Bayephi
Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreA young girl commits herself to finding peace for her brother's restless spirit. In this story, we meet a sheltered young girl, but soon we are captivated by a woman's strength and resilience. Bayephi was awarded the Standard Bank Silver Ovation Awar... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Funeral
Theatre | Alexander BarIn physical and lyrical vignettes and disconnected monologues, The Funeral is a meditation on our own fraught connection with life and death. Scotch finds his spirit caught up in the space of limbo, where he is yet to find the presence of God or the ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Vuka
Theatre | Zolani CentreWe all do not know where do we go after we die. Now the production actually shows life after death through theatre, music, poetry and contemporary dance. We as COT believe that there is life after death and that way of life is way different than the ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Joe Ma Se BBQ
Comedy | Jolly CarpIn Joe's one-man show he talks about his experiences here in South Africa coming from Texas, USA. Joe manages to flip things around and allow for South Africans to see how confusing everyday scenarios and situations can be for foreigners. Poking a bi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Rock to the Core
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminDisability doesn’t have to be mental, physical or emotional. It surely can be socio-economical ... This work aims to shock, shake and shove all there is to the status quo of arts in South Africa. Just like rock music changed the culture of the worl... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Zamanani Brothers - Isicathamiya
Music | Alma CaféIsicathamiya (traditional a cappella) music was originated by migrant workers in the late 1950s, their objective was to entertain themselves during weekends. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Schoolboy
Comedy | Delft Black Box TheatreFrom the success of his previous show Gluten Free at the National Arts Festival. Schoolboy is a stand-up comedy show performed by Nkosinathi Maki. Maki takes us on a hilarious journey through his childhood experiences as a school boy. He talks about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
ISMISM
Comedy | Makukhanye Art RoomWhat is it in this " ISM? " In being, existing?... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Unknown Challenges
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreUnknown Challenges aims to impact the youth that Dance for All InSPIRAtions Youth Company (DFA) works with, in inspiring them to follow their dreams and aspirations, and to rise above challenges along the way. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Crazy Country Comedy
Comedy | Jolly CarpLocal is lekker with Cape Town Stand Up Comedian from Greyton bringing his Crazy Country Comedy style to the Cape Town audience. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses' Lament
Comedy | Alexander BarOriginal text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Arm... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bam Bam Brown
Music | Alma CaféIt would appear you may be receiving a visit from one Bam Bam Brown!? Cue the music, hit the lights, put on your Sunday best! Brown has spent years honing his craft as both producer and singer-songwriter, being at the forefront of the exciting Cape ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Access Me
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreAccess Me is a physical expression of the responses received from Unmute Dance Company performers when asked to describe their own stories relating to access – of struggle, hope, overcoming and ultimately new aspiration. A process of intervi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Hocus Pocus
Magic / Illusion | Alexander BarFor over 4000 years audiences have been entertained by magic and illusion. 2017 is no different as Brendon Peel is back to astound with his unique brand of mentalism and illusion. Hocus Pocus is a show filled with mysteries and tricks that wil... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
ilizwi lomzali
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomThe production is about the young man growing up in a very good household after passed his matric he joined the gang group looking for short cuts to succeed however Andile and his gang planned to go rob the ATM, the pl... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Water Warrior
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreAs the water disappears Nomandla is forced to find her inner strength and in the process becomes the hero that we all need, she becomes ‘The Water Warrior’. ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bars & Beats Emcee Challenge
Music | Makukhanye Art RoomA highly competitive emcee challenge where rising hip hop artists have their lyrical and performance skills tested to the max! Encouraging the youth to gain knowledge, practice and use hip hop to develop both themselves and their community. This is a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bayephi
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminA young girl commits herself to finding peace for her brother's restless spirit. In this story, we meet a sheltered young girl, but soon we are captivated by a woman's strength and resilience. Bayephi was awarded the Standard Bank Silver Ovation Awar... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Schoolboy
Comedy | Delft Black Box TheatreFrom the success of his previous show Gluten Free at the National Arts Festival. Schoolboy is a stand-up comedy show performed by Nkosinathi Maki. Maki takes us on a hilarious journey through his childhood experiences as a school boy. He talks about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ellipses (extract)
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Zolani CentreAn extract from the production of Ellipses created for the 2017 National Arts Festival exploring the use and significance of the ellipses. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Momentum
Family | UCT Little Theatre11 dancers, five young choreographers and the experience of the artistic director , Wendi Abrahams, makes for a reboot of community dance, which can only gather MOMENTUM... Experience the vibe, energy and talent found at 34 degrees latitude and 18 de... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Funeral
Theatre | Alexander BarIn physical and lyrical vignettes and disconnected monologues, The Funeral is a meditation on our own fraught connection with life and death. Scotch finds his spirit caught up in the space of limbo, where he is yet to find the presence of God or the ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Kaffirs
Theatre | Zolani CentreThe Kaffirs is a story that explores the daily social issues that many South African families go through. It is told through the Willemse family, that is poverty stricken and has influences of alcoholism, domestic violence, homosexuality and prostitu... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Unknown Challenges
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreUnknown Challenges aims to impact the youth that Dance for All InSPIRAtions Youth Company (DFA) works with, in inspiring them to follow their dreams and aspirations, and to rise above challenges along the way. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Zamanani Brothers - Isicathamiya
Music | Alma CaféIsicathamiya (traditional a cappella) music was originated by migrant workers in the late 1950s, their objective was to entertain themselves during weekends. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The System
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreThe System is a multi award winning theatre production that has performed outside South Africa for the past four years. It has won the Standard Bank Ovation Award and Ishashalazi Best Director and Best Writer Awards.In 2013 it was part of the Edinbur... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
STONES
Theatre | Zolani CentreRunners up of the 2017 Gauteng Ishashalazi Competition. Stones follows the twisted story of two characters, Zuko and Sdima – one has a motive to revenge his father’s execution and the other is busy celebrating his “new” l... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Reggae Heritage Experience
Music | Makukhanye Art RoomThrough reggae music, poetry and melodic covers Mr M shares most of his greatest spoken word performances, accompanied by the best of Cape Town’s various reggae elites. You soul will be fed with words of wisdom and enlightenment for your tomorrow t... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Edge of the Light
Theatre | Alexander BarFrom the creator of multi-award winning Salt, comes a new adult production, At the Edge of the Light, which brings alive a delicate familial story of loss, perception and the consequences of inherited behaviours. Amidst a stormy night, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Abangabonwa (The Unseen)
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreAbangabonwa means 'the unseen' in isiZulu. This piece draws on the 'unheard' stories of people living in the townships in poverty (mother daughter love, struggles with drugs, living in two worlds – work and home. It draws on the experiences of th... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Rock to the Core
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminDisability doesn’t have to be mental, physical or emotional. It surely can be socio-economical ... This work aims to shock, shake and shove all there is to the status quo of arts in South Africa. Just like rock music changed the culture of the worl... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Women on the Cross
Theatre | Zolani CentreThis dance production is performed by a cast of young females painting a story about women and how they face the daily hardships of life. The cross symbolises the pain and weight they carry on their shoulders. It is told through movement and dance.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Big, Big Comedy Show
Comedy | Fringe ClubA showcase of the best comedy geniuses Cape Town has to offer! This show will feature a star-studded line-up of comedians and will be hosted by the inimitable Rob van Vuuren.Having hosted five Very Big Comedy Shows at the National Arts Festival, whic... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses' Lament
Comedy | Alexander BarOriginal text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Arm... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Access Me
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreAccess Me is a physical expression of the responses received from Unmute Dance Company performers when asked to describe their own stories relating to access – of struggle, hope, overcoming and ultimately new aspiration. A process of intervi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Hocus Pocus
Magic / Illusion | Alexander BarFor over 4000 years audiences have been entertained by magic and illusion. 2017 is no different as Brendon Peel is back to astound with his unique brand of mentalism and illusion. Hocus Pocus is a show filled with mysteries and tricks that wil... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Funeral
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomIn physical and lyrical vignettes and disconnected monologues, The Funeral is a meditation on our own fraught connection with life and death. Scotch finds his spirit caught up in the space of limbo, where he is yet to find the presence of God or the ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Kwathi Ke Kanti Kaloku
Theatre | Zolani CentreA celebration of Xhosa children’s literature and indigenous music with Sindiwe "Nomabali" Magona & Bongani Sotshononda and the United Nations of Africa. 60 min stage production Initial run September 2017 Compilation of... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
STONES
Theatre | Zolani CentreRunners up of the 2017 Gauteng Ishashalazi Competition. Stones follows the twisted story of two characters, Zuko and Sdima – one has a motive to revenge his father’s execution and the other is busy celebrating his “new” l... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ubuntu
Comedy | Makukhanye Art RoomKids are a gift from God. Their talent is shaped by those who inspire them to do greatness. Ubuntu is a multi-disciplinary performance by the Makukhanye Art Room After School Programme performers. More than 20 young people will be taking the audience... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ellipses (extract)
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Zolani CentreAn extract from the production of Ellipses created for the 2017 National Arts Festival exploring the use and significance of the ellipses. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Vuka
Theatre | Zolani CentreWe all do not know where do we go after we die. Now the production actually shows life after death through theatre, music, poetry and contemporary dance. We as COT believe that there is life after death and that way of life is way different than the ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Abangabonwa (The Unseen)
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreAbangabonwa means 'the unseen' in isiZulu. This piece draws on the 'unheard' stories of people living in the townships in poverty (mother daughter love, struggles with drugs, living in two worlds – work and home. It draws on the experiences of th... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bayephi
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminA young girl commits herself to finding peace for her brother's restless spirit. In this story, we meet a sheltered young girl, but soon we are captivated by a woman's strength and resilience. Bayephi was awarded the Standard Bank Silver Ovation Awar... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The System
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT P4 StudioThe System is a multi award winning theatre production that has performed outside South Africa for the past four years. It has won the Standard Bank Ovation Award and Ishashalazi Best Director and Best Writer Awards.In 2013 it was part of the Edinbur... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Hocus Pocus
Magic / Illusion | Alexander BarFor over 4000 years audiences have been entertained by magic and illusion. 2017 is no different as Brendon Peel is back to astound with his unique brand of mentalism and illusion. Hocus Pocus is a show filled with mysteries and tricks that wil... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Black Pride
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomThis poetry and music piece will heal many souls as it uses words that speak truth about our reality. We speak words that convey motivation for people whose rest in peace is disturbed by the pain in their hearts; music that heals when you heard. We p... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Phefumla / To Breathe
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatrePhefumla (To Breathe) has been developed through a devised process with four young men from the township areas surrounding Cape Town. All four have been involved or affected by the gang culture that rules the streets. Through glimpses of their... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Confessions
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminRecognising nothing is something, no one is born to be nothing but when nothingness overwhelms reality, man finds himself in a constant battle to thrive. The 2017 AKOF winning show Confessions, follows the story of a young gang member KZ. He i... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
iComedy Kona Ekasi
Comedy | Zolani CentreiComedy Kona presents a top quality stand-up comedy show featuring South Africa's funniest and most loved comedians. Do not miss out on this hysterical experience presented by the hilarious Kolping Mbumba. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Woman with a Baby on her Back
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabThis one man play is a stage adaptation of Athol Fugard’s short story To Whom it Must concern. Based on a tragic real life event, it portrays the very personal, profoundly healing journey of a train driver in the Karoo. The Woman with a ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Refocused
Magic / Illusion | Fringe ClubGelb’s new production, Refocused, is full of top-quality magic and that Gelb humour that audiences have come to love. The show reminds audiences of what’s important in life. Refocused is all about the laughter, all about the magic, and all about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioOn some nights anything can happen. Your life can shape shift into something you could never have predicted. Your heart can turn into a minefield of regret. A group of strangers’ lives become intertwined and turned upside down by the multi-tool of ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ndendile
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomNdendile is that rare South African piece of theatre that bridges urban and rural traditions and, in so doing reflects the fact that, regardless of our origins, whom we fall in love with is a matter of a heart not head. The sensitive and poign... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Unknown Challenges
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreUnknown Challenges aims to impact the youth that Dance for All InSPIRAtions Youth Company (DFA) works with, in inspiring them to follow their dreams and aspirations, and to rise above challenges along the way. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Steke
Theatre | Alexander BarThis show is about love, hate, anger, boredom, reality, nothing, everything, abstract things, ideas, beliefs, fashion and a pen is... also part of the show. Pervert. And of course, last and least: sex. Two actresses perform a show where they tackle a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Kaffirs
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabThe Kaffirs is a story that explores the daily social issues that many South African families go through. It is told through the Willemse family, that is poverty stricken and has influences of alcoholism, domestic violence, homosexuality and prostitu... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Book Detectives
Comedy | Fringe ClubA crime has been committed in fairytale land. The frog is dead and now the princess is a widow. The details are vague and the murderer is obviously a mastermind. It will take Fairy Tale Land's top detectives to solve the case. With impossible clues l... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Sisters Ugly
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioFrom the creator of critically acclaimed Rose Red, comes the other side of the Cinderella story from the perspective of the Ugly Sisters. Dramatic, witty and thought provoking, we explore the sabotage, intrigues and events that shaped their mo... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses' Lament
Comedy | Alexander BarOriginal text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Arm... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Lamentations
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomThe play explores and challenges the cowardly and dastardly acts of our liberators with perceived bravery as a currency. Chronicling being bedded by nine men and carrying out some arduous chores as payback for some murder ostensibly carried out by a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
ilizwi lomzali
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomThe production is about the young man growing up in a very good household after passed his matric he joined the gang group looking for short cuts to succeed however Andile and his gang planned to go rob the ATM, the pl... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Champion
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomHighly acclaimed, The Champion is an award-winning production that tells the story of a young man who grapples with the legacy of an absent father and a mother who is a grass widow. Much of the play centres on the conflicts and contradictions ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ellipses (extract)
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Zolani CentreAn extract from the production of Ellipses created for the 2017 National Arts Festival exploring the use and significance of the ellipses. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
I am not yet born
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomI Am Not Yet Born is a play created by ex-convicts who are tell their real life stories about their experiences both outside in the criminal world and in jail. They also share the rejection they get from society and how they are treated by people in ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Split
Dance & Physical Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminSplit is a solo performance born from whispers and flickers of early childhood experiences that have woven themselves through the performer's life. The work is an investigation into memory, sexuality, personal identity and gender. Beginning as slo... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
iComedy Kona Ekasi
Comedy | Zolani CentreiComedy Kona presents a top quality stand-up comedy show featuring South Africa's funniest and most loved comedians. Do not miss out on this hysterical experience presented by the hilarious Kolping Mbumba. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Kaffirs
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabThe Kaffirs is a story that explores the daily social issues that many South African families go through. It is told through the Willemse family, that is poverty stricken and has influences of alcoholism, domestic violence, homosexuality and prostitu... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Refocused
Magic / Illusion | Fringe ClubGelb’s new production, Refocused, is full of top-quality magic and that Gelb humour that audiences have come to love. The show reminds audiences of what’s important in life. Refocused is all about the laughter, all about the magic, and all about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The System
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT P4 StudioThe System is a multi award winning theatre production that has performed outside South Africa for the past four years. It has won the Standard Bank Ovation Award and Ishashalazi Best Director and Best Writer Awards.In 2013 it was part of the Edinbur... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
ISMISM
Comedy | Makukhanye Art RoomWhat is it in this " ISM? " In being, existing?... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Access Me
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreAccess Me is a physical expression of the responses received from Unmute Dance Company performers when asked to describe their own stories relating to access – of struggle, hope, overcoming and ultimately new aspiration. A process of intervi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses' Lament
Comedy | Alexander BarOriginal text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Arm... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Book Detectives
Comedy | Fringe ClubA crime has been committed in fairytale land. The frog is dead and now the princess is a widow. The details are vague and the murderer is obviously a mastermind. It will take Fairy Tale Land's top detectives to solve the case. With impossible clues l... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Woman with a Baby on her Back
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabThis one man play is a stage adaptation of Athol Fugard’s short story To Whom it Must concern. Based on a tragic real life event, it portrays the very personal, profoundly healing journey of a train driver in the Karoo. The Woman with a ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioOn some nights anything can happen. Your life can shape shift into something you could never have predicted. Your heart can turn into a minefield of regret. A group of strangers’ lives become intertwined and turned upside down by the multi-tool of ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
One Big Blink
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreOne Big Blink is a fragile performance collage choreographed for two performers. Arising from an exchange between choreographer Moyikwa and Director Dubazane, it exposes the different sensibilities of these two artists, exploring the relations... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Steke
Theatre | Alexander BarThis show is about love, hate, anger, boredom, reality, nothing, everything, abstract things, ideas, beliefs, fashion and a pen is... also part of the show. Pervert. And of course, last and least: sex. Two actresses perform a show where they tackle a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Luks
Family | Makukhanye Art RoomLukhanyo goes against his mother’s wishes and opens an old sack he finds while playing with friends behind the houses. Luks’ life is taken over by an evil spirit that causes him to do bad things and be a bad influence on other children and the la... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Guilty or Not Guilty
Theatre | Zolani CentreAfter the death of an old woman, the whole village is cursed and the spirit of a guilty young man has passed from generation to generation. Finally the chosen one has to accept the calling for the redemption by the villagers.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Worst of Both Worlds
Dance & Physical Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomUsing the whirlwind techniques of physical theatre, the two male actors portray the horrors of female human trafficking and the drug trade. They play a myriad of characters, switching roles, genders, ages, at lightning speed and with seamless ease. ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Kaffirs
Theatre | Zolani CentreThe Kaffirs is a story that explores the daily social issues that many South African families go through. It is told through the Willemse family, that is poverty stricken and has influences of alcoholism, domestic violence, homosexuality and prostitu... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
STONES
Theatre | Zolani CentreRunners up of the 2017 Gauteng Ishashalazi Competition. Stones follows the twisted story of two characters, Zuko and Sdima – one has a motive to revenge his father’s execution and the other is busy celebrating his “new” l... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ndendile
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomNdendile is that rare South African piece of theatre that bridges urban and rural traditions and, in so doing reflects the fact that, regardless of our origins, whom we fall in love with is a matter of a heart not head. The sensitive and poign... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
One Big Blink
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreOne Big Blink is a fragile performance collage choreographed for two performers. Arising from an exchange between choreographer Moyikwa and Director Dubazane, it exposes the different sensibilities of these two artists, exploring the relations... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Rose Red
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioThe story of Snow White as seen through the eyes of the ‘Evil’ Stepmother. Wickedly fun, thought provoking and touching, we finally get to hear the story behind the classic tale. The story telling is interwoven with covers by Cold Play, Tori Amos... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Refocused
Magic / Illusion | Jolly CarpGelb’s new production, Refocused, is full of top-quality magic and that Gelb humour that audiences have come to love. The show reminds audiences of what’s important in life. Refocused is all about the laughter, all about the magic, and all about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Jax & Gina
Comedy | Fringe ClubShe is female, he is male. She is white, he is coloured. She is a lesbian, he is a gay. They are stand-up comedians: Jax & Gina ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Playroom
Comedy | Makukhanye Art RoomThe Playroom is the first theatre production from the Western Cape to ever win the Zwakala Festival at the Market Theatre. The play had a season at Market Theatre/Barney Simon Theatre mentored by Monageng Motshabi. The Citizen: “Space... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Sleeping with the Enemy
Theatre | Zolani CentreSleeping with the Enemy unpacks and unravels the complicated relation between those who desire to transform the townships and those who cannot endure the realities of informal settlements. Two black attorneys, a married couple, battle over a s... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Phefumla / To Breathe
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatrePhefumla (To Breathe) has been developed through a devised process with four young men from the township areas surrounding Cape Town. All four have been involved or affected by the gang culture that rules the streets. Through glimpses of their... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Steke
Theatre | Alexander BarThis show is about love, hate, anger, boredom, reality, nothing, everything, abstract things, ideas, beliefs, fashion and a pen is... also part of the show. Pervert. And of course, last and least: sex. Two actresses perform a show where they tackle a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
(w)asem
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioThrough the allegory of air and breath (w)asem speaks about the anxieties that come with being a queer individual in an oppressive system, being a person of colour in a white community and, lastly, the meta-theatricality of being a person with... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Split
Dance & Physical Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminSplit is a solo performance born from whispers and flickers of early childhood experiences that have woven themselves through the performer's life. The work is an investigation into memory, sexuality, personal identity and gender. Beginning as slo... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Crazy Country Comedy
Comedy | Jolly CarpLocal is lekker with Cape Town Stand Up Comedian from Greyton bringing his Crazy Country Comedy style to the Cape Town audience. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Book Detectives
Comedy | Fringe ClubA crime has been committed in fairytale land. The frog is dead and now the princess is a widow. The details are vague and the murderer is obviously a mastermind. It will take Fairy Tale Land's top detectives to solve the case. With impossible clues l... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Woman with a Baby on her Back
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabThis one man play is a stage adaptation of Athol Fugard’s short story To Whom it Must concern. Based on a tragic real life event, it portrays the very personal, profoundly healing journey of a train driver in the Karoo. The Woman with a ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Samthing Soweto Gold Tour
Family | Alma CaféAfter sold-out shows at the Soweto Theatre, the Orbit and Jazzy Rainbow, multi-talented Samthing Soweto is ready for the world to hear his music. He received a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2017 National Arts Festival and his song ‘Akanamali... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses' Lament
Comedy | Alexander BarOriginal text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Arm... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Let's Eat Hair
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreWoman: Let's eat hair! Man : With mustard - but without radishes. Woman : Too bad that we don't have time to eat any clocks. Man: Too late. The Vukallective brought you Era and AVU (Fresh Fringe Nominee 2016) last year at the Cape... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Butlers & Bloopers
| UCT P4 StudioAudience participation! What REALLY goes on behind the scenes in a play where the audience decides in which direction the plot should go? It's madcap mayhem as a group of actors... playing other actors... try frantically to put on a murder-mystery pr... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Tats Nkonzo is Privileged
Comedy | Fringe ClubTats Nkonzo’s 3-year-old kissed a homeless man at the robots. His life changed. “This is my truest and funniest show yet.” Tats says. Tats Nkonzo is Privileged is the hilarious confession of how one comedian went from thinking he was an angel t... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Luks
Family | Makukhanye Art RoomLukhanyo goes against his mother’s wishes and opens an old sack he finds while playing with friends behind the houses. Luks’ life is taken over by an evil spirit that causes him to do bad things and be a bad influence on other children and the la... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Water Warrior
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | iThemba LabantuAs the water disappears Nomandla is forced to find her inner strength and in the process becomes the hero that we all need, she becomes ‘The Water Warrior’. ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Guilty or Not Guilty
Theatre | Zolani CentreAfter the death of an old woman, the whole village is cursed and the spirit of a guilty young man has passed from generation to generation. Finally the chosen one has to accept the calling for the redemption by the villagers.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Open Mic Session & Open Gallery
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomAn open space for expression. A space for healing and discovery. A space for love and harmony. A space for all to feel, taste, touch, smell and hear. This is your space too. Show your ART. Facilitated by: Mhambi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Singing Chameleon
Family | Delft Black Box TheatreThe Singing Chameleon is an award-winning children’s theatre production that tells the magical tale of Chameleon who rises above adversity to become a hero. After being mocked by other animals at the river, Chameleon looks for a place to... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Uhambo
Theatre | Zolani CentreThought-provoking, straight to the point, robust, and educative, Uhambo takes audiences on a journey of memory-discovery and action.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Samthing Soweto Gold Tour
Family | Alma CaféAfter sold-out shows at the Soweto Theatre, the Orbit and Jazzy Rainbow, multi-talented Samthing Soweto is ready for the world to hear his music. He received a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2017 National Arts Festival and his song ‘Akanamali... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
I am not yet born
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomI Am Not Yet Born is a play created by ex-convicts who are tell their real life stories about their experiences both outside in the criminal world and in jail. They also share the rejection they get from society and how they are treated by people in ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Citizen
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminWhat does it mean to be a citizen? This production explores the journey of various black women unpacking their citizenship in various economic, political, social, and cultural spaces. Asking pertinent questions on what it means to be a black woman on... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Boy Ntulikazi
Family | UCT Bindery LabBoy Ntulikazi won the 2017 Best of Zabalaza Festival. This poignant and physical one-hander, with the accompaniment the a guitarist live on stage, delves into the challenges that determine the way individuals reflect on the world around them, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Book Detectives
Comedy | Fringe ClubA crime has been committed in fairytale land. The frog is dead and now the princess is a widow. The details are vague and the murderer is obviously a mastermind. It will take Fairy Tale Land's top detectives to solve the case. With impossible clues l... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Refocused
Magic / Illusion | Jolly CarpGelb’s new production, Refocused, is full of top-quality magic and that Gelb humour that audiences have come to love. The show reminds audiences of what’s important in life. Refocused is all about the laughter, all about the magic, and all about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
One Big Blink
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreOne Big Blink is a fragile performance collage choreographed for two performers. Arising from an exchange between choreographer Moyikwa and Director Dubazane, it exposes the different sensibilities of these two artists, exploring the relations... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Jenny and the Jameses
Music | Alma CaféJenny and the Jameses is an original Celtic Folk Band consisting of Jennifer Eaves (guitar and vocals), James Hall (fiddle and vocals), and multi-instrumentalist James Harvey (vocals, piano accordion, harp, and banjo). Taking their audience on a whir... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Butlers & Bloopers
| UCT P4 StudioAudience participation! What REALLY goes on behind the scenes in a play where the audience decides in which direction the plot should go? It's madcap mayhem as a group of actors... playing other actors... try frantically to put on a murder-mystery pr... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Champion
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomHighly acclaimed, The Champion is an award-winning production that tells the story of a young man who grapples with the legacy of an absent father and a mother who is a grass widow. Much of the play centres on the conflicts and contradictions ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Holy Plan B
Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreLet’s all come in numbers to experience this powerful, moving and thought provoking theatre piece rooted from African spiritual beliefs. A planned/created and demonic church turns Holy. “The wry and satirical look at organised religion and the co... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Sleeping with the Enemy
Theatre | Zolani CentreSleeping with the Enemy unpacks and unravels the complicated relation between those who desire to transform the townships and those who cannot endure the realities of informal settlements. Two black attorneys, a married couple, battle over a s... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Steke
Theatre | Alexander BarThis show is about love, hate, anger, boredom, reality, nothing, everything, abstract things, ideas, beliefs, fashion and a pen is... also part of the show. Pervert. And of course, last and least: sex. Two actresses perform a show where they tackle a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Crazy Country Comedy
Comedy | Jolly CarpLocal is lekker with Cape Town Stand Up Comedian from Greyton bringing his Crazy Country Comedy style to the Cape Town audience. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Jax & Gina
Comedy | Fringe ClubShe is female, he is male. She is white, he is coloured. She is a lesbian, he is a gay. They are stand-up comedians: Jax & Gina ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Let's Eat Hair
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreWoman: Let's eat hair! Man : With mustard - but without radishes. Woman : Too bad that we don't have time to eat any clocks. Man: Too late. The Vukallective brought you Era and AVU (Fresh Fringe Nominee 2016) last year at the Cape... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bam Bam Brown
Music | Alma CaféIt would appear you may be receiving a visit from one Bam Bam Brown!? Cue the music, hit the lights, put on your Sunday best! Brown has spent years honing his craft as both producer and singer-songwriter, being at the forefront of the exciting Cape ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Sisters Ugly
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioFrom the creator of critically acclaimed Rose Red, comes the other side of the Cinderella story from the perspective of the Ugly Sisters. Dramatic, witty and thought provoking, we explore the sabotage, intrigues and events that shaped their mo... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses' Lament
Comedy | Alexander BarOriginal text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Arm... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Tats Nkonzo is Privileged
Comedy | Fringe ClubTats Nkonzo’s 3-year-old kissed a homeless man at the robots. His life changed. “This is my truest and funniest show yet.” Tats says. Tats Nkonzo is Privileged is the hilarious confession of how one comedian went from thinking he was an angel t... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Luks
Family | Makukhanye Art RoomLukhanyo goes against his mother’s wishes and opens an old sack he finds while playing with friends behind the houses. Luks’ life is taken over by an evil spirit that causes him to do bad things and be a bad influence on other children and the la... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Singing Chameleon
Family | Delft Black Box TheatreThe Singing Chameleon is an award-winning children’s theatre production that tells the magical tale of Chameleon who rises above adversity to become a hero. After being mocked by other animals at the river, Chameleon looks for a place to... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Guilty or Not Guilty
Theatre | Zolani CentreAfter the death of an old woman, the whole village is cursed and the spirit of a guilty young man has passed from generation to generation. Finally the chosen one has to accept the calling for the redemption by the villagers.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Water Warrior
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | iThemba LabantuAs the water disappears Nomandla is forced to find her inner strength and in the process becomes the hero that we all need, she becomes ‘The Water Warrior’. ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Double Bill: Broken: Revisited + Uqhawukil'ujingi
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomA double bill of drama: Broken: Revisited Written & directed by: Nthabeleng Jafta Featuring: Nthabeleng Jafta, Yolanda Pani and Sivenathi Macibela Broken: Revisited is a story about three ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Uhambo
Theatre | Zolani CentreThought-provoking, straight to the point, robust, and educative, Uhambo takes audiences on a journey of memory-discovery and action.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Samthing Soweto Gold Tour
Family | Alma CaféAfter sold-out shows at the Soweto Theatre, the Orbit and Jazzy Rainbow, multi-talented Samthing Soweto is ready for the world to hear his music. He received a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2017 National Arts Festival and his song ‘Akanamali... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Skop
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabSjaka S. Septembir se gedigte het - nes tequila - skop. Seks, liefde en die dood word belig wanneer digkuns, musiek en fisieke teater saam gesnoer word. Gertjie Besselsen (van Mr. Cat and the Jackle ) is die donker figuur aan die stuur van die... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioOn some nights anything can happen. Your life can shape shift into something you could never have predicted. Your heart can turn into a minefield of regret. A group of strangers’ lives become intertwined and turned upside down by the multi-tool of ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
J Bobs Live! - Off the Record
Family | Theatre Arts AdminKiri Pink Nob presents: “J.BOBS LIVE – OFF THE RECORD - A Game Show. Here, the overt flamboyance of the township, meets the subdued vileness of suburbia, and the blend is as beautiful as it is intriguing. A romantic mingle of palates that make... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses' Lament
Comedy | Alexander BarOriginal text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Arm... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Schoolboy
Comedy | Fringe ClubFrom the success of his previous show Gluten Free at the National Arts Festival. Schoolboy is a stand-up comedy show performed by Nkosinathi Maki. Maki takes us on a hilarious journey through his childhood experiences as a school boy. He talks about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Holy Plan B
Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreLet’s all come in numbers to experience this powerful, moving and thought provoking theatre piece rooted from African spiritual beliefs. A planned/created and demonic church turns Holy. “The wry and satirical look at organised religion and the co... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Double Bill: Chappies + Amkil'amantombazane
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomA Double Bill of Drama: Chappies Written by: Nicholate Ngongoshe and Benny Jack Directed by: Nicholate Ngongoshe Featuring: Asandiswa Maliti, Wendy Mrali, Helena Almeida, Lilitha Sidlai & Benny Mp... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Joe Ma Se BBQ
Comedy | Jolly CarpIn Joe's one-man show he talks about his experiences here in South Africa coming from Texas, USA. Joe manages to flip things around and allow for South Africans to see how confusing everyday scenarios and situations can be for foreigners. Poking a bi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
DODA
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreThe 2017 Standard Bank Ovation Award winning power duet that explores and questions the issues around patriarchy, ideas fostered by culture, religion, tradition on the subject of black male identity. This duet was also inspired by a number of persona... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Sleeping with the Enemy
Theatre | Zolani CentreSleeping with the Enemy unpacks and unravels the complicated relation between those who desire to transform the townships and those who cannot endure the realities of informal settlements. Two black attorneys, a married couple, battle over a s... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Woman with a Baby on her Back
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabThis one man play is a stage adaptation of Athol Fugard’s short story To Whom it Must concern. Based on a tragic real life event, it portrays the very personal, profoundly healing journey of a train driver in the Karoo. The Woman with a ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Citizen
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminWhat does it mean to be a citizen? This production explores the journey of various black women unpacking their citizenship in various economic, political, social, and cultural spaces. Asking pertinent questions on what it means to be a black woman on... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
(w)asem
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioThrough the allegory of air and breath (w)asem speaks about the anxieties that come with being a queer individual in an oppressive system, being a person of colour in a white community and, lastly, the meta-theatricality of being a person with... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Tats Nkonzo is Privileged
Comedy | Fringe ClubTats Nkonzo’s 3-year-old kissed a homeless man at the robots. His life changed. “This is my truest and funniest show yet.” Tats says. Tats Nkonzo is Privileged is the hilarious confession of how one comedian went from thinking he was an angel t... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Naked Girls Reading presents Queerly Beloved
Theatre | Alexander BarDedicated entirely to queer-themed readings, queer authors and LGBTQI stories! What is Naked Girls Reading? At each event, a small cast of beautiful women remove their clothing (yes, all of it) and read to an adoring audience. Are they really ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Storie van my Lewe
Music | Jolly CarpBlaq Pearl Foundation presents Storie van My Lewe - a one woman, one act play in the genre of music theatre. Well known performing artist and activist Blaq Pearl stars in the show, channelling through the roles of four women. Their stories are... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Phefumla / To Breathe
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatrePhefumla (To Breathe) has been developed through a devised process with four young men from the township areas surrounding Cape Town. All four have been involved or affected by the gang culture that rules the streets. Through glimpses of their... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Boy Ntulikazi
Family | UCT Bindery LabBoy Ntulikazi won the 2017 Best of Zabalaza Festival. This poignant and physical one-hander, with the accompaniment the a guitarist live on stage, delves into the challenges that determine the way individuals reflect on the world around them, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Fringe Club Nights with Future Nostalgia
Music | Fringe ClubCome along to the pop-up Fringe Club (at the German Club in Roodehek Terrace) for some great music, comedy and conversation until late. Our line up includes some up and coming bands as well as some comedy voices, poetry slammers and, to round off eac... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Singing Chameleon
Family | UCT P4 StudioThe Singing Chameleon is an award-winning children’s theatre production that tells the magical tale of Chameleon who rises above adversity to become a hero. After being mocked by other animals at the river, Chameleon looks for a place to... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Water Warrior
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Bindery LabAs the water disappears Nomandla is forced to find her inner strength and in the process becomes the hero that we all need, she becomes ‘The Water Warrior’. ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bunny and the Magic Hat
Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreIn a backstage dressing room, the magician lays down his top-hat, hangs up his cloak, and exits his quarters. Suddenly, a hungry Bunny pops out of the hat. Realising he is alone, Bunny attempts to make the ever elusive carrot appear using the magicia... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Nyanga's Premier Performing Acts Showcase
Music | Zolani CentreNyanga Arts Forum is a developmental umbrella body that seeks to bring together artists within the area of Nyanga and surrounds for collaborative action. For this show, the forum have selected the best performing acts available within its affiliates ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioOn some nights anything can happen. Your life can shape shift into something you could never have predicted. Your heart can turn into a minefield of regret. A group of strangers’ lives become intertwined and turned upside down by the multi-tool of ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Boy Ntulikazi
Family | UCT Bindery LabBoy Ntulikazi won the 2017 Best of Zabalaza Festival. This poignant and physical one-hander, with the accompaniment the a guitarist live on stage, delves into the challenges that determine the way individuals reflect on the world around them, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Book Detectives
Comedy | Fringe ClubA crime has been committed in fairytale land. The frog is dead and now the princess is a widow. The details are vague and the murderer is obviously a mastermind. It will take Fairy Tale Land's top detectives to solve the case. With impossible clues l... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Momentum
Family | UCT Little Theatre11 dancers, five young choreographers and the experience of the artistic director , Wendi Abrahams, makes for a reboot of community dance, which can only gather MOMENTUM... Experience the vibe, energy and talent found at 34 degrees latitude and 18 de... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ernestine Deane
Music | Alma CaféErnestine is an urban African voice sharing ancient African stories . Well known as the vocalist of iconic SA hip hop band Moodphase5ive and respected as a solo artist in music, film and theatre performance, she has a career spanning more than two de... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
(w)asem
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioThrough the allegory of air and breath (w)asem speaks about the anxieties that come with being a queer individual in an oppressive system, being a person of colour in a white community and, lastly, the meta-theatricality of being a person with... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Uhambo
Theatre | Zolani CentreThought-provoking, straight to the point, robust, and educative, Uhambo takes audiences on a journey of memory-discovery and action.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Woman with a Baby on her Back
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabThis one man play is a stage adaptation of Athol Fugard’s short story To Whom it Must concern. Based on a tragic real life event, it portrays the very personal, profoundly healing journey of a train driver in the Karoo. The Woman with a ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Samthing Soweto Gold Tour
Family | Alma CaféAfter sold-out shows at the Soweto Theatre, the Orbit and Jazzy Rainbow, multi-talented Samthing Soweto is ready for the world to hear his music. He received a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2017 National Arts Festival and his song ‘Akanamali... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Joe Ma Se BBQ
Comedy | Fringe ClubIn Joe's one-man show he talks about his experiences here in South Africa coming from Texas, USA. Joe manages to flip things around and allow for South Africans to see how confusing everyday scenarios and situations can be for foreigners. Poking a bi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Sisters Ugly
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioFrom the creator of critically acclaimed Rose Red, comes the other side of the Cinderella story from the perspective of the Ugly Sisters. Dramatic, witty and thought provoking, we explore the sabotage, intrigues and events that shaped their mo... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
J Bobs Live! - Off the Record
Family | Theatre Arts AdminKiri Pink Nob presents: “J.BOBS LIVE – OFF THE RECORD - A Game Show. Here, the overt flamboyance of the township, meets the subdued vileness of suburbia, and the blend is as beautiful as it is intriguing. A romantic mingle of palates that make... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Skop
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabSjaka S. Septembir se gedigte het - nes tequila - skop. Seks, liefde en die dood word belig wanneer digkuns, musiek en fisieke teater saam gesnoer word. Gertjie Besselsen (van Mr. Cat and the Jackle ) is die donker figuur aan die stuur van die... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Let's Eat Hair
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreWoman: Let's eat hair! Man : With mustard - but without radishes. Woman : Too bad that we don't have time to eat any clocks. Man: Too late. The Vukallective brought you Era and AVU (Fresh Fringe Nominee 2016) last year at the Cape... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Jax & Gina
Comedy | Fringe ClubShe is female, he is male. She is white, he is coloured. She is a lesbian, he is a gay. They are stand-up comedians: Jax & Gina ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Playroom
Comedy | Theatre Arts AdminThe Playroom is the first theatre production from the Western Cape to ever win the Zwakala Festival at the Market Theatre. The play had a season at Market Theatre/Barney Simon Theatre mentored by Monageng Motshabi. The Citizen: “Space... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Rose Red
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioThe story of Snow White as seen through the eyes of the ‘Evil’ Stepmother. Wickedly fun, thought provoking and touching, we finally get to hear the story behind the classic tale. The story telling is interwoven with covers by Cold Play, Tori Amos... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Worst of Both Worlds
Dance & Physical Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomUsing the whirlwind techniques of physical theatre, the two male actors portray the horrors of female human trafficking and the drug trade. They play a myriad of characters, switching roles, genders, ages, at lightning speed and with seamless ease. ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Butlers & Bloopers
| UCT Bindery LabAudience participation! What REALLY goes on behind the scenes in a play where the audience decides in which direction the plot should go? It's madcap mayhem as a group of actors... playing other actors... try frantically to put on a murder-mystery pr... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses' Lament
Comedy | Alexander BarOriginal text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Arm... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Jack Mantis Band
Music | Fringe ClubThe Jack Mantis Band have just returned to SA after their second successful European tour. Fringe goers can expect a showcase of songs form the upcoming album, and the new South African band line-up. With a history steeped in music and a lifetime spe... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioOn some nights anything can happen. Your life can shape shift into something you could never have predicted. Your heart can turn into a minefield of regret. A group of strangers’ lives become intertwined and turned upside down by the multi-tool of ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Naked Girls Reading presents Queerly Beloved
Theatre | Alexander BarDedicated entirely to queer-themed readings, queer authors and LGBTQI stories! What is Naked Girls Reading? At each event, a small cast of beautiful women remove their clothing (yes, all of it) and read to an adoring audience. Are they really ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Fringe Club Nights with Future Nostalgia
Music | Fringe ClubCome along to the pop-up Fringe Club (at the German Club in Roodehek Terrace) for some great music, comedy and conversation until late. Our line up includes some up and coming bands as well as some comedy voices, poetry slammers and, to round off eac... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
DODA
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreThe 2017 Standard Bank Ovation Award winning power duet that explores and questions the issues around patriarchy, ideas fostered by culture, religion, tradition on the subject of black male identity. This duet was also inspired by a number of persona... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bunny and the Magic Hat
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioIn a backstage dressing room, the magician lays down his top-hat, hangs up his cloak, and exits his quarters. Suddenly, a hungry Bunny pops out of the hat. Realising he is alone, Bunny attempts to make the ever elusive carrot appear using the magicia... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Black Pride
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomThis poetry and music piece will heal many souls as it uses words that speak truth about our reality. We speak words that convey motivation for people whose rest in peace is disturbed by the pain in their hearts; music that heals when you heard. We p... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Water Warrior
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Bindery LabAs the water disappears Nomandla is forced to find her inner strength and in the process becomes the hero that we all need, she becomes ‘The Water Warrior’. ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
(w)asem
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioThrough the allegory of air and breath (w)asem speaks about the anxieties that come with being a queer individual in an oppressive system, being a person of colour in a white community and, lastly, the meta-theatricality of being a person with... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Fun Punishment by Pzho
Music | Makukhanye Art RoomFun Punishment is Zolani Ponco (Pzho)’s latest album that features some of the acts to be seen on stage at this years Fringe Festival at Makukhanye Art Room. Pzho is one of the well-known hip hop musicians who has not only graced big stages and but... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Mashudu: Red Card
Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreMashudu began his career as an actor, clown, stuntman, dancer, acrobatic and comedian in 2008. He spent time in Canada as part of a circus production called Amakhosi The Kings of Africa, directed by Bheki Ndlovu, and toured with Clowns without Borde... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Momentum
Family | UCT Little Theatre11 dancers, five young choreographers and the experience of the artistic director , Wendi Abrahams, makes for a reboot of community dance, which can only gather MOMENTUM... Experience the vibe, energy and talent found at 34 degrees latitude and 18 de... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
J Bobs Live! - Off the Record
Family | Theatre Arts AdminKiri Pink Nob presents: “J.BOBS LIVE – OFF THE RECORD - A Game Show. Here, the overt flamboyance of the township, meets the subdued vileness of suburbia, and the blend is as beautiful as it is intriguing. A romantic mingle of palates that make... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Sisters Ugly
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioFrom the creator of critically acclaimed Rose Red, comes the other side of the Cinderella story from the perspective of the Ugly Sisters. Dramatic, witty and thought provoking, we explore the sabotage, intrigues and events that shaped their mo... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses' Lament
Comedy | Alexander BarOriginal text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Arm... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Skop
Theatre | UCT Bindery LabSjaka S. Septembir se gedigte het - nes tequila - skop. Seks, liefde en die dood word belig wanneer digkuns, musiek en fisieke teater saam gesnoer word. Gertjie Besselsen (van Mr. Cat and the Jackle ) is die donker figuur aan die stuur van die... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Uhambo
Theatre | Zolani CentreThought-provoking, straight to the point, robust, and educative, Uhambo takes audiences on a journey of memory-discovery and action.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Playroom
Comedy | Theatre Arts AdminThe Playroom is the first theatre production from the Western Cape to ever win the Zwakala Festival at the Market Theatre. The play had a season at Market Theatre/Barney Simon Theatre mentored by Monageng Motshabi. The Citizen: “Space... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ernestine Deane
Music | Alma CaféErnestine is an urban African voice sharing ancient African stories . Well known as the vocalist of iconic SA hip hop band Moodphase5ive and respected as a solo artist in music, film and theatre performance, she has a career spanning more than two de... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Iziqhamo Zobomi
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomIziqhamo Zobomi is a depiction of life experiences. A sound of untold stories told through the journey of music. The group melodic voices blends from soul, African, traditional and pop music. I-Liso Art Media is based in Khayelitsha. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioOn some nights anything can happen. Your life can shape shift into something you could never have predicted. Your heart can turn into a minefield of regret. A group of strangers’ lives become intertwined and turned upside down by the multi-tool of ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Thirst
Theatre | Alexander BarThirst can be seen as a metaphor for life, a simple but effective plot by Nobel prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neil. The story is set a century ago and depicts three characters stranded on a raft with great focus on survival and the appare... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Butlers & Bloopers
| UCT Bindery LabAudience participation! What REALLY goes on behind the scenes in a play where the audience decides in which direction the plot should go? It's madcap mayhem as a group of actors... playing other actors... try frantically to put on a murder-mystery pr... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
DODA
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreThe 2017 Standard Bank Ovation Award winning power duet that explores and questions the issues around patriarchy, ideas fostered by culture, religion, tradition on the subject of black male identity. This duet was also inspired by a number of persona... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Citizen
Theatre | Zolani CentreWhat does it mean to be a citizen? This production explores the journey of various black women unpacking their citizenship in various economic, political, social, and cultural spaces. Asking pertinent questions on what it means to be a black woman on... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Standard Bank Jazz Night Feat. Benjamin Jephta Elektrik
Music | Fringe ClubBenjamin Jephta Elektrik will perform original jazz compositions interwoven with rap /spoken word. The compositions have a strong African and gospel influence and the sound of the Cape where Benjamin grew up. Music will be performed from his latest a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Rose Red
Theatre | UCT P4 StudioThe story of Snow White as seen through the eyes of the ‘Evil’ Stepmother. Wickedly fun, thought provoking and touching, we finally get to hear the story behind the classic tale. The story telling is interwoven with covers by Cold Play, Tori Amos... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Naked Girls Reading presents Queerly Beloved
Theatre | Alexander BarDedicated entirely to queer-themed readings, queer authors and LGBTQI stories! What is Naked Girls Reading? At each event, a small cast of beautiful women remove their clothing (yes, all of it) and read to an adoring audience. Are they really ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Luks
Family | Makukhanye Art RoomLukhanyo goes against his mother’s wishes and opens an old sack he finds while playing with friends behind the houses. Luks’ life is taken over by an evil spirit that causes him to do bad things and be a bad influence on other children and the la... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Lamentations
Theatre | Zolani CentreThe play explores and challenges the cowardly and dastardly acts of our liberators with perceived bravery as a currency. Chronicling being bedded by nine men and carrying out some arduous chores as payback for some murder ostensibly carried out by a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Holy Plan B
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomLet’s all come in numbers to experience this powerful, moving and thought provoking theatre piece rooted from African spiritual beliefs. A planned/created and demonic church turns Holy. “The wry and satirical look at organised religion and the co... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Playroom
Comedy | Theatre Arts AdminThe Playroom is the first theatre production from the Western Cape to ever win the Zwakala Festival at the Market Theatre. The play had a season at Market Theatre/Barney Simon Theatre mentored by Monageng Motshabi. The Citizen: “Space... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Jax & Gina
Comedy | Fringe ClubShe is female, he is male. She is white, he is coloured. She is a lesbian, he is a gay. They are stand-up comedians: Jax & Gina ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Couch
Theatre | 228 on Lower Main - AFDAThe Couch offers a surrealist glimpse into the lives of four housemates moving into a new digs. The housemates are confident that they will be able to move on from what happened in their previous house and make a fresh start. However, the hous... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Boy Ntulikazi
Family | Makukhanye Art RoomBoy Ntulikazi won the 2017 Best of Zabalaza Festival. This poignant and physical one-hander, with the accompaniment the a guitarist live on stage, delves into the challenges that determine the way individuals reflect on the world around them, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ikhaya
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Zolani CentreiKhaya (Home) explores the meaning of home and the pivotal role of women in the home and in the world. “iKhaya was a place where I was born. It symbolised a place of safety where I was surrounded by a sense of love,” explains choreographer... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
If I Really did have Powers...(it would look something like this)
Magic / Illusion | Fringe ClubAndrew is an experienced mentalist and magician who has performed his craft throughout Africa. Using psychology, illusion and some devious trickery, his new show takes the audience on a journey into a magical world were having powers of the mind appe... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Tswalo
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminTswalo is a tale told through poetry and physical storytelling entwined to interrogate the rules that govern life on earth, such as power, creation, politics, connection and intuition. It begs the question (or theory) of being, becoming and unbec... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Thirst
Theatre | Alexander BarThirst can be seen as a metaphor for life, a simple but effective plot by Nobel prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neil. The story is set a century ago and depicts three characters stranded on a raft with great focus on survival and the appare... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Luks
Family | Makukhanye Art RoomLukhanyo goes against his mother’s wishes and opens an old sack he finds while playing with friends behind the houses. Luks’ life is taken over by an evil spirit that causes him to do bad things and be a bad influence on other children and the la... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Boy Ntulikazi
Family | Makukhanye Art RoomBoy Ntulikazi won the 2017 Best of Zabalaza Festival. This poignant and physical one-hander, with the accompaniment the a guitarist live on stage, delves into the challenges that determine the way individuals reflect on the world around them, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Citizen
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomWhat does it mean to be a citizen? This production explores the journey of various black women unpacking their citizenship in various economic, political, social, and cultural spaces. Asking pertinent questions on what it means to be a black woman on... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ikhaya
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Zolani CentreiKhaya (Home) explores the meaning of home and the pivotal role of women in the home and in the world. “iKhaya was a place where I was born. It symbolised a place of safety where I was surrounded by a sense of love,” explains choreographer... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminMilton van Der Spuy has a few problems - and they're making him blue. He really wants to complete his next poem, but he's hit a block with finding a rhyme for orange. He's desperate to finish his current painting, except he can't find a way to begin.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Couch
Theatre | 228 on Lower Main - AFDAThe Couch offers a surrealist glimpse into the lives of four housemates moving into a new digs. The housemates are confident that they will be able to move on from what happened in their previous house and make a fresh start. However, the hous... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Thirst
Theatre | Alexander BarThirst can be seen as a metaphor for life, a simple but effective plot by Nobel prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neil. The story is set a century ago and depicts three characters stranded on a raft with great focus on survival and the appare... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Confessions
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomRecognising nothing is something, no one is born to be nothing but when nothingness overwhelms reality, man finds himself in a constant battle to thrive. The 2017 AKOF winning show Confessions, follows the story of a young gang member KZ. He i... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
2LATE
Theatre | Zolani CentreA moving tale about teenage pregnancy and parental challenges. Realism theatre that deals with social issues in an entertaining manner leaving audiences in tears and laughter at the same time. 2LATE has performed to audiences in South Africa, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Refocused
Magic / Illusion | Fringe ClubGelb’s new production, Refocused, is full of top-quality magic and that Gelb humour that audiences have come to love. The show reminds audiences of what’s important in life. Refocused is all about the laughter, all about the magic, and all about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Tswalo
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminTswalo is a tale told through poetry and physical storytelling entwined to interrogate the rules that govern life on earth, such as power, creation, politics, connection and intuition. It begs the question (or theory) of being, becoming and unbec... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Edge of the Light
Theatre | Alexander BarFrom the creator of multi-award winning Salt, comes a new adult production, At the Edge of the Light, which brings alive a delicate familial story of loss, perception and the consequences of inherited behaviours. Amidst a stormy night, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Schoolboy
Comedy | Fringe ClubFrom the success of his previous show Gluten Free at the National Arts Festival. Schoolboy is a stand-up comedy show performed by Nkosinathi Maki. Maki takes us on a hilarious journey through his childhood experiences as a school boy. He talks about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Lamentations
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomThe play explores and challenges the cowardly and dastardly acts of our liberators with perceived bravery as a currency. Chronicling being bedded by nine men and carrying out some arduous chores as payback for some murder ostensibly carried out by a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Playroom
Comedy | Makukhanye Art RoomThe Playroom is the first theatre production from the Western Cape to ever win the Zwakala Festival at the Market Theatre. The play had a season at Market Theatre/Barney Simon Theatre mentored by Monageng Motshabi. The Citizen: “Space... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Confessions
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomRecognising nothing is something, no one is born to be nothing but when nothingness overwhelms reality, man finds himself in a constant battle to thrive. The 2017 AKOF winning show Confessions, follows the story of a young gang member KZ. He i... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
If I Really did have Powers...(it would look something like this)
Magic / Illusion | Jolly CarpAndrew is an experienced mentalist and magician who has performed his craft throughout Africa. Using psychology, illusion and some devious trickery, his new show takes the audience on a journey into a magical world were having powers of the mind appe... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Gug'Othandayo The Musical
Theatre | Zolani CentreGetting old is a choice. It’s a life changing experience… just like this 2014 Mayoral award winning production (2014). “Delightful, charming and poignant production performed by old woman about life in the pension lane” – Ismail Mohamed ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Tswalo
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminTswalo is a tale told through poetry and physical storytelling entwined to interrogate the rules that govern life on earth, such as power, creation, politics, connection and intuition. It begs the question (or theory) of being, becoming and unbec... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ernestine Deane
Music | Alma CaféErnestine is an urban African voice sharing ancient African stories . Well known as the vocalist of iconic SA hip hop band Moodphase5ive and respected as a solo artist in music, film and theatre performance, she has a career spanning more than two de... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Couch
Theatre | 228 on Lower Main - AFDAThe Couch offers a surrealist glimpse into the lives of four housemates moving into a new digs. The housemates are confident that they will be able to move on from what happened in their previous house and make a fresh start. However, the hous... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Edge of the Light
Theatre | Alexander BarFrom the creator of multi-award winning Salt, comes a new adult production, At the Edge of the Light, which brings alive a delicate familial story of loss, perception and the consequences of inherited behaviours. Amidst a stormy night, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Boy Ntulikazi
Family | Makukhanye Art RoomBoy Ntulikazi won the 2017 Best of Zabalaza Festival. This poignant and physical one-hander, with the accompaniment the a guitarist live on stage, delves into the challenges that determine the way individuals reflect on the world around them, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ikhaya
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Zolani CentreiKhaya (Home) explores the meaning of home and the pivotal role of women in the home and in the world. “iKhaya was a place where I was born. It symbolised a place of safety where I was surrounded by a sense of love,” explains choreographer... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Jax & Gina
Comedy | Fringe ClubShe is female, he is male. She is white, he is coloured. She is a lesbian, he is a gay. They are stand-up comedians: Jax & Gina ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Dirty Laundry en Vuil Wasgoed
Theatre | Jolly CarpDirty Laundry En Vuil Wasgoed is a story that is motivated at telling the #Other_Coloured_Story. It is a story that moves away from the typical stereotypical coloured stories that in most cases offends many. This is a comedy/drama that tells... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminMilton van Der Spuy has a few problems - and they're making him blue. He really wants to complete his next poem, but he's hit a block with finding a rhyme for orange. He's desperate to finish his current painting, except he can't find a way to begin.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Acoustiq Assassins Xperience
Music | Alma CaféAcoustiq Assassins are "storytelling musicians" whose acoustic yet alternative sound could best be described as contemporary soul/indie R&B. Stripped down, rhythmic and authentic – the group performs very poetic, soul-massaging music using guit... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Thirst
Theatre | Alexander BarThirst can be seen as a metaphor for life, a simple but effective plot by Nobel prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neil. The story is set a century ago and depicts three characters stranded on a raft with great focus on survival and the appare... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Lamentations
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomThe play explores and challenges the cowardly and dastardly acts of our liberators with perceived bravery as a currency. Chronicling being bedded by nine men and carrying out some arduous chores as payback for some murder ostensibly carried out by a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bunny and the Magic Hat
Theatre | iThemba LabantuIn a backstage dressing room, the magician lays down his top-hat, hangs up his cloak, and exits his quarters. Suddenly, a hungry Bunny pops out of the hat. Realising he is alone, Bunny attempts to make the ever elusive carrot appear using the magicia... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
2LATE
Theatre | Zolani CentreA moving tale about teenage pregnancy and parental challenges. Realism theatre that deals with social issues in an entertaining manner leaving audiences in tears and laughter at the same time. 2LATE has performed to audiences in South Africa, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Citizen
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomWhat does it mean to be a citizen? This production explores the journey of various black women unpacking their citizenship in various economic, political, social, and cultural spaces. Asking pertinent questions on what it means to be a black woman on... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Holy Plan B
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomLet’s all come in numbers to experience this powerful, moving and thought provoking theatre piece rooted from African spiritual beliefs. A planned/created and demonic church turns Holy. “The wry and satirical look at organised religion and the co... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Access Me
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Zolani CentreAccess Me is a physical expression of the responses received from Unmute Dance Company performers when asked to describe their own stories relating to access – of struggle, hope, overcoming and ultimately new aspiration. A process of intervi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Dirty Laundry en Vuil Wasgoed
Theatre | Jolly CarpDirty Laundry En Vuil Wasgoed is a story that is motivated at telling the #Other_Coloured_Story. It is a story that moves away from the typical stereotypical coloured stories that in most cases offends many. This is a comedy/drama that tells... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Alchemy of Words
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminArthur Rimbaud, the 'enfant terrible' of French poetry published his first immortal poem at the age of 16 only to completely abandon writing poetry at the age of 21. During this short period he managed to create a body of work that has had a profound... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Acoustiq Assassins Xperience
Music | Alma CaféAcoustiq Assassins are "storytelling musicians" whose acoustic yet alternative sound could best be described as contemporary soul/indie R&B. Stripped down, rhythmic and authentic – the group performs very poetic, soul-massaging music using guit... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
If I Really did have Powers...(it would look something like this)
Magic / Illusion | Fringe ClubAndrew is an experienced mentalist and magician who has performed his craft throughout Africa. Using psychology, illusion and some devious trickery, his new show takes the audience on a journey into a magical world were having powers of the mind appe... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Thirst
Theatre | Alexander BarThirst can be seen as a metaphor for life, a simple but effective plot by Nobel prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neil. The story is set a century ago and depicts three characters stranded on a raft with great focus on survival and the appare... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
ISMISM
Comedy | Makukhanye Art RoomWhat is it in this " ISM? " In being, existing?... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ikhaya
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreiKhaya (Home) explores the meaning of home and the pivotal role of women in the home and in the world. “iKhaya was a place where I was born. It symbolised a place of safety where I was surrounded by a sense of love,” explains choreographer... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Spirit of Shakespeare in Africa
Theatre | Zolani CentreThis play, penned by Thami Mbongo (using his experience of winning the Brett Goldin Bursary Award), examines the complicated relationship between a father and a son. It also illustrates the universal themes and power of Shakespeare's writings, and it... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Jax & Gina
Comedy | Fringe ClubShe is female, he is male. She is white, he is coloured. She is a lesbian, he is a gay. They are stand-up comedians: Jax & Gina ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Die Draadsitter
Music | Jolly CarpThis show uses hip hop, poetry, comedy and life philosophy to address issues of concern. The title, Draadsitter, means diplomatic and not choosing sides. But Hakkiesdraad Hartman (Jason Hartman) tries to relay a point of objectivity, rather th... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminMilton van Der Spuy has a few problems - and they're making him blue. He really wants to complete his next poem, but he's hit a block with finding a rhyme for orange. He's desperate to finish his current painting, except he can't find a way to begin.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Acoustic Me
Music | Alma CaféAcoustic Me is a musical production by LoveChild about being an instrumentalist and new music she has discovered since she started learning an instrument in 2016. Come enjoy songs of hope, freedom, empowerment and love. LoveChild will be ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Pop-up Improv
Theatre | Alexander BarImproGuise is taking advantage of the CT Fringe Festival and bringing its special brand of outrageous, unmissable theatre made up on the spot, to their favourite theatre, The Alexander, with three pop-up improv shows on 5, 6 & 7 October. Cape Tow... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Crazy Country Comedy
Comedy | Fringe ClubLocal is lekker with Cape Town Stand Up Comedian from Greyton bringing his Crazy Country Comedy style to the Cape Town audience. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Luks
Family | Makukhanye Art RoomLukhanyo goes against his mother’s wishes and opens an old sack he finds while playing with friends behind the houses. Luks’ life is taken over by an evil spirit that causes him to do bad things and be a bad influence on other children and the la... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bunny and the Magic Hat
Theatre | iThemba LabantuIn a backstage dressing room, the magician lays down his top-hat, hangs up his cloak, and exits his quarters. Suddenly, a hungry Bunny pops out of the hat. Realising he is alone, Bunny attempts to make the ever elusive carrot appear using the magicia... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Lamentations
Theatre | Zolani CentreThe play explores and challenges the cowardly and dastardly acts of our liberators with perceived bravery as a currency. Chronicling being bedded by nine men and carrying out some arduous chores as payback for some murder ostensibly carried out by a... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Confessions
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomRecognising nothing is something, no one is born to be nothing but when nothingness overwhelms reality, man finds himself in a constant battle to thrive. The 2017 AKOF winning show Confessions, follows the story of a young gang member KZ. He i... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Mashudu: Red Card
Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreMashudu began his career as an actor, clown, stuntman, dancer, acrobatic and comedian in 2008. He spent time in Canada as part of a circus production called Amakhosi The Kings of Africa, directed by Bheki Ndlovu, and toured with Clowns without Borde... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Access Me
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Zolani CentreAccess Me is a physical expression of the responses received from Unmute Dance Company performers when asked to describe their own stories relating to access – of struggle, hope, overcoming and ultimately new aspiration. A process of intervi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Acoustic Me
Music | Alma CaféAcoustic Me is a musical production by LoveChild about being an instrumentalist and new music she has discovered since she started learning an instrument in 2016. Come enjoy songs of hope, freedom, empowerment and love. LoveChild will be ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Holy Plan B
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomLet’s all come in numbers to experience this powerful, moving and thought provoking theatre piece rooted from African spiritual beliefs. A planned/created and demonic church turns Holy. “The wry and satirical look at organised religion and the co... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminMilton van Der Spuy has a few problems - and they're making him blue. He really wants to complete his next poem, but he's hit a block with finding a rhyme for orange. He's desperate to finish his current painting, except he can't find a way to begin.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Pop-up Improv
Theatre | Alexander BarImproGuise is taking advantage of the CT Fringe Festival and bringing its special brand of outrageous, unmissable theatre made up on the spot, to their favourite theatre, The Alexander, with three pop-up improv shows on 5, 6 & 7 October. Cape Tow... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Spirit of Shakespeare in Africa
Theatre | Zolani CentreThis play, penned by Thami Mbongo (using his experience of winning the Brett Goldin Bursary Award), examines the complicated relationship between a father and a son. It also illustrates the universal themes and power of Shakespeare's writings, and it... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
If I Really did have Powers...(it would look something like this)
Magic / Illusion | Jolly CarpAndrew is an experienced mentalist and magician who has performed his craft throughout Africa. Using psychology, illusion and some devious trickery, his new show takes the audience on a journey into a magical world were having powers of the mind appe... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Schoolboy
Comedy | Fringe ClubFrom the success of his previous show Gluten Free at the National Arts Festival. Schoolboy is a stand-up comedy show performed by Nkosinathi Maki. Maki takes us on a hilarious journey through his childhood experiences as a school boy. He talks about ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
iComedy Kona Ekasi
Comedy | Makukhanye Art RoomiComedy Kona presents a top quality stand-up comedy show featuring South Africa's funniest and most loved comedians. Do not miss out on this hysterical experience presented by the hilarious Kolping Mbumba. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Champion
Theatre | Alexander BarHighly acclaimed, The Champion is an award-winning production that tells the story of a young man who grapples with the legacy of an absent father and a mother who is a grass widow. Much of the play centres on the conflicts and contradictions ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ikhaya
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreiKhaya (Home) explores the meaning of home and the pivotal role of women in the home and in the world. “iKhaya was a place where I was born. It symbolised a place of safety where I was surrounded by a sense of love,” explains choreographer... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Crazy Country Comedy
Comedy | Fringe ClubLocal is lekker with Cape Town Stand Up Comedian from Greyton bringing his Crazy Country Comedy style to the Cape Town audience. MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Dirty Laundry en Vuil Wasgoed
Theatre | Jolly CarpDirty Laundry En Vuil Wasgoed is a story that is motivated at telling the #Other_Coloured_Story. It is a story that moves away from the typical stereotypical coloured stories that in most cases offends many. This is a comedy/drama that tells... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Alchemy of Words
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminArthur Rimbaud, the 'enfant terrible' of French poetry published his first immortal poem at the age of 16 only to completely abandon writing poetry at the age of 21. During this short period he managed to create a body of work that has had a profound... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Gug'Othandayo The Musical
Theatre | Zolani CentreGetting old is a choice. It’s a life changing experience… just like this 2014 Mayoral award winning production (2014). “Delightful, charming and poignant production performed by old woman about life in the pension lane” – Ismail Mohamed ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Thirst
Theatre | Alexander BarThirst can be seen as a metaphor for life, a simple but effective plot by Nobel prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neil. The story is set a century ago and depicts three characters stranded on a raft with great focus on survival and the appare... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Open Mic Session & Open Gallery
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomAn open space for expression. A space for healing and discovery. A space for love and harmony. A space for all to feel, taste, touch, smell and hear. This is your space too. Show your ART. Facilitated by: Mhambi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Bunny and the Magic Hat
Theatre | Jolly CarpIn a backstage dressing room, the magician lays down his top-hat, hangs up his cloak, and exits his quarters. Suddenly, a hungry Bunny pops out of the hat. Realising he is alone, Bunny attempts to make the ever elusive carrot appear using the magicia... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Mashudu: Red Card
Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreMashudu began his career as an actor, clown, stuntman, dancer, acrobatic and comedian in 2008. He spent time in Canada as part of a circus production called Amakhosi The Kings of Africa, directed by Bheki Ndlovu, and toured with Clowns without Borde... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Double Bill: Broken: Revisited + Uqhawukil'ujingi
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomA double bill of drama: Broken: Revisited Written & directed by: Nthabeleng Jafta Featuring: Nthabeleng Jafta, Yolanda Pani and Sivenathi Macibela Broken: Revisited is a story about three ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
2LATE
Theatre | Zolani CentreA moving tale about teenage pregnancy and parental challenges. Realism theatre that deals with social issues in an entertaining manner leaving audiences in tears and laughter at the same time. 2LATE has performed to audiences in South Africa, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Acoustic Me
Music | Alma CaféAcoustic Me is a musical production by LoveChild about being an instrumentalist and new music she has discovered since she started learning an instrument in 2016. Come enjoy songs of hope, freedom, empowerment and love. LoveChild will be ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Thirst
Theatre | Alexander BarThirst can be seen as a metaphor for life, a simple but effective plot by Nobel prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neil. The story is set a century ago and depicts three characters stranded on a raft with great focus on survival and the appare... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Acoustiq Assassins Xperience
Music | Alma CaféAcoustiq Assassins are "storytelling musicians" whose acoustic yet alternative sound could best be described as contemporary soul/indie R&B. Stripped down, rhythmic and authentic – the group performs very poetic, soul-massaging music using guit... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Gug'Othandayo The Musical
Theatre | Zolani CentreGetting old is a choice. It’s a life changing experience… just like this 2014 Mayoral award winning production (2014). “Delightful, charming and poignant production performed by old woman about life in the pension lane” – Ismail Mohamed ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Mashudu: Red Card
Theatre | Delft Black Box TheatreMashudu began his career as an actor, clown, stuntman, dancer, acrobatic and comedian in 2008. He spent time in Canada as part of a circus production called Amakhosi The Kings of Africa, directed by Bheki Ndlovu, and toured with Clowns without Borde... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Ikhaya
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | UCT Little TheatreiKhaya (Home) explores the meaning of home and the pivotal role of women in the home and in the world. “iKhaya was a place where I was born. It symbolised a place of safety where I was surrounded by a sense of love,” explains choreographer... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Champion
Theatre | Alexander BarHighly acclaimed, The Champion is an award-winning production that tells the story of a young man who grapples with the legacy of an absent father and a mother who is a grass widow. Much of the play centres on the conflicts and contradictions ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Double Bill: Chappies + Amkil'amantombazane
Theatre | Makukhanye Art RoomA Double Bill of Drama: Chappies Written by: Nicholate Ngongoshe and Benny Jack Directed by: Nicholate Ngongoshe Featuring: Asandiswa Maliti, Wendy Mrali, Helena Almeida, Lilitha Sidlai & Benny Mp... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Access Me
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Zolani CentreAccess Me is a physical expression of the responses received from Unmute Dance Company performers when asked to describe their own stories relating to access – of struggle, hope, overcoming and ultimately new aspiration. A process of intervi... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Dirty Laundry en Vuil Wasgoed
Theatre | Jolly CarpDirty Laundry En Vuil Wasgoed is a story that is motivated at telling the #Other_Coloured_Story. It is a story that moves away from the typical stereotypical coloured stories that in most cases offends many. This is a comedy/drama that tells... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
If I Really did have Powers...(it would look something like this)
Magic / Illusion | Fringe ClubAndrew is an experienced mentalist and magician who has performed his craft throughout Africa. Using psychology, illusion and some devious trickery, his new show takes the audience on a journey into a magical world were having powers of the mind appe... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy
Theatre | Theatre Arts AdminMilton van Der Spuy has a few problems - and they're making him blue. He really wants to complete his next poem, but he's hit a block with finding a rhyme for orange. He's desperate to finish his current painting, except he can't find a way to begin.... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Police Cops in Space
Comedy | UCT Little TheatreFollowing a TOTAL SELL-OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Edge of the Light
Theatre | Alexander BarFrom the creator of multi-award winning Salt, comes a new adult production, At the Edge of the Light, which brings alive a delicate familial story of loss, perception and the consequences of inherited behaviours. Amidst a stormy night, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Spirit of Shakespeare in Africa
Theatre | Zolani CentreThis play, penned by Thami Mbongo (using his experience of winning the Brett Goldin Bursary Award), examines the complicated relationship between a father and a son. It also illustrates the universal themes and power of Shakespeare's writings, and it... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Songbook Showcase
Music | Jolly CarpThe Showcase will celebrate three performance pieces “Eve’s Mark – the musical”, “Bakgat ‘n Dingetjie” & “Venus, Happeeeenis & Mars!” as well as original works of p... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Pop-up Improv
Theatre | Alexander BarImproGuise is taking advantage of the CT Fringe Festival and bringing its special brand of outrageous, unmissable theatre made up on the spot, to their favourite theatre, The Alexander, with three pop-up improv shows on 5, 6 & 7 October. Cape Tow... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Soul Connection & KMC
Music | Makukhanye Art RoomSoul Connection Musical Choir has recently successfully performed during ICA 3rd Symposium titled 'Decolonising Art Institution’ at Hiddingh Campus and left audiences wanting more when they were featured in Qash-Qash by Nomcebisi M... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Sam Johnson Troupe
Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre | Jolly CarpA showcase of dance done by the Samantha Johnson Dance School - exhilarating, energetic and enthusiastic - beautiful work done by all age groups and suitable for the whole family. ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Champion
Theatre | Alexander BarHighly acclaimed, The Champion is an award-winning production that tells the story of a young man who grapples with the legacy of an absent father and a mother who is a grass widow. Much of the play centres on the conflicts and contradictions ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
The Edge of the Light
Theatre | Alexander BarFrom the creator of multi-award winning Salt, comes a new adult production, At the Edge of the Light, which brings alive a delicate familial story of loss, perception and the consequences of inherited behaviours. Amidst a stormy night, ... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS
Thirst
Theatre | Alexander BarThirst can be seen as a metaphor for life, a simple but effective plot by Nobel prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neil. The story is set a century ago and depicts three characters stranded on a raft with great focus on survival and the appare... MORE INFO | BOOK TICKETS