Phiri – pitch in three minutes -ditch the business plan- no one reads them
  • Preview: Handel’s Messiah- exciting collab by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and Cape Town Opera
  • Theatre awards: 57th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards (2022) announced at glittering, fabulous ceremony at Nederburg
  • Review: Maina Gielgud’s evocative staging of Giselle for Cape Town City Ballet
  • Music festival: Exciting news- Greyton Genadendal Classics for All Festival – May 20-22, 2022
  • Review: Mind blowing new South African play Contested Bodies, rages against domination and subjugation, physically and emotionally
  • In the Limelight: Live Art Festival is on in Cape Town until April 2, 2022
  • On stage: Jimmy Nevis wows the crowd at Kirstenbosch Sunset Concert March, 20 2022
  • Opera and food: BON APPÉTIT! immersive evening of opera and fine dining with Cape Town Opera and The Vineyard Hotel
  • Preview: A Pandemic Pantomime- The Rainbow Academy-Human Rights Day Fundraiser –screening online – March 21, 2022
  • Preview: Mandla Mbothwe’s iKrele leChiza…the sermon -investigating themes of rituals and restoration
  • Review/interview: Kiss of the Spider Woman, intimate study of human behaviour, directed by Sylvaine Strike
  • Interview: Contested Bodies- outrage for the stage, power play between bodies, both physical and metaphorical
  • Good health: Find out how CBD can help you destress
  • Review: The Dead Tinder Society is a hoot, hooks deep into dating
  • Travel review:  Fabulous boutique style Oak Manor Guesthouse, Newlands, Cape Town
  • Theatre review: Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice – in Cape Town – a mind blowing adaption
  • Interview: Beautiful Things Exhibition 2022 – enchantment of our country through designs, textures and forms
  • Review: Life & Times of Michael K on stage – immersive magical realism
  • Books: Open Book Festival returns as an in-person event, March 26 and 27, 2022
  • Live music: For The People@Infinity World, showcase of top Cape Town DJs
  • Live music: Singing as a way of Being in the World – a concert cycle, headlined by renowned SA pianist, Nduduzo Makhathini
  • Live event: The 57th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards ceremony, scheduled for March 27, 2022
  • Reflections: Poignant day at Malibongwe Women in Theatre and Performance Festival 2022- Volume 2
  • Classical music: The CPO Autumn Symphonies at City Hall, Thursdays, April 2022
  • Preview: Award winning musical, The Last Five Years, at Theatre on The Bay, March to April 2022
  • Business: Cape Town-based start-up and social, BiCstreet is presenting AI World Series of talks and launching BiCflix.com
  • Performance: ICA Live Art Festival (LAF) is on March 19 to April 2, 2022 in Cape Town
  • Preview: Eurydice – multicultural and multilingual-site-specific theatre – pool party- space to position, locate and engage
  • Opera: Thrilling launch of Cape Town opera season 2022
  • On stage: The Dead Tinder Society – exploring the funny, scary, vulnerable world of online dating
  • Preview: Malibongwe Women in Theatre and Performance Festival, Vol 2
  • In the Limelight: On time and below budget – Red Cross Children’s Hospital emergency unit
  • Good health: Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town,opens upgraded Paediatric Emergency Centre on Feb 24, 2022
  • Opera: Opera Blocks, Opera for babies with Cape Town Opera
  • Good health: Do you know which CBD carrier is best for you? 
  • Interview: Terry Fortune’s Golden Oldies on the Lawn, is sold out for its inaugural event at the Baxter
  • Theatre review: Natasha Sutherland nails it as an utterly delicious Shirley Valentine
  • Music release: Third Love released by Cape based Afro pop outfit, Raskells Band
  • Art: Thrilling to attend The Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022
  • Concert: The CPO Sunset Concert launches the 10th anniversary of the FynArts Festival
  • Review/interview: Mesmerising marimba with Magdalena de Vries and the CPO–streaming online Feb 2022
  • Review: Tennessee Williams’ One Arm – a powerful meditation on absence and presence  
  • Stage: Dance into the month of love with Cape Town City Ballet’s captivating production of Maina Gielgud’s Giselle
  • On stage: HOW TO DATE LIKE A …GROWNUP – A MUSICAL FOR GEN Z
  • Stage: Krotoa Eva van de Kaap completes season at the Artscape Arena in February 2022
  • Chamber music: CTCS presents Summer Nights with The Cape Chamber Music Collective and the SACM
  • Review: A Streetcar Named Desire, re-framed in electrifying staging by Cape Town’s Abrahamse and Meyer Productions
  • Dance theatre: Locked Doors, Behind Doors – the stage version
  • Design: Reimagine the world with Decorex Africa–2022–Cape Town and Johannesburg
  • In the Limelight: A Big Welcome to Rally to Read’s Two New Ambassadors 
  • Art Fair: Cape Town Art Fair is back at the CTICC – February 18-20, 2022 and will have a digital platform
  • Craft exhibition alert: Beautiful Things Exhibition 2022 –submit work–by Feb 11, 2022
  • Interview: Taking Zip Zap’s MOYA from film to stage show
  • Theatre review: Love! Valour! Compassion! – seminal play reverberates intensely in the current pandemic
  • Theatre review: Spirited portrait of Gertrude Stein And A Companion, rips and riffs along at a clip
  • BOOKS: World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) 2022 with READ
  • On stage: Love! Valour! Compassion! award winning play by Terrence McNally on tour in South Africa 
  • On stage: Zip Zap’s MOYA – the stage show –premieres in Cape Town
  • Opera: Mugg & Bean Heroic and Romantic Pieces from Opera, presented by SITTOPERA
  • In the limelight:  South African entrepreneur Lyle Ryan Irwin’s focus on finance and the arts
  • Theatre interview: Much anticipated 2022 revival of acclaimed play, One Arm, staged in Cape Town and Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival
  • Wellness prompts: Four daily routines to improve health and wellness with CBD
  • Podcasts: PEN South Africa announces Season Three of The Empty Chair Podcast: A Transatlantic Conversation
  • Theatre interview: Illuminating truths about the current zeitgeist, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cape Town 2022
  • Tribute: Live streamed tribute to Archbishop Tutu, January 30, 2022
  • Concert review: Virtuoso concert pianist-Gustavo Romero- performing 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in Cape Town
  • Technology: Website-ing- how TheCapeRobyn chirps along without sweating the small stuff
  • Music school: The Music HQ opens in Cape Town
  • In the limelight: READ Educational Trust appoints, new CEO, Sizile Mabaso
  • Opera: Grace Notes, Sacred music from Africa and Europe on January 27, 2022
  • Fine dining and music: Romantic event, Come Dine @ Infinity World, in the Mother City
  • Theatre review: Bryan Schimmel’s transcendent musical memoir, More than a Handful, is moving, beautiful and inspiring
  • On stage: Thrilling new family theatre series -What Did the Fox Say? Episode one: The Feast Of The King Of Beasts
  • Book review: Sisonke Msimang’s unflinching gaze into The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela
  • On stage: Exciting Abrahamse and Meyer Summer Season of World Theatre, continues with three plays
  • On stage: The Little Mermaid, A Pantomime – is back by popular demand – fun family entertainment
  • Stage review: Lucy Tops is tops in Popcorn at Kalk Bay Theatre
  • Health and wellness: Managing pain with CBD
  • Design: Cape Town’s Design Lab is open at the Watershed, V&A Waterfront with eight creative brands
  • On stage: Three alluring concerts for CPO’s Summer Symphony Festival 2022
  • Stage review: Sassy, sophisticated, fabulous: After Dark is a vital booster shot of entertainment
  • Theatre alert: Extended season of the fun and quirky Cinderella at the Masque
  • Circus and wine: The Harvest of Gratitude with Zip Zap Circus at Hout Bay Vineyards
  • On stage: Essential watch list – Cape Town, early January 2022
  • Concert review: Rocking forever with the stunning CPO Community Spectacular 2021
  • On stage: Happy Days Are Here Again – beautiful message of hope and strength- and laughter in New Year jukebox musical
  • Reflections: Emotional and celebratory gathering at Unity On The Square, Day of Reconciliation, Cape Town, December 16, 2021
  • Food review: Go Greek at YIAYIA’s Table, Cape Town
  • Postponed theatre: Krotoa Eva van de Kaap will resume, at Artscape in February 2022
  • Opera: Exciting programme- SITTOPERA™ Season 2022 at The Rand Club, Johannesburg
  • Theatre review: Tales of A Big Bad Wolf – fairy tales- with a cool and hip vibe
  • Music alert: Afrobeats artist Afro B, releases new single, Shisha- December 13, 2021
  • Review: Hypnotic incandescent interactions, fireside, Into the Woods at Constellations at Spier
  • Theatre review: Fun and quirky Cinderella at the Masque, Cape Town, Dec 2021
  • On stage: Unity On The Square – new music festival in Cape Town– December 16, 2021- celebrating hope and unity
  • Review: Krotoa Eva van de Kaap – astounding theatre –a lament and a rousing reclamation
  • Theatre interview: Bianca Flanders’ heart is full – being back on stage in Krotoa Eva van de Kaap
  • Classical: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra festive season concerts – wrapping up a busy and productive year
  • Art exhibition: LANDSCAPE – ruminating on ecology of Cape Peninsula jutting into Atlantic Ocean
  • On stage: Zip Zap Circus returns to stage for some Slapstick fun
  • Happiness interview: Fun and joy of staging Cinderella at Masque, Cape Town, December 2021
  • Dance: Festive season family fun with Cape Town City Ballet’s A Christmas Carol – The Story Of Scrooge
  • Opera recital: South African soprano Monica Mhangwana, in recital at SITTOPERA™ in Johannesburg
  • On stage: the show goes on as Krotoa Eva van De Kaap pivots in the face of travel restrictions
  • In the Limelight: SA’s Marlisa Doubell, leading a fabulously creative life in London, and preparing Pinter’s Betrayal for Cape Town 2022
  • Opera: A festive spirit of rich, diverse song, with Cape Town Opera’s Grace Notes 2021
  • Playwriting: Entries open for 2022 Distell National Playwright Competition
  • On stage: Blast off into festive season fun with Zena Wood’s Space Weather Girl’s Christmas Spectacular 2021 – at The Drama Factory
  • Review: Cape Town Opera’s 2021 touring production of La bohème is a spectacular triumph
  • Interview: Kathleen Tagg- connecting dots – tribute to Andre Petersen -at Jazz & Classical Encounters 2021
  • Book review/interview: Delish tales of tiramisu, spinach ricotta gnocchi and other dishes, in A Sprig of Rosemarie
  • Stage: The Seven Deadly Divas of Broadway- spectacular homage to Broadway – at historic Cape Town venues- December 2021
  • Dance: Free performances with Indoni, Dancing with Nature, Cape Town summer 2021
  • Theatre preview: Cinderella – a magical, musical celebration, at the Masque, Cape Town
  • Review: Hypnotic encounters in beautifully creepy incarnation of Lady Aoi
  • Review: Vibey heritage musical theatre in The Jive Culture Shock 2021
  • Interview: Igniting creativity Into The Woods, Constellations at Spier, 2021
  • Interview: A revival of creative desires and energies at Jazz & Classical Encounters 2021
  • Review: Cape Town Opera’s La rondine- mirthful poignancy of navigating transactional relationships
  • Wellness: CBD for pain management
  • Shopping: HUGIO – SA brand launches -with Sugar Cane and Poinsettia pyjamas
  • In the Limelight: Nikki Turner is thrilled to be back in the ambit of the stage, with Tales of a Big Bad Wolf
  • Interview: Improvising violinist Elinor Speirs and her Quintet, at Jazz and Classical Encounters, Spier 2021
  • Review: Quirky, entertaining and insightful piece of theatre -Earworm by Natalie Fraser
  • Review: dazzling All Together Now! Cape Town, November 12 – 15, 2021
  • Books: A Sprig of Rosemarie – cookbook by Cape Town’s Rosemarie Saunders
  • Art: Nic Fredman: A Retrospective- Cape Town- October 30 to November 30, 2021
  • Dance review: Intoxicating Alchemy programme by Cape Town City Ballet
  • interview: Freedom and creativity in Paris – after WWI- the setting for La rondine, directed by Christine Crouse for Cape Town Opera
  • Children’s theatre preview: Tales of A Big Bad Wolf- at Kalk Bay Theatre – December 2021 hols
  • Awards: 56th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards (2021) honours innovation, young theatre makers, resilience and legacy
  • Theatre review: Yummy intrigue of murder and scheming in The Cornwall Killings at Kalk Bay Theatre
  • Opera: Cape Town Opera’s new artistic director, Magdalene Minnaar, is an inspired choice
  • Music: Tribute to SA legends at Jazz & Classical Encounters at Spier on December 4, 2021
  • Theatre preview: Sleepless nights and bizarre thoughts -new play, Earworm, premieres in Cape Town
  • Interview: Sparkling – Champagne and Opera with Magnificent Matshikiza -with South African lyrical soprano Pumeza Matshikiza at The Rand Club in Joburg
  • Interview: ancient, contemporary, mythic, mystical –The Lady Aoi – staged by Cape Town’s Abrahamse & Meyer Productions
  • Interview: Cape Town Opera’s La bohème- conjuring up a hybrid, fantastical, bohemian trailer park
  • On stage: Acclaimed production of The Lady Aoi, staged by Abrahamse & Meyer Productions, Cape Town summer 2021
  • Opera: Champagne and Opera with Magnificent Matshikiza in Johannesburg –Pumeza Matshikiza -November 12, 2021
  • Theatre review: Rondebosch Boys High’s stinging immersive experience of Mike Van Graan’s Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Metaphors
  • Fun: The Jive Culture Shock returns online- November 2021 with four thrilling episodes
  • Outdoor theatre: Royal Arts Town Amphitheatre (RATA) Summer Theatre Season 2021-2022
  • Wellness: Four daily tips to improve health & wellness with ADCO CBD
  • Music: Mitchells Plain-born singer and songwriter, Jodi Jantjies, releases her debut album, Woorde, Oct 27, 2021
  • Books: READ Educational Trust South Africa – highlights National Children’s Day – November 6, 2021
  • Books: Cape Town’s Open Book Festival 2021 celebrates South African authors and their works with new podcast series
  • In the time of Hunger Pandemic, Outside The Bowl Africa, is activating to feed those in need
  • Immersive outdoor theatre: Third World Bunfight’s Constellations, is going Into the Woods at Spier
  • Art interview: Attie Esterhuizen – creativity comes about when you are in a calmer state and talking to the trees
  • Cinema: TheCapeRobyn watch-list, European Film Festival 2021, wrap weekend
  • On stage: Cape Town Opera’s production of La bohème on in Cape Town, November 2021
  • On stage: Cape Town Opera’s La rondine is set in Paris after World I
  • Review: Energetic and enjoyable new musical – The Octaves
  • On stage and online: The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Summer Season 2021
  • Film review: The Bright side – an upper of a breast cancer film – on living and laughing
  • On stage: Cape Town City Ballet leaping into Spring with vibrant new programme- Alchemy – Three Dances
  • Stage preview: Nguvu yaMbengu… eNtabelanga –commemorating the Centenary of the Bulhoek Massacre – on stage in Cape Town
  • Film review: Another Round – binging on banality
  • Interview/review: Emma van Heyn- munching on biltong and rusks in Shanghai, while mulling on Looking for Amanda
  • Film review: Quo Vadis Aida? –harrowing but tender- and ultimately inspirational
  • Shopping: ADCO CBD’s new online convenient store – with free nationwide door-to-door delivery in South Africa
  • On stage: Trio of Duos – will be presented by The Cape Town Concert Series- at the Baxter October, 23, 2021
  • Art exhibition: Attie Esterhuizen’s I Talk to The Trees, on at The Ladder, Cape Town
  • Concert review: Lynelle Kenned and Stefan Lombard at Norval- stunning showcase of artistry by Cape virtuosi
  • Stage review: An upbeat and joyful immersive trip with How to Hold the World
  • Villa Viva Guesthouse, Cape Town is the new home for Viva con Agua SA and a cool place to stay and chill out
  • Film review: A quirky celebration and affirmation of self-hood in Rosa’s Wedding
  • Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards 2021, identifying talent of tomorrow
  • Live and online: In Concert at Norval Foundation – Lynelle Kenned & Stefan Lombard, October 9, 2021
  • Stage review: Apoca-Lips! at Gate69 jabs in the right places
  • Stage review: You Should be Dancing- zesty, energetic, fun and funny
  • Music alert: Looking for Amanda – Emma van Heyn’s mesmerising new track about elusive love
  • Live and online: Nduduzo Makhathini- In the Spirit of Ntu- in concert at the Norval Foundation
  • Film review: Save Sandra – gruelling, important film with its unflinching gaze into dealing with a shattering diagnosis
  • On stage: My Way, musical extravaganza, hosted by Stellenbosch singer and songwriter, Hilton Mandela Andries
  • Film review: Constance Meyer’s Robust – tender and poignant film where silence and stillness speaks volumes
  • Theatre review/interview: Enchanting immersion in The Blue Piano/The Blue Guitar of Tennessee Williams
  • Stage interview: How to Hold the World and stage happy and wholesome theatre for young people
  • Film review: Risks and Side Effects- darkly comedic film- ripped by twists and turns
  • Theatre preview: How to Hold the World- enchanting young minds– new production -premieres at the Drama Factory
  • Theatre review: Magnet Theatre’s Snapped is heroic – an epic piece of theatre- brought to life in the sanctuary of live performance
  • Film Festival: Healing Journeys on screen at The European Film Festival 2021
  • Connect Through Art from Africa and the World with online Investec Cape Town Art Fair and miart international modern and contemporary art fair, 2021
  • On stage: CabaretFest at The Baxter, Cape Town, September – October 2021
  • Review: Powerful theatre at the 2021 Zabalaza Season of the Best, Masambeni!
  • Theatre interview: Beloved little witch, Liewe Heksie, will be on stage, at the Baxter, 2021
  • Concert of Gratitude by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra for healthcare workers
  • Changing lives, showcased in beautiful book, 100 Making a Difference
  • In The Limelight: South African born actor Marco Titus is at the centre of the opening up of theatre in London
  • On stage: The inaugural, Die Koelkamers Classical Music Festival in Paternoster, September 2021
  • Animation: African animation on global stage at Cape Town International Animation Festival 2021
  • Reading: Changing the world, one word at a time: International Literacy Day 2021
  • Classical music: CPO Spring Cyber Symphony Concert Series 2021
  • Theatre: Cape Town’s Jungle Theatre Company inspiring young people to create theatre
  • Heritage Month Festival: Cultivate celebrates a diversity of natural history, arts and culture, music and wine in Cape Town
  • Dance theatre alert: Elvis Sibeko’s Dance Can Dance back on stage
  • Opera: Uplifting Spirituals Concert with Cape Town Opera Chorus
  • Opera: Cape Town Opera presents French Songbook in Cape Winelands
  • Theatre review: Mephisto, resonates in the pandemic as a powerful meditation on the intersection of art and life
  • Theatre: Essential watchlist -NAF Fringe which ends August 31 2021
  • Theatre review: Quirky germination of creativity in The Flower Hunters, online show
  • Dance film review: An enthralling day of communal celebration in Locked Doors, Behind Doors
  • Dance festival: JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, online August 24 to September 5, 2021
  • Music theatre: Acapella Street Corner’s stirring African Song Book with rousing finale of Pata Pata
  • Theatre: LAMTA stages Mephisto in Cape Town, directed by Chris Weare, 2021
  • Can we talk vaccines to increase seating capacity, safely, in theatres?
  • Documentary review: Grappling with ‘race’, identity and selfhood in Liminal, directed by Tiffani Joy
  • Theatre: New play, DORS brings a message of hope from the Karoo, ATKV High School drama competition, Baxter, August 2021
  • Documentary: Indoni Dance’s journey behind its powerful, Locked Doors, Behind Doors, premieres at Artscape Women’s Humanity Arts Festival, 2021
  • Theatre: Afrikaans play, Hansie Slim, tackles the pressures of the school system, ATKV, Baxter Theatre, 2021
  • On stage: Cape Town City Ballet dancing Veronica Paeper’s Carmen, August/September 2021
  • Theatre review: The elevating music of Chadleigh Gower’s Gold Ovation, Gone but not forgotten
  • Theatre review: The satirical poignancy of Dear Donald/Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence)
  • Musical theatre: Singing a delicious tale of love, in Ovation Award winning, A Long Story Short
  • Edinburgh Fringe 2021: Two award winning shows from South Africa, streaming on-demand
  • Theatre review: High on Much Ado About Nothing with Baked Shakespeare, Cape Town, August 2021
  • Theatre interview: Finding hope and belief – with the King of Broken Things, August 2021
  • Play review: Butlers and Bridesmaids (radio play) wins Ovation Award at NAF 2021
  • Health: Holistic entrepreneur, Michelle Campbell taking Green Cat Health to new highs
  • On stage: Exciting theatre and music at The Drama Factory, Aug-Sep 2021
  • Film: Achingly beautiful The Shack, wins Gold Ovation Award at NAF 2021
  • Festival alert: Ovation Award shows on NAF Fringe until August 31, 2021
  • Theatre review: Intimacy and hope amplified in Covid Moons at NAF 2021
  • Theatre alert: Covid Moons live streaming at NAF 2021
  • Film review: A Guide to Dining out in Nairobi
  • Theatre interview: Much Ado about Nothing, by Baked Shakespeare, launches in Cape Town, 2021
  • Dance interview: How Alfred Hinkel’s dance piece, Bolero, inspired Lynette Du Plessis
  • Film review: Unending complicity and collusion in Murder in Paris- The Assassination of Dulcie September
  • Theatre review: The mirth in dysfunction in Perfect Day – Pictures from a Dark Room
  • Film review: A highly deserved Ovation Award for As If The Rain Watched Over Her
  • Theatre: Mallika Taneja’s Allegedly – uncomfortable, theatre –igniting vital conversations
  • Film: As If The Rain Watched Over Her, wins Ovation Award at its premiere at NAF 2021
  • Bulgarian film editor Zhelyaz Tomov, based in Berlin, developing a pilot for an ambitious SA TV series
  • Theatre review: Faith Kinniar punches back at tropes with Antie Wi’oekal, NAF 2021
  • Cinema: Durban International Film Festival 2021, online
  • Outside The Bowl Africa rallying to set World Record, for most Potjiekos made by one person, October 2021
  • Theatre review: Alchemy of process and performance in Anotherkind, NAF 2021
  • Theatre: Hannah van Tonder’s Metsi premieres at NAF 2021 as a live stream staging
  • Theatre preview: Theatre of Cruelty inspired, absurdist play, Antie Wi’oekal, NAF 2021
  • Live theatre online: Leading-edge Mommy mommy at National Arts Festival 2021
  • Dance film review: The mesmeric, stirring ‘Bolero’ film by Garage Dance Ensemble
  • Comedy review: Enough is Enough says Rob van Vuuren at NAF 2021
  • Fitness: Innovative and exciting Digi-Smart Bench, made in South Africa
  • Theatre: What can theatre become in this new world? Amy Louise Wilson’s Anotherkind at NAF 2021
  • Festival of Inspiration: free online festival until end July 2021
  • NAF 2021: TheCapeRobyn watchlist
  • NAF 2021: The importance of being present in a time of absence
  • Dance theatre watch list: Gat innie Grond, Wond in My Siel’, Garage Dance Ensemble, NAF 2021
  • Theatre interview: Perfect Day – Pictures from a Dark Room, Coleen van Staden, NAF 2021
  • Arts festival: National Arts Festival, July 8-31, 2021 programme released
  • Health: Anisa Essop- fitness and wellness expert- Cape Town, South Africa
  • Review: The Unlikely Secret Agent, the play, Drama Factory, 2021
  • Festival goes online: South Africa’s National Arts Festival, July 2021
  • Dance film online screening: Die Dans Van My Heenkoms, Bolero stories told by Alfred Hinkel, July-Aug 2021
  • Festival update: National Arts Festival discontinues audiences for #StandardBankPresents, Joburg 2021
  • Concerts online: The CPO’s Winter Cyber Symphony season 2021
  • Health: CBD may help with falling asleep and staying asleep
  • Theatre: Curse of the Womb at Black Box Theatre, Delft, Cape Town, opens July 2021
  • Film review: I Am Here, Ella Blumenthal, directed by Jordy Sank
  • Festival opens: The National Arts Festival on from June 17, 2021
  • Opera review: Cape Town Opera, The Pearl Fishers, June 2021
  • Online lecture series: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o at ICA’s 2021 Great Texts/Big Questions
  • Theatre review: A Boarding Line, A Musical Extravaganza, June 2021, Cape Town
  • Online magic: College of Magic fundraiser show, June 12, 2021
  • Theatre interview: Taking the The Unlikely Secret Agent from page to stage, South Africa, 2021
  • Theatre postponed: Michael K and Kiss of the Spider Woman, Baxter, Cape Town
  • Countdown: 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day, reveal on June 9, 2021
  • Theatre interview: Sanda Shandu in The Unlikely Secret Agent, June 2021
  • Film: I Am Here, Ella Blumenthal, SA joint premiere at Encounters and DIFF 2021
  • Opera review: Amagokra and Curlew River, June 2021
  • Health: Five benefits of CBD
  • Dance: Flatfoot Dance Company, Durban Botanic Gardens, June 2021
  • Dance alert: JOMBA! Masihambisane Dialogues online June 2-4, 2021
  • On stage: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Cape Town, June 2021
  • Musical theatre: A Boarding Line, A Musical Extravaganza, June 2021, Cape Town
  • Online: Shakespeare Schools Festival, Catch Up Cape Town 2021
  • Youth Month: Tackle Illiteracy One Book At A Time
  • Dance review: CTCB Back On Stage, Cape Town, May-June 2021
  • Community: Bokke Blanket reveal, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day 2021
  • Cinema: The Encounters SA Documentary Festival 2021
  • Dance review: Les Sylphides and Ingoma, Cape Town City Ballet May to June 2021
  • Theatre: The Unlikely Secret Agent – The Eleanor Kasrils Story- premieres June 2021
  • Health: Unpacking terminology around a healthy vagina
  • Theatre: Life and Times of Michael K, Cape Town preview and livestream opening in Germany, June 2021
  • Theatre: The Drama Factory, Western Cape, autumn 2021
  • On stage: William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, presented by Westlake Primary School, Cape Town, May 2021
  • Theatre production company: Circle Productions, Cape Town
  • Back on stage: It’s A Dog’s Life at Milnerton Playhouse, May 2021
  • Arts festival news: National Arts Festival evolves into hybrid festival Experience for 2021
  • On stage: The 39 Steps at The Playhouse Theatre, Somerset West, May 2021
  • Health: Ideal pH balance for feminine hygience
  • Public arts festival: (Un)Infecting the City 2021, Cape Town
  • Dance review: sh i f t i n g s a n d s //\\ s a n d s s h i f t i n g, May 2021
  • Online theatre reading: Neil Coppen’s Hamlet, May 31, 2021
  • Health: CBD gel for symptomatic relief of pain
  • Dance review: Locked Doors, Behind Doors by Indoni on YouTube
  • Art exhibition: Love is a Dangerous Drug, John-Anthony Boerma, May 2021
  • Theatre interview: Elvis Sibeko on taking Dance Can Dance from album to stage
  • Concert series: CPO 2021 Autumn Cyber Symphony season, May-June 2021
  • Dance: Locked Doors, Behind Doors by Indoni, from May 1, 2021
  • Digital stage: Suspension of South African Theatre on Demand, April 30, 2021
  • Dance on stage: Dance Can Dance, The Spirit of Enchantment, May 2021, Cape Town
  • Interview: s h i f t i n g s a n d s //\\ s a n d s s h i f t i n g, premieres in Cape Town, April-May 2021
  • Video installation: s h i f t i n g s a n d s //\\ s a n d s s h i f t i n g, Cape Town, 2021
  • Dance theatre: SA premiere of Mthuthuzeli November’s INGOMA, in Cape Town City Ballet Autumn Season 2021
  • In the limelight: Zip Zap’s Jason Barnard makes his rap screen debut in MOYA
  • In the limelight: Zip Zap’s Trompie (Jacobus Claassen) tells the story of his name
  • In the limelight: Sabine van Rensburg talks about Zip Zap’s MOYA
  • Comedy review: Lilly Slaptsilli, I’m Gagging 2021 edition, at Beefcakes, SA
  • Film review: Zip Zap’s MOYA, premiering online, April 2021
  • Health: National Cannabis Awareness Month, April 2021, healing potential of CBD
  • Theatre alert: New musical, The Octaves, South Africa, Oct 2021
  • Exhibition review: The Printing Girls, At The Table, April-May 2021, Cape Town
  • Art exhibition: The Printing Girls, At The Table, April-May 2021, Spin Street, Cape Town
  • Concert review: concert 4, CPO Summer Cyber Summer Series, April 2021
  • Film festival alert: SA film Creep, finalist in World Monologue Film Festival (WMFF) 2021
  • Books: Bumble Books, launches six new titles to promote literacy
  • Theatre interview: Shakespeare Schools Festival SA, expansion of international footprint
  • Poetry event: Rhythm N’ Poetry in Gqeberha, South Africa, May 2021
  • On stage: Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa 2021
  • Theatre review: Noir at Kalk Bay Theatre, 2021
  • Concert review: CPO concert 3, Summer Cyber Symphony series, 2021
  • Health: Can CBD help treat symptoms of anxiety?
  • Theatre workshops: Helderberg Academy of Theatre (HAT), April 2021
  • Review: Darkroom Contemporary’s Memoryhouse on stage Baxter, April 2021
  • Opera review: Hänsel und Gretel, Cape Town Opera, April 2021
  • Theatre festival alert: Playhouse High School Drama Festival 2021
  • Dance interview: Louise Coetzer talks Darkroom Contemporary’s Memoryhouse, Kucheza Afrika Festival
  • Arts activism: Creatives in Cape Town, protesting against the NAC, March 27, 2021
  • Dance: Darkroom Contemporary’s Memoryhouse at hybrid Kucheza Afrika Festival
  • Film: Zip Zap Circus premiering acrobatic art film, MOYA, April 2021
  • Health alert: Fab Fact from ADCO CBD
  • Review philharmonic: CPO Summer Cyber Symphony series 2021, concert 1
  • Opera interview: Matthew Wild talks about Cape Town Opera 2021 season
  • Film review: SWIRL, directed and written by Quanita Adams
  • Cinema review: Galileo Picnic, open air cinema, Cape Town 2021
  • Comedy review: POPArt presents pilot of SASS, March 2021
  • Dance live: Flatfoot Dance Co, Durban Botanic Gardens, April 2021
  • Musical theatre: Annie on stage, Playhouse Theatre Somerset West, March-April 2021
  • Theatre review: History Girls, new musical, March 2021
  • Interview: Marcel Meyer talks about new musical, History Girls, March 2021
  • Chocolate review: Minimalist Chocolate, made in Cape Town
  • Music alert: Sign up for The Cape Town Philharmonic’s newsletter
  • Theatre closure: The Fugard Theatre announces permanent closure, March 16, 2021
  • On stage: Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival, 2021
  • Arts activism: Creatives in Cape Town call for protests against the NAC
  • Books: Celebrating World Storytelling Day, announcement 2020 Word Warrior Winner
  • Travel: Haggle on Bid on Travel, SA auction portal
  • Online concert: 50 years from Nico Malan to Artscape, from March 20 2021
  • Film review: The Galileo Drive In Cape Town, 2021
  • On Stage: The Drama Factory, live show archive, 2020, lockdown
  • Theatre for hire: The Drama Factory, Cape Town
  • Back on stage: Cape Town City Ballet, March 2021
  • Books: New SA poetry anthology launches March 21, 2021: Yesterdays and Imagining Realities
  • Mind body and soul: Understanding CBD for health and wellness
  • Theatre review: Eros Gate69, Cape Town until May 2021
  • Travel: Betty’s Boutique Guesthouse, Mossel Bay –bid on travel, March 2021
  • Back on stage: Cape Town Opera – announces 2021 season
  • Books: Celebrate World Book Day, March 5, 2021, with The Read Institute
  • On stage: The Shadow of Brel, RATA, March 5 & 6 2021
  • Cinema: Wavescape Festival, The Galileo, March 5, 2021
  • Concert review: Sasha-Lee Davids Live, online 2021
  • Cinema: Covid friendly movie magic at the Galileo
  • Healthy treats: Minimalist Chocolate -sugar-free, rich, creamy and tasty
  • Theatre activism: support Sugar-daddy’s recording for V-Day
  • Back on stage: The Drama Factory, March 2021
  • Concert series: CPO Cyber Symphony series, SA, 2021
  • Back on stage: The Kalk Bay Theatre, from Feb 2021
  • Community: Animal Lifeline, Cape Town
  • Arts in focus weekend: Take-A-Stand Dialogues, Feb 2021
  • In The Limelight: Leon Clingman talks about his theatre journey
  • Back on stage: Eros, Gate 69, Feb to May 2021
  • Theatre: Sandra Prinsloo, Kamphoer, sold out Feb 2021
  • Street Dance review: Most Wanted Online, SA, 2021
  • Concert review: Love Lives here, Alistair Izobell, February 2021
  • Theatre interview: Dintshitile Mashile talks about directing The Empire Builders, SA, 2021
  • Mind body and soul: CBD chewable pastilles are sweet treats
  • Street Dance: Most Wanted Online, SA, 2021
  • Theatre alert: Kwasha Theatre, Boris Vian’s The Empire Builders, Feb 2021
  • Theatre interview: Daniel Galloway talks about HNBC The Writers’ Collective
  • Food review: Prashad Café, Cape Town
  • Gift shop: Spicy shopping at Prashad Café, Cape Town
  • In The Limelight: South African superstar, Sasha-Lee Davids
  • Theatre preview: Disney in the Park, Jozi, Feb 2021
  • Tribute: Percy Tucker, founder of Computicket
  • In the limelight: SA actor Bjorn Steinbach talks Sugar-daddy
  • BOOKS: World Read Aloud Day 2021 with READ
  • Theatre alert: Exciting new writers’ collective launched in SA, Jan 2021
  • Review: No Matter What online, Milnerton Players
  • Festival interview: PJ Sabbagha talks about My Body My Space 2021, WhatsApp
  • Music: New single for Sasha-Lee Davids & online concert Feb 2021
  • Tribute: Alvon Collison 1941-2021
  • Food review: Eye Bar at Vïb, Cape Town, January 2021
  • Theatre review: Garry’s Retreat, by Saul Kemack
  • Comedy review: Ursula Botha’s Made you Look, vNAF
  • Review: Jerome Rex online concert, Locally Produced
  • Theatre preview: My Body My Space Public Arts Festival 2021
  • Online comedy: Lottering on Lockdown, online, Jan 2021
  • Dance review: Indoni Dance Academy, Dancing Through Lockdown
  • In The Limelight: Cape Town based rapper and singer, Jerome Rex
  • Review: CPO gala concerts 2020, online Jan 2021
  • Concert preview: Jerome Rex online concert, Jan 2021
  • In the limelight: SA actor Gavin Werner talks Sugar-daddy
  • Review: Mzansi Ballet, The Queen Show online, 2020/21
  • In the limelight: Sugar-daddy’s Marlisa Doubell talks about the company’s milestone birthday
  • Cinema focus: Labia Home Screen, Cape Town, December 2020
  • Food review: Bistro Sixteen82, Cape Town, December 2020
  • Theatre preview: RATA 2021 opens with three productions
  • Food review: La Colombe, Cape Town, December 2020
  • Theatre review: Covid Moons directed by Clare Stopford
  • Art focus: New- Jaffer Modern Art Gallery, Green Point, Dec 2020
  • Theatre preview: Oom Schalk from the heart, RATA, Dec 18, 19 2020
  • In the limelight: Julie-Anne McDowell, How Now Brown Cow, SA
  • In the limelight: In praise of Sugar-daddy by Melissa Haiden
  • Film interview: Daniel Amselem talks about Krisis
  • In the limelight: Neverl Kambasha talks Shark Tank SA 2021
  • Theatre review: This Moment, Masque, Dec 2020
  • Theatre review: Manband II, Kalk Bay Theatre
  • In the limelight: Sugar-daddy actress, Sive Gubangxa
  • Television focus: Shark Tank South Africa 2nd season, 2021
  • In the limelight: Sue Diepeveen talks Sugar-daddy co
  • Theatre archive: Sugar-daddy co, Cape Town, the 1st 10 years
  • Theatre review: LAMTA Awakening, 2020
  • Music festival preview: Soulful Sundowners 2020
  • Theatre review: Lottering on Lockdown, 2020-2021
  • Preview: An Audience with Miss Hobhouse at RATA, Dec 2020
  • Ballet preview: Cape Town City Ballet Back On Stage, Dec 2020
  • Theatre focus: Cape Town’s Sugar-daddy co celebrates 10 years
  • Gift shop: Lino prints Carin Bester, Art For Change, 2020
  • Travel review: Vineyard Views Country House, Riebeek Kasteel, SA
  • Theatre review: Cinderella & FrikaDella, 2020, South Africa
  • Wellness alert: A-Z of multivitamins, healthy lifestyle
  • Theatre interview: Stephan Fourie producing cabaret, 2020
  • Wellness: Self compassion retreat at Temenos with Karen Nebe, Dec 2020
  • Theatre interview: Alistair Izobell, Cinderella & FrikaDella, 2020
  • Theatre preview: Awakening by LAMTA, Cape Town, 2020
  • Theatre preview: Cinderella panto with Cape Flat’s twist, 2020
  • Good health: Immune boosting with Vitamin C and D
  • Theatre innovation: Order in theatre for Covid-19, South Africa
  • Theatre interview: Clare Stopford talks Covid Moons, Nov 2020
  • Film review: Curveball, 2020 (Germany)
  • Theatre preview: Covid Moons, November 2020
  • Good health: Magnesium & Vitamin B
  • Film review: Sweat at European Film Festival 2020
  • Theatre review: Ways of Dying, Baxter, 2020
  • Film review: I am Greta, European Film Festival SA 2020
  • Good health: Hold on with warrior woman, Danielle Bitton
  • Music interview: Aymeric Péguillan talks Jazz & Classical Encounters 2020
  • Live on stage: A Musical Cabaret, December 2020
  • Film focus: Events programme, European Film Festival SA, 2020
  • Film review: The 8th documentary, 2020
  • Film review: Becoming Mona, 2020, Netherlands
  • Virtual reality: Electric Africa VR Festival, 2020
  • Launch: New theatre production company, South Africa
  • review: Baxter Back on Stage with Gregory Maqoma and Zolani Mahola
  • Shopping: Festive season at READ online shop
  • Review: Mulato Sujo? at Theatre Arts, 2020
  • Preview: Jazz & Classical Encounters Festival 2020 at Spier
  • Preview: Mulato Sujo? In Cape Town 2020
  • Review: Così fan tutte, Cape Town, October 2020
  • Inclusive arts: ArtsAbility 2020, Unmute Dance
  • Theatrical circus: Zip Zap, A Circus Picnic, 2020
  • Chamber music: Symphonic Masterpieces in Miniature, CPO
  • Gospel music: Release by Divine Souls of Thel’umoya
  • Food review: Empire Café Muizenberg, October 2020
  • Design: Julie Taymor will be at Open Design Afrika 2020
  • Theatre review: Cwaka premieres at Theatre Arts, Cape Town
  • Cinema: European Film Festival, South Africa 2020
  • Review: The Outlaw Muckridge
  • Live on stage: So You Want to be a Trophy Wife?
  • Coffee: Hans & Lloyd, Muizenberg, October 2020
  • Review: (extra)ordinary, (un)usual – on-line stream
  • Travel: Kouginettes in Paris
  • Cinema: The Galileo, Cape Town Halloween 2020
  • Books: It’s time to milk the cows by Wandile Anele Rusi
  • Film: The NEWF2020 Congress
  • Review: Darkroom Contemporary’s deus::ex::machina, Oct 2020
  • Travel: Bid on Travel, Soweto Tour Experience
  • Bookings open: RATA Summer Season 2020/21, South Africa
  • Review: Modorenai Theatre Arts Oct 2020
  • Review: Big Sister at Gate69, Cape Town, 2020
  • Interview: Louise Coetzer talks about deus::ex::machina, October 2020
  • Travel: Carciofi alla giudìa (artichokes, Jewish), Rome
  • Interview: Jarrad Ricketts talks 2020 CT Kite Festival concert
  • Dance: Darkroom Contemporary, deus::ex::machina, October 2020
  • Design: Open Design Afrika Virtual Festival, 2020
  • Interview: Cape Town’s Faeron Wheeler talks staging (extra)ordinary, (un)usual
  • Interview: Africa Melane talks about Cape Town Opera during Covid
  • Review: Come Fly with Us, online concert
  • Interview: Caroline Calburn talks about Creating Theatre in the Age of Corona
  • Stage: Kalk Bay Theatre at The Brass Bell, launches, Nov 2020
  • Preview: The Virtual Cape Town International Kite Festival
  • Preview: 2020 Poetry Africa, digital festival
  • Interview: Bongani Titana talks about Kvetch/Ndisa Zilile
  • Health: New daily vitamin and mineral supplement range
  • Theatre review: Metsi, streaming from The SA State Theatre
  • Live on stage: Creating Theatre in the Age of Corona
  • Review: Songs of Love
  • Preview: Hybrid theatre/film, (extra)ordinary, (un)usual
  • Wine review: Kallista 2017 vintage
  • Interview: Godfrey Johnson talks about new cabaret, InsanitIzed
  • Review: Pieter-Dirk Uys presents Adapt or Fly, Heritage Day 2020
  • Shopping: TheCapeRobyn masks
  • Live on stage: Spring Season, The Masque, Cape Town
  • Health: Taking the edge off daily stressors
  • Film: DIFF 2020, extension with selected films
  • Interview: Debbie Turner talks about collaboration in time of lockdown
  • Film review: The Art Of Fallism
  • Review: Sophia Foster, Sista’s Tribute to Aretha Franklin
  • Dance film review: Why Should I Hesitate
  • Live on stage: Your Perfect Life returns, Cape Town
  • Music festival: Blooming Sounds from Joburg, 2020
  • Digital expo: The Virtual Property Show
  • Digital arts festival: Hilton Arts Festival 2020
  • Books: Big Bird Battle, by Megan Furniss
  • Cinema: DIFF 2020 – online and drive-in
  • Film interview: The Art Of Fallism, Wisaal Abrahams
  • Dance: SA choreographer Marc Goldberg bursary campaign
  • Review: The People’s Playlist
  • Film focus: The Durban FilmMart 2020
  • Music: Music Exchange 2020, South Africa,
  • Interview: Amber Fox-Martin, A Feast in Time of Plague
  • Books: READ Educational Trust – International Literacy Day
  • Wine: Kallista 2017 vintage release by Vriesenhof
  • Interview: Sophia Foster, Sista’s Tribute to Aretha Franklin
  • Tribute: Pick of the JOMBA! Digital Fringe 2020
  • Film review: Days of Cannibalism, Teboho Edkins
  • Books: Rally to Read campaign
  • Review: Mother to Mother – documentary film
  • Review: Blend, Ashleigh da Silva, documentary, South Africa
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Review: Inspirational Blind Ambition doccie screening at Solo Studios 2023

Posted by Robyn Cohen | Aug 14, 2023 | Cinema, COMMUNITY EVENTS, DESTINATIONS, Festivals, Food & Drink, Mind, Body & Soul, Screen, Travel, Travel Africa, Tribute

Review: Inspirational Blind Ambition doccie screening at Solo Studios 2023

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Editor of @TheCapeRobyn – arts, destination (travel! yes, love it), style. Cape Town, South Africa, African continent; focus on artists from Africa who are active around the globe. TheCapeRobyn – aka Robyn Y Cohen -has over twenty years of experience in print media as an arts and lifestyle writer. She relishes the global audience of the exciting digital media world and is loving sharing stories from Cape Town, the African continent and elsewhere, with readers of TheCapeRobyn magazine: Arts. Destinations. Style. TheCapeRobyn’s reach includes – stage, film, music, food, drink, travel, books, mind, body and soul – the creative, innovative, engaging, and exciting. [Note: There are many Robyn Cohens - just as there are numerous John Smiths. This Robyn Cohen has a middle name beginning with a Y. Let’s go with TheCapeRobyn). TheCapeRobyn motto: Go while you can. Cohen has a MA in fine art from The University of Witwatersrand. Her little book, Nearly Finished- a guide to home renovation, was published in 2006, by Double Storey (ex-imprint of Juta). Nearly Finished was based on a series of humorous articles, the Story of My House, which she was commissioned to write for the Cape Times, documenting the renovation of the family’s home. The book was translated into Afrikaans as Amper Klaar - ‘n gids vir huisvernuwing. Robyn Y Cohen is a member of SAFREA- The South African Freelancers Association http://www.safrea.co.za/.

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#andrewbuckland The Fool’s Guide to Living & Dyi #andrewbuckland 

The Fool’s Guide to Living & Dying 

Written and performed by Andrew Buckland.  Directed by Janet Buckland. 

I attended the last performance of the current season at @thedramafactory May 17, a lovely matinee at 3pm.  Excellent cappuccino by the way. 

Absolutely loved loved loved.

Hilarious. Brilliant. Ingenious.

This is a new work and Andrew says it is “early days”. But, I reckon it’s fully cooked. 

It’s wacky, wry, hilarious, clever, nailing the #ai influenced landscape of ours. 

It is pure theatre. No screens are used. No AV. There is a chair and a mat. And Andrew.  Brilliant script. But no one else could do what he does with this script- physical theatre, clowning, mime, climbing through sewers (watch and see), rowing across to the other side. Adorable characters- make it utterly #clickbate 

Pings of Greek Mythology, Kafka, Super heroes, Pulp Fiction (as in Tarantino), the screen as our medium of life. 

Fools Guide premiered at @kknkfees, March 2026.  It was commissioned by KKNK. It was on recently at @suidoosterfees_sof 

Last week, it was announced that Andrew won Best Male Actor at the KNKK Kanna Awards.

It’s a masterpiece - a click bating narrative- seamless weaving of physical theatre, comedy, satire, deep but easy to follow, without getting over intellectual and in too deep.  It’s about a lot - a man out to save his son - death, dying and decay - redemption of sorts. 

Let’s not get ageist but Andrew is 72 and he is absolutely effing incredible. 72 is the new 32, you know what I mean. 

Andrew is incomparable. 

And a shout out to Janet Buckland - his wife, partner and director of his work. Taught direction.  At 65 minutes, it’s lean, without any smaltz. 

Fools is touring to small towns, including @nationalartsfestival 

A shout out to @suediepeveen of the Drama Factory for hosting this incredible show, so soon after it was birthed at KKNK. 

Loved!!! 

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The Killing of a Union Leader in the Artscape Aren The Killing of a Union Leader in the Artscape Arena, May 12-30

Written and directed by Louis Viljoen

Whoah - horrible protagonists vying for power in a game of thrones. 

Psycho thriller - totally riveted by these nasty peeps. Dark but fun, if that makes sense. 

Pure escapism. 

Terrific performances.

John Maytham
Emma Kotze
Carl Beukes
Sizwesandile Mnisi

Loved the set (Kieran McGregor) and music/soundscape.

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Christine Michele Skinner
Shattering. Devastating. Achingly poignant, tende Shattering.
Devastating.

Achingly poignant, tender, lyrical, beautifully staged, within the horror and loss, the blush of a flower, the bloodied child’s dress hung carefully on a hanger, the fragility of life,

I attended the opening performance in Cape Town, of Rise ’76, written and directed by Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni. The play is subtitled - The Story of June 16th. 

The year 2026 marks 50 years since the Soweto Uprisings. 

Rise ‘76 is heartbreakingly and shatteringly brilliant theatre. The cast is phenomenal. 

I have been sitting with - my thoughts - since I saw the play at the opening, processing, mulling. 

My review will be out soon.

Tii is a genius and may I mention - she is 30 years old. 

Bravo to Tii, to the Baxter and Market and all the actors and creatives. 

This is a play that must be boxed up and should tour widely - SA and abroad. The ingenious set (Leopold Senekal) is a box - rooms/spaces - hinged together - made for touring - one would think? 

After the end of the run in Cape Town Baxter Theatre on May 30, the play transfers to the Marlet June 5-28. 

And then?

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𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻  𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟵 – 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Thoroughly enjoyed this production, presented by Byron Bure Academy of Theatre Arts at The Wave.

My first time seeing the song cycle on stage. A treat. 

Bravo to Byron and team and the amazing performers. There are two casts. 

Review to follow - meanwhile some pics 

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HATCHED ENSEMBLE by Mamela Nyamza April 29 - 30, 2 HATCHED ENSEMBLE by Mamela Nyamza
April 29 - 30, 2026.

Beautiful, fierce, urgent, heartbreaking, inspiring, transcendent dance theatre by the legendary Mamela Nyamza. 

Opened tonight and on tomorrow April 30 and that’s it for now Baxter Theatre 

The rousing ovation continued for about ten minutes, with people lingering in the theatre. 

Please go and experience this epic piece of dance theatre. I use epic in terms of physical scale and conceptual arc -10 ballet dancers - a stage which is bare and yet full bodied, increasingly impacted by the debris from the body of dancers en pointe. 

Thank you Mamela. 

As part of the season, Mamela’s Herd-less is also on at the Baxter.

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𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 - 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 - 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿 

In 2019, Erika Breytenbach and Faeron Wheeler wrote a play – a comedy-drama – about two women, who were once besties. Their friendship falls apart when Karlien (Erika Breytenbach) marries young and has a family. Caitlyn (Faeron Wheeler) feels betrayed. They had plans – to travel and have fun.  Caitlyn invests everything in her high powered career. But expectations and dreams do not necessarily align. In Your Perfect Life, Karlien (with a brr as in the Afrikaans pronunciation) and Caitlyn connect at their twenty year school reunion. It’s a showdown – with memories, reminisces, regrets and a brutal audit of their lives. 

The play has been on in a 2026 revival season in Cape Town, at The Drama Factory and Masque in Muizenberg. 

The Masque season finishes on Saturday – April 25. The play has deepened and become more nuanced since its first incarnation. 

Loved it. Very moved. Go and see it. 

Bravo to Erika, Faeron and Sue Diepeveen (director AND owner of the Drama Factory. 

Full review on TheCapeRobyn

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You Should Go In Engrossing new drama by @emma_amb You Should Go In
Engrossing new drama by @emma_amber 

On at @baxtertheatre in Cape Town April 15-25 in the Masambe. 
Performed by Emma and Talyn Miller. 

Another impressive production from @origen_productions 

See review on @thecaperobyn 

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#rockyhorrorshow Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror #rockyhorrorshow 

Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show - South Africa 2026

Presented by @pietertoerienproductions and @lamtacademy 

The best staging that I have seen. 

Astounding. 
Theatrical. 
Fun. Entertaining. Gritty and dark in parts. Awesome production.

Worth traveling to South Africa to see. 

On in Cape Town @theatreonthebay until May 31. 
On in Johannesburg @montecasino_za June 12 to May 16.
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A treat - Actress - starring Talia Kodesh as herse A treat - Actress - starring Talia Kodesh as herself and Stephen van Niekerk as her sidekick (Partner, Mohel and Man Friday).

Loved! Loved!
On at the Drama Factory- until April 12 - that’s tomorrow.  Tomorrow! Yikes!

I couldn’t go until now because it was Pesach. And all that stuff about festivals and family comes into the story, to the refrains of Havanagillah, juggling the proverbial balls to hold all together- literally and figuratively.

Seamless transitions. Stunning performance.

Excellent script by Talia and Bruce Denhill. And Bruce has composed the original music and lyrics. Terrific songbook and lyrics. 

Sarah Roberts - set and costumes - brilliant use of Mondrian cubes, props and lighting by Denis Hutchinson.

Funny, entertaining, tender and very moving. 

The Naledi Award was totally deserved - breathtaking, streamlined but nuanced and stylish staging. 

Hope it gets awards in Cape Town.

I loved so much, would go again. Hope there is another season soon.

Don’t miss. Get to to the Drama Factory - tonight- 7.30pm - April 11 - Saturday and then tomorrow Sunday April 12 at 3pm and 6pm. 

Three chances to see - get there! 

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When it is too late to apologise – Meeting Murphy When it is too late to apologise – Meeting Murphy

Wonderful to be at the Masque, tonight, to see Meeting Murphy, the new play by Gavin Werner, starring Brent Palmer and Chris Van Rensburg. The play is running concurrently with Gavin’s acclaimed, Spanish Steps, starring Gavin and Dianne Simpson. Both plays are until April 18.

Meeting Murphy is an intriguing play. It is uncomfortable, darkly funny and very confrontational, edged with streaks of violence. 

Whoah – there is a lot in this play. Forgiveness and retribution are very much at the crux of this story but so is accountability. And that is not a simple construct. Memory and the passage of time – tends to fudge and blur lines between perpetrator and victim. 

In Meeting Murphy, Rick (Chris Van Rensburg) stumbles upon Dave Murphy (Brent Palmer), while on a hike. Dave has been injured. There is no mobile phone reception. It is up to Rick to go and get help for Dave who is agony and cannot move. 

Plot spoiler alert – Dave bullied Rick when they were both at the same school. And now, on a ledge in beautiful Cape Town – it is time for a reckoning as they confront their younger selves. 

There is an urgency to Meeting Murphy, with a take-home to be a kind and a decent human being and be accountable in the moment, not years later, when it is too late to apologise. 

Take your teenagers to see this play. Schools should bring the play to their learners and invite talk back sessions. 

Can I say that I enjoyed watching this discomfiting play. I enjoyed watching the protagonists squirm. They should squirm. 

Gavin’s writing is clever, witty and he kind of smacks the protagonists around. 

Brent Palmer brings a terrific mirthful vulnerability to the menacing Murphy. Chris Van Rensburg’s Rick is a nerd, an archetype nebbish, until he is not. 

Terrific energy between the actors. 

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Acknowledgment, gratitude and celebration – signat Acknowledgment, gratitude and celebration – signature #Zingara 

The Royal Countess Zingara, March 2026, Cape Town:  La Dolce Royal in the Magic Crystal Spiegeltent (mirrored tent - an original heritage wooden tent from Belgium).

A signature part of the Zingara experience in the #speigeltent is the parade at the end of the evening, when all those involved get to circle around those who in attendance, in the tent.

The parade features the whole Zingara family – and includes a rousing roll-call of front-of-house staff, food servers (waitrons), kitchen staff, chefs, artists on stage, side-show artists, stage hands, make-up artists, bar staff. 

The parade is an acknowledgement and celebration of those in the limelight and those behind the scenes, particularly the food contingent which is so integral to the Zingara experience. 

Servers and staff dress up – or assume personas – and are very much part of – and an extension of the show.  It is an “immersive experience” and the servers and team are a key part of the experience.

Wonderous. Wonderful.

In recognition, The Royal Countess Zingara team recently received the award as Top Experience Journey at the Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA) Awards, which took place in Johannesburg (March 2026). 

Bravo to the Zingara family and to producer and originator, Richard Griffin for his vision in creating Zingara. 

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#zingara @lady_dudu Lilian Khumalo has been with #zingara
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Lilian Khumalo has been with the Madam Zingara family - forever.
Watch her in action at the current incarnation- The Royal Countess Zingara - La Dolce Royal

The fabulous and incomparable Lilian is everywhere at Zingara - front of house, on the floor assisting with service, singing, dancing, partying.

This interview- March 26, 2026, Cape Town, Century City in the #spiegeltent. She talks about being a founding member of @threetonsoffun and how Papa Zingara, Richard Griffin saw her singing at On Broadway, owned by Russell Shapiro.  And the rest is history.

The current tour ends May 17 and then The Royal Countess is off to Joburg, at end of June, to Melrose Arch. 

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