Theatre

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.

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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.

The internationally acclaimed, award winning show, African Footprint, celebrated its ninth birthday yesterday, 11th May 2009.

Joburg Promusica proudly launched its new addition – The Basement, at a festive opening ceremony on 28 March 2009 at 19h00 in Florida Park, Roodepoort.

The African inspired Basement Theatre was officially opened by Zeona Motshabi, Chairperson of Joburg Promusica. A welcome address was also presented by Steven Sack, Director Arts, Culture and Heritage for the City of Joburg.

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.

The hit musical Beauty and the Beast, produced in SA by Pieter Toerien and Hazel Feldman in association with Disney Theatrical productions, has wowed South African audiences since opening at the Teatro MonteCasino in Johannesburg in October 2008. The show opened at the Artscape Opera House in the Mother City in January this year, has received critical acclaim from audiences and critics alike and has now been extrended for the second and final time to 29 March 2009.

The Baxter Theatre Centre and Royal Shakespeare Company’s collaborative production of William Shakespeare’s magical last play, The Tempest, is taking the UK by storm with five stars from several top theatre critics as well as other rave reviews, and the entire season is almost sold out.