THE synchronicity of the announcement of the KKNK programme for 2017 yesterday must have been a bitter-sweet experience for the Behr family.
THE Cape Town Fringe is underway and if you are struggling to make choices, the following suggestions may guide you through the plethora of choices in the programme.
ANTHOLOGY: AFTER THE END. Written by Louis Viljoen, Nicholas Spagnoletti and Jon Keevy. Directed by Louis Viljoen, with Daneel van der Walt and Donna Cormack-Thomson. At Alexander Upstairs until Saturday.
IT’S been 10 years since I staggered out of the first performance of Karoo Moose and a decade later it packs an even harder punch. The increased intensity is a product of the growth of the cast and the heigh
THERE are musicals aplenty on stage at the moment. Joseph has returned with his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and is thrilling a new generation of audiences with a revamped show at Theatre on the Bay.
THERE are musicals aplenty on stage at the moment. Joseph has returned with his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and is thrilling a new generation of audiences with a revamped show at Theatre on the Bay.
SLAVA’S SNOW SHOW. Written and created by Slava Polunin. Directed by Victor Kramer, with Slava Polunin, Ivan Volkov, Georgy Deliev, Jeff Johnson, Artem Zhimolokhov, Onofrio Colucci, Oleg Lugovsky, Fe
A MAN OF GOOD HOPE Adapted by Isango Ensemble. Directed by Mark Dornford-May. Music arranged and composed by Mandisi Dyantyis. At Baxter Theatre until August 20. TRACEY SAUNDERS reviews
FOR many hotels are either places of transit or holiday destinations, teeming with salesmen and conference goers while honeymooners and leisure travellers recline languidly.
THE INCONVENIENCE OF WINGS. Written and directed by Lara Foot, with Jennifer Steyn, Andrew Buckland and Mncedisi Shabangu. Set design by Patrick Curtis. Lighting Mannie Manim. Sound by Philip Miller. Chore
IF A national arts festival is an indicator of a nation’s state of mind, South Africa is a deeply troubled nation, beset with violence and grappling with the twin evils of racism and poverty.
YOU would be forgiven for thinking that a Cape Storm had swept through the National Arts Festival this past week as the winners of the 2016 Standard Bank Ovation Awards were announced.
THE last time puppets stole the show at Artscape was when the world renowned War Horse returned to the country of its designers. Audiences joined the Handspring Puppet Company in welcoming them with open arms and
VISITING Pieter-Dirk Uys at Evita se Peron, surrounded by cats and concrete reminders of the past in his fossil park, there is no doubt as to who the queen of the establishment in Darling is. He has installed signs which a
IN the early days of democracy South Africa celebrated. A ceasefire was called and the supposed “Rainbow Nation” was birthed. Twenty two years later the celebrations are long over, hostilities have resumed and
FIVE deaths or more a day, innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire, children afraid to play outside and generals recruiting young soldiers for battle; sound familiar?
TIP-EX. Written and directed by Lauren Hannie. At The Baxter Theatre Centre until Saturday. Tracey Saunders reviews
THE POWER STRUGGLE. Written by Nik Rabonowitz, Tom Eaton and Darrel Bristow-Bovey, with Nik Rabinowitz. At The Baxter Theatre Centre until Saturday. Tracey Saunders reviews
ALL’S WELL, THAT ENDS WELL. Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Geoffrey Hyland. At the UCT Little Theatre until April 9. Tracey Saunders reviews
OOMASISULU. Written by Sindiwe Magona. Directed by Warona Seane. At the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown. Tracey Saunders reviews
ANYONE who is apprised of Ismail Mohammed’s appreciation of South African history will not be surprised at the theme of this year’s National Arts Festival, which commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Women&#
WOZA ALBERT. Written by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema and Barney Simon. Directed by Mdu Kweyana. At The Baxter Theatre until April 9. Tracey Saunders reviews
THIS past weekend The Baxter felt like the epicentre of theatre in Cape Town as it hosted The Zabalaza Theatre Festival Awards and the 51st Fleur Du Cap Awards.
A DOLL’S HOUSE. Written by Henrik Ibsen. Adapted and directed by Christiaan Olwagen. At The Baxter Theatre until Thursday. Tracey Saunders reviews.
THESE days the public’s obsession with serial murderers is satisfied by television series such as Dexter, but our curiosity pre-dates the digital portrayal of repeat offenders.
