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SCENE IT: HAMLET and the missing connect
That it takes great skill to envision and realise the puppets that form an integral part of the latest staging of HAMLET is undisputed.
Barbara Loots
Feb 26, 20233 min read
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SCENE IT: You cannot go home (again and again)
Barbara Loots CALLING US HOME (previously ‘Calling Me Home’) is back at the Artscape in the hope of capturing the hearts of audiences on...
Barbara Loots
Feb 17, 20235 min read
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SCENE IT: Bottom's Dream, a MIDSUMMER delight
Barbara Loots The current staging of Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM reveals a crisp take on the two overlapping stories at the...
Barbara Loots
Feb 9, 20233 min read
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SCENE IT: Ballet meets pantomime with CTCB’s CINDERELLA
Barbara Loots It is not often that you hear an audience giggle and squeal with mirthful delight right after a marvelous pirouette has...
Barbara Loots
Feb 7, 20233 min read
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SCENE IT: Sharply witty THE GRASS WIDOW at the Baxter intrigues
Beverly Brommert "Revenge is a dish best served cold". This truism is vividly illustrated in Louis Viljoen's latest masterpiece of...
Beverley Brommert
Feb 2, 20232 min read
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SCENE IT: Punchy HANSARD reflects the present in the past at the Baxter Theatre
Barbara Loots Simon Woods' HANSARD is currently on at the Baxter Theatre, with Graham Hopkins and Fiona Ramsey, under the direction of...
Barbara Loots
Jan 31, 20232 min read
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SCENE IT: Cape Town Opera's beautiful SONGS OF SHAKESPEARE not to be missed at Maynardville
Barbara Loots Another beautiful night at Maynardville, courtesy of the Cape Town Opera. We were delighted with the sounds of the SONGS OF...
Barbara Loots
Jan 28, 20232 min read
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SCENE IT: CT Philharmonic Orchestra enchants with Mendelssohn's Midsummer Opus at Maynardville
Barbara Loots The magic of the Maynardville Open-Air Festival is back under the guidance of the dynamic team of VR Theatrical until 5...
Barbara Loots
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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SCENE IT: Intriguing STAR+CROSSED at the Artscape
Barbara Loots It’s not every day that you get to say that you saw a new musical onstage. So it is understandable that the opening of...
Barbara Loots
Dec 20, 20223 min read
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SCENE IT: THE NUTCRACKER brings the festive season magic
Barbara Loots THE NUTCRACKER is a celebration of youth through a belief in magic, and what time of year is more magical than the festive...
Barbara Loots
Dec 14, 20224 min read
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SCENE IT: AUNTY MERLE serves a tonic
If it’s beginning to feel like the world’s moving too fast… spare a thought for the intrepid Aunty Merle.
Maria Kearns
Dec 8, 20223 min read
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SCENE IT: DOUBLE STAR, a lonely relationship explored
Barbara Loots DOUBLE STAR, currently onstage at the Baxter's Masambe Theatre is a new play by Andi Colombo. It follows the story of two...
Barbara Loots
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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SCENE IT: HE HAD IT COMING, a political satire anthem for the women of SA
Barbara Loots If the title of the latest Mike Van Graan play has you humming a cell block tango, you are excused for being accurately...
Barbara Loots
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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SCENE IT: Engaging I WANT TO WRITE YOU A SUBMARINE places a spotlight on heartbreak
Louis Viljoen As independent theatre continues to claw its way back from the near-death it suffered at the hands of the COVID pandemic,...
Louis Viljoen
Nov 28, 20222 min read
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SCENE IT: LAMTA triple threats keep great company
Barbara Loots On Friday my heart did a happy dance thrice over as it was completely entranced by the performances in the LAMTA presented...
Barbara Loots
Nov 21, 20223 min read
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SCENE IT: It’s a Sex Life, Jim, but Not as We Know It
Maria Kearns What counts as a successful first date in a human breeding facility? In Dinner with the 42s, staying alive until the...
Maria Kearns
Nov 10, 20222 min read
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SCENE IT: Joyful RHAPSODY delights
Barbara Loots Zip Zap Circus' RHAPSODY – A PHILHARMONIC CIRCUS, onstage at the Artscape Opera House until 6 November 2022, is a joyful...
Barbara Loots
Nov 4, 20222 min read
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SCENE IT: A charming SURGE of conscience
Barbara Loots SURGE, currently onstage at Magnet Theatre (until 22 October 2022) and soon setting out to enchant schools, is a charming...
Barbara Loots
Oct 21, 20222 min read
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SCENE IT: 'WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET?', an ode to friendship
Barbara Loots Daniel Richards and Tankiso Mamabolo's WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET? is currently providing audiences at the Baxter Theatre with a...
Theatre Scene Cape Town
Oct 12, 20222 min read
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SCENE IT: Dancing through the zodiac with WE BELONG TO THE STARS
Barbara Loots In celebration of its 30th year, the Waterfront Theatre School (WTS) dedicates their dance production to the memory of...
Theatre Scene Cape Town
Sep 20, 20222 min read
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