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PRESS: A FLEA IN HER EAR at the Magnet for a limited run
Magnet Theatre’s fulltime training and job creation programme 2025/2026 presents, A FLEA IN HER EAR by Georges Feydeau, translated by John Mortimer, for a limited run from 24 to 27 June 2026.
Theatre Scene Cape Town


PRESS: Waterfront Theatre School presents the SA premiere of hilarious musical comedy SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Waterfront Theatre School proudly presents the South African premiere of the Tony Award-nominated musical comedy SOMETHING ROTTEN! The production will run for a strictly limited season at Artscape Arena from 10 to 18 July 2026.
Theatre Scene Cape Town


PRESS: PUSS IN BOOTS brings warmth and laughter to the Baxter this winter
Let the magic in this winter! PUSS IN BOOTS, a lively pantomime for the whole family, running for a limited season from 26 June to 18 July 2026 at the Baxter Theatre.
Theatre Scene Cape Town


SPOTLIGHT: A piquant blend of the familiar and the fresh in Paeper’s ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD
"After darkness comes light" - to quote the ever-optimistic poet Guillaume Apollinaire, and in this spirit Cape Town City Ballet are about to present one of the brightest ballets in their repertoire as a luminous ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD succeeds David Nixon's darkly intriguing DRACULA.
Beverley Brommert


PRESS: COMMISSION CONTINUA Comes to the Baxter in a Powerful Reckoning with South Africa’s Unfinished Truths
Tony Bonani Miyambo and Phala Ookeditse Phala from Kafka’s Ape fame, bring another striking theatrical production, COMMISSION CONTINUA.
Theatre Scene Cape Town


SCENE IT: Cape Town Opera's CARMEN revives Bizet's vision with vibrant vocals
Since its premiere in 1875, CARMEN has remained one of the most frequently performed operas in the world, and for good reason.
Barbara Loots


SCENE IT: All should rise to see the people-centred story inspired by June 16th
In its theatrical approach, RISE ‘76 honours the memory of the dreams and futures lost during the 1976 student uprisings.
Barbara Loots


SCENE IT: Stirred, shaken or just unmoved?
STIRRED NOT SHAKEN’s only message seems to be that even when objectively bad things happen to upper-middle-class South African women, they’ll cry a bit, open an expensive bottle of wine, reminisce about the good times on holiday in Paris, and then… be fine.
Maria Kearns


SCENE IT: Lady Macbeth meets King Lear with breathtaking eloquence in THE KILLING OF A UNION LEADER
Louis Viljoen succeeds in balancing thematic diversity with a distinctive style, so that while his work is as unique as his fingerprints, it is never predictable.
Beverley Brommert
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