Robyn Scott

Theatre Arts, one of Cape Town's foremost theatres, is taking to the boards to shine the spotlight on the impact of load shedding on the nation with Theatre in the Dark, a brilliant new season of eleven moving productions, from 15 to 25 February 2024.

The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGNIA WOOLF? has to be one of the most in-your-face pieces of theatre ever written, and it’s as entertaining and relevant today as it was when it debuted 60 years ago. Under the exceptional direction of Sylvaine Strike, this incredible cast had me simultaneously wanting to hide and wanting to see more as the characters let all their dirty laundry hang out.

Gloucester Productions has announced a 2022 production of a theatrical classic at Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town and Pieter Toerien's Montecasino theatre in Johannesburg.

Eric Abraham's award-winning production of Shakespeare in Love is back at the Fugard Theatre by popular demand. Its highly anticipated return comes after a sold-out run at the end of 2017 and this latest production boasts a handful of fresh cast members as well as a new lead actor. While one might sometimes associate Shakespeare with languid lines of prose and a faint understanding of Early Modern English, there is nothing idle about this captivating romantic comedy.

Due to the demand for matinee tickets, the Fugard Theatre has added Sunday matinee performances of the award-winning romantic comedy SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE at 3pm on 16, 23 and 30 September 2018!

Acclaimed actor, TV and film star Armand Aucamp will join the cast of the Fugard Theatre's return season of the award-winning, enchanting romantic comedy SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.

The award-winning South African premiere production of the enchanting romantic comedy SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE returns to the Fugard Theatre due to overwhelming demand. It will be performed at the Fugard Theatre from 14 August.

Productions presented and hosted by the Fugard Theatre won six Fleur du Cap awards at the 53rd Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards ceremony which was held last night (Sunday 18 March) at the Baxter Theatre.

For more than five decades the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards together with Fleur du Cap Wines have been honouring excellence in theatre, at this theatrical spectacular that is a highlight of the Mother City's cultural calendar.

Productions presented and hosted by the Fugard Theatre have garnered an incredible 26 Fleur du Cap nominations. The historic production of South African musical King Kong swept twelve nominations while the local premiere of the hit West End comedy Shakespeare in Love is nominated in four categories.

The 2017 nominees for the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards have been announced. These annual awards are regarded amongst the most valued and prestigious in the South African performing arts industry. This year's ceremony will take place on 18 March at 17:30 at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town and promises to be an 'Elegantly Extravagant' evening.

The all South African production of the West End smash hit comedy SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE has been extended owing to overwhelming demand to 25 November at the Fugard Theatre. Extra matinee performances have also been added at 16:00 on Sundays.

Cape Town-based actress Masali Baduza is passionately in love with theatre and film. Right now she is working with The Furies, a collective whose focus is creating space and opportunities in the theatre industry for marginalised womxn, on NASTY WOMXN, and she took some time out to chat with us for this week's Five on Friday.

'I - will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all,' says Viola de Lesseps, the woman who is destined in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE to win the titular Bard's heart. 'Not the artful postures of love,' she continues, 'but love that overthrows life.' In this most memorable of quotations lies metaphorically, at least the conundrum of translating the 1998 Oscar-winning film to the stage.

The Second City will hold a benefit for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts tomorrow night, September 6th in the e.t.c. Theater. "Harvey Can't Mess with Texas" will feature performers who hail from areas affected by the storm.

An all South African production of the West End smash hit comedy SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE comes to the Fugard Theatre in 2017 with the best of this country's acting talent. This South African premiere is a Fugard Theatre production presented by Eric Abraham.

UP Comedy Club announces added performances of #DateMe: An OkCupid Experiment directed by Frank Caeti with musical direction by Jeff Strickland thanks to popular demand. #DateMe: An OkCupid Experiment extends June 11 - September 6, 2015 at UP Comedy Club, located at 230 W. North Ave, 3rd Floor of Piper's Alley. 

This retrospective focuses on revivals of classic South African plays and local productions the work of international playwrights.