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SPOTLIGHT: It's been 10 YEARS, and we're still here!
It has been 10 years. What began as a lark quickly became a healthy obsession. We are still here and so are you, dear reader.

Theatre Scene Cape Town
Jan 6, 20223 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Q&A with Director Fred Abarhamse about ‘THE LADY AOI’
Barbara Loots Abrahamse & Meyer Productions brings Yukio Mishima's THE LADY AOI to the Artscape Theatre from 17 November to 4 December....

Barbara Loots
Nov 17, 20214 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Brendan van Rhyn (aka Cathy Specific) spills the EROS Tee
Barbara Loots We are very excited to see theatres slowly, but surely, reopening and adapting to the new-normal of Covid-19 protocols. The...

Barbara Loots
Apr 22, 20217 min read


SPOTLIGHT: #10TheatreFacts by Nwabisa Plaatjie on FLORENCE & WINE IN THE WILDERNESS
Barbara Loots A compelling double bill comprising of Florence and Wine in the Wilderness, currently onstage at the Baxter Theatre, have...

Barbara Loots
Sep 10, 20196 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Adam Godley shares his extraordinary THE LEHMAN TRILOGY experience
Barbara Loots The 5-star, Olivier Award nominated, masterpiece that is The Lehman Trilogy will be captivating Capetonian theatre-lovers...

Barbara Loots
Aug 23, 20194 min read


SPOTLIGHT: 'All About Eve', Karen, and Monica Dolane
Barbara Loots Award-winning actress Monica Dolan is currently onstage at the Noël Coward Theatre in London as Karen in All About Eve,...

Barbara Loots
May 3, 20196 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Rory Kinnear in 'Young Marx', the man before Das Kapital
Barbara Loots Rory Kinnear, known for his roles in The Threepenny Opera, Othello, and television's Penny Dreadful, is set to entertain...

Barbara Loots
Jun 10, 20187 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Philip Quast on Sondheim and the follies of us all
Barbara Loots In Stephen Sondheim’s Follies you meet two couples (and the memories of their younger selves) attending the 30th reunion of...

Barbara Loots
Feb 15, 20189 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Exclusive IMMORTAL creative 'reveal'
Barbara Loots Niall Griffin and Nicola Mayer, two of the creative minds behind the highly anticipated and covertly conceived Immortal,...

Barbara Loots
Nov 17, 201710 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Q&A with Bogart, everyone's favourite SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE fur-actor
Barbara Loots The most pawsome actor in Cape Town is undoubtedly the super cute Bogart (B) playing 'The Dog' in Shakespeare in Love,...

Barbara Loots
Nov 11, 20176 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Jubber finds his funny bone with THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Barbara Loots “I believe there was a conversation at a bar about who should play this part. My name came up. Sometimes it’s really that...

Barbara Loots
Nov 6, 20177 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Paul Wills sets the scene at the Fugard Theatre
Barbara Loots All who love theatre in Cape Town should know the name, Paul Wills, the word-class set designer for the Fugard Theatre...

Barbara Loots
Oct 11, 20178 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Aviva Pelham tells Santa’s Story in the intimate space of Theatre on the Bay
Barbara Loots Santa's Story, created by and featuring award-winning performer Aviva Pelham, is back at Theatre on the Bay from 10 to 15...

Barbara Loots
Oct 10, 20175 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Gideon Lombard as Marnus in 'Die reuk van appels'
Barbara Loots The Smell of Apples was Mark Behr’s debut novel, published in 1993, as South Africa was just getting a taste of democracy...

Barbara Loots
Oct 8, 20175 min read


SPOTLIGHT: #TSCTinLondon
Barbara Loots By now you probably know that Theatre Scene Cape Town took a London break during September 2017 to see how the West End...

Barbara Loots
Oct 7, 201710 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Nicola Date takes to the Masque Theatre stage in 'Broads on Broadway'
Barbara Loots A colourful celebration of Broadway musicals heads to the Masque Theatre for a limited run from 13 to 16 September 2017. It...

Barbara Loots
Sep 17, 20174 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Brendan Cowell talks about Stone’s ‘Yerma’
Barbara Loots Yerma (Spanish for ‘barren’) is a 1934 play by Federico Garcia Lorca. It tells the story of a woman who becomes...

Barbara Loots
Sep 8, 20177 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Dalin Oliver serves up comedy realness with his FACE FOR RADIO
Barbara Loots Once upon many a comedy nights between 2011 and 2013, a young performer named Dalin Oliver took to the stage, frequently...

Barbara Loots
Aug 18, 20176 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Clowns Without Borders showcase, giving you the chance to laugh for a good cause
Barbara Loots Clowning around is serious business, especially when it is used to channel the power of theatre to empower and change...

Barbara Loots
Aug 18, 20174 min read


SPOTLIGHT: Vanessa Harris shares her passion, her home, her beloved Kalk Bay Theatre
Barbara Loots Anyone who has ever visited Kalk Bay Theatre knows that it is a unique space, not only because it is a deconsecrated...

Barbara Loots
Aug 14, 20178 min read
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