Maynardville Open-Air Festival gets into 'Swingtime'
For this year?s festival, Cape Town City Ballet is staging Sean Bovim?s acclaimed Swingtime, set to popular 1930s swing songs.
Alan Committie at full throttle in 'Class(y) Clown'
Alan Committie is flexing his comedy abs when he opens tonight at the Baxter with his new solo stand-up show, Class(y) Clown, directed by Chris Weare.
'At Her Feet' back on stage with new depth, maturity
Nadia Davids?s award-winning play, At Her Feet, is returning to the Baxter, performed again by Quanita Adams and with Davids in the director?s seat.
'At Her Feet' back on stage with new depth, maturity
Nadia Davids?s award-winning play, At Her Feet, is returning to the Baxter, performed again by Quanita Adams and with Davids in the director?s seat.
Dancing out of a dark past
David Kramer’s ‘Langarm’ tells of those living beyond the long arm of apartheid law in District Six in the 1960s
#MeToo gender lessons at Fugard theatre
TV star Nicole Fortuin will be starring alongside Alan Committie in David Mamet?s Oleanna, which will play at the Fugard Theatre from September 14.
Richards rising to challenge in Fugard's 'Shakespeare in Love'
Daniel Mpilo Richards joins the cast as Will Shakespeare in the return season of The Fugard Theatre’s hit production ‘Shakespeare in Love’.
Who is 'electronic music artist' ZYO?
Little is known about ZYO. Shrouded in swathes of intensely coloured shweshwe fabric and donning a bandanna mask, his eyes are concealed behind shades.
Edith Plaatjies will play Dolly in 'The Mandela Trilogy'
Plaatjies will be making ?her debut with Cape Town Opera as the legendary jazz ?singer, Dolly Rathebe in ?The Mandela Trilogy?.
As Freshlyground matures, fresh vistas call
A decade-and-a-half later, Mahola, Cohen and Simon Attwell remain from the band?s first incarnation. They have since been joined by Julio Sigauque, Josh Hawks and Chris Bakalanga.
Freshlyground 'Can't Stop'
The band has released a new album, Can?t Stop, and its single Blck Girls is receiving considerable radio play.
WATCH: Mozart and Salieri: shaking up ballet with heightened theatricality, design and sophistication
Behind the scenes of Mozart and Salieri ballet - renowned choreographer Marc Goldberg talks about his latest masterpiece.
Investec Cape Town Art Fair on this weekend
The Cape Town Art Fair - renamed The Investec Cape Town Art Fair - is on from Friday, February 16 to Sunday February 18 between 11am and 7pm in the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
'Tsotsi' enters a new zone
Athol Fugard?s acclaimed novel Tsotsi was adapted for the screen, directed by Gavin Hood and won the Oscar for best foreign language film in 2005.
Shakespeare in the park
Summer in Cape Town heralds the season of open-air theatre at Maynardville in Wynberg Park, and the signature event - the Shakespeare production.
Big changes to Shakespeare at Maynardville
Maynardville will become a classically oriented festival, with the signature ballet and Shakespeare, as well as classical music and stand-up comedy.
For the love of comedy. . . and throwing tomatoes
Comedy audiences can be brutal.
Unmute Dance Company's Ability Festival at Artscape
Six-day festival includes theatre, site-specific performances, artistic installations, exhibitions, film screenings, seminars and disability walks.
The Full Monty musical still as entertaining as ever
The Full Monty, at Roxy Revue Bar until November 25, marks 20th anniversary of the award-winning feel-good Broadway musical, derived from a hit film.
New Gate 69 cabaret Macbeth cheeky with heart
For the festive season, cabaret venue Gate 69 in Bree Street is staging Macbeth - the panto - which runs until December 30.
Themba Mbuli: The dancing storyteller
In praise of the women in his life who raised him to be the man he is, Themba Mbuli talks about Autho(r)ise - The Rise of the Author.
Cape Town Fringe to captivate audiences with dance and much more
There is much to mull over this weekend, Heritage Day, National Braai Day as well as the Cape Town Fringe - which runs until October 8 at 13 venues.
Listen to Mamela Nyamza Rock to the Core for women
This piece will show that ?black women artists are fed up with the notion that they must protest for people?s pedestal and approval,? said Mamela Nyamza.
Remembering Errol Dyers: To the brother who loved his goema
Alvin Dyers talks about his brother Errol Dyers who died recently - his legacy will be honoured and celebrated at Artscape's Jazz Masters: Tribute to the Legends concert, writes Robyn Cohen
Selwyn & Gabriel: Woken in the night, man forced to 'assess and reflect'
It’s been three years since we saw Mbulelo Grootboom on stage in the city. That was at the Fugard, when he appeared in Athol Fugard’s Playland. In the interim, he has become a TV star and is currently appearing in four shows on the small box. He has been drawn to the stage by a role in Richard Kaplan’s Selwyn & Gabriel, which opened on Monday at Alexander Upstairs.