Josette Eales and Thato Moraka, both from Johannesburg, are the 2010 Brett Goldin Bursary award winners. Four years after the brutal murder of Brett Goldin, his memory was once again honoured when Josette Eales (26) and Thato Moraka (25) were announced the latest winners of the Brett Goldin Bursary for 2010, at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg.

One of South Africa’s premier professional theatre institutions, The Playhouse Company offers opportunities to independent producers and production houses to see their work staged at The Playhouse in Durban on either an ‘in-house’ or ‘in-association’ basis with The Playhouse Company. (Closes 21 May 2010)
From 27 January 2010, the Windybrow Centre for the Arts will erupt in a celebration of age-old African music and dance traditions linked to the marriage ceremony in Bogosi Bolokwe’s play Umshado.
Celebrating 10 years of change, diversity and a new name ARTSCAPE has planned a star studded evening of entertainment representing the rich cultures and performing arts of the Western Cape. ‘ARTSCAPE 10’ is to be held in the newly refurnished Opera House on Sunday 8 November 2009 at 19:00. Booking is open for this spectacular event directed by Paul Warwick Griffin. Janine Neethling is the musical director and Richard Cock will conduct the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO).
At the 12th annual Business Day BASA (Business and Arts South Africa) Awards held in Johannesburg recently, the HCI Foundation received the Sponsorship in Kind award for their support of the Baxter Theatre Centre.
During the month of September the Southern African Theatre Initiative in partnership with Arts Alive will roll out the Arts Alive Alternative Spaces programme aimed at creating a platform for community theatre practitioners to share and exchange their work.
South African Cabinet Minister becomes Patron of the Isango Portobello Theatre Company, which finds a home in a new theatre in Cape Town, The Fugard
Experience the wonderful, irresistible story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs in the worldwide smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! This enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship will premiere at the Artscape Opera House, in Cape Town on Sunday, 15 August 2010 for a limited season. Thereafter the production moves to The Teatro at Montecasino in Johannesburg, opening on Tuesday, 05 October 2010. MAMMA MIA! is musical entertainment for the whole family with a broad appeal to audiences of all ages.
The top six productions to come out of this year’s Ikhwezi Theatre Festival held at the Baxter Theatre Centre in March have been selected for presentation at the 11th Khanya College Annual Winter School in Johannesburg from July 31 to August 7.
Joburg Promusica proudly launched its new addition – The Basement, at a festive opening ceremony on 28 March 2009 at 19h00 in Florida Park, Roodepoort.
Time of the Writer 2009 came to a rollicking conclusion on Saturday night with a sold-out session featuring straight-talking debate between Zapiro and Max du Preez. Entitled “I Write And Draw What I Like” – inspired by Steve Biko’s I Write What I Like – the central thread of the discussion was on freedom of expression in South Africa. 