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The setting is America, 1956 and the annual quiche breakfast for the ladies of the Susan B Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein is being held, when all hell breaks loose. Now it's every woman for herself. It's Lord of the Flies meets Stepford Wives - with Lesbians, Quiche and Improvised comedy. What more could you want? This

Stories rooted in reality produce an uncensored view of the diversity of our species. This selection of socially explosive, far-reaching true-life experiences offers everything from usual dreams to intimate and touching character portraits. shnit Worldwide Shorfilmfestival presents an explosive Short Film Experience like no other. In its eighth year in South Africa, we return to The Labia Theatre and Pulp

Bulgarian born and Johannesburg based film and theatre maker Stanimir Stoykov (from the notorious "Boylesque" shows) has produced and directed several queer short films, which have been screened at festivals around the world. His work often both shocks and entertains, using satire to parody and spoof mainstream cinema. Stanimir uses a unique blend of underground performers such as drag queens

Barred is a new site-specific production that has been exclusively made to be performed in the stylish, old-world, jazz sounding space that is the Alexander Bar. Many may come in and out of this local watering hole, but the ones that are of most importance are those that have been admitted to the Bar, the Lawyers. They say the walls

Four women with diverse cultural backgrounds art disciplines collaborate with poetry, music and dance to celebrate Africa Day 2017.Haroldene Tshienda won an award for Contribution to Literary Arts at the Cultural Affairs Awards 2017 hosted by The Department of Arts and Culture. She is also an author of three books entitled Never Give Up, Moving from Pain to Power and

The Collective is going to be capturing an essence of musical greatness. The musicians that have been put together have either lead their own outfit or has played with International and local artists. There are going to be some surprise guest appearances on the evening so you are in for a treat. Come with an open ear and open mind... 

It's the 90's. The New South Africa is a toddler playing in the global sand pit with bucket and spade, building castles, making mud pies and learning to share her toys, while her now liberated people run through sprinkler-rainbows looking for pots of shiny gold. Ideas of change and social rebirth fly through the nation like a flock of drunk

Expect simultaneous singing, grooves, poetry and more this Sunday from Tefo "Talking Drum" Mahola and his Clan. This is a new concept of his featuring original compositions and poetry with meaning. His compositional work depicts jazz and its musical influences into a big band performance.Tefo Mahola is a multi-talented drummer, pianist, arranger, composer and poet in the world of music

A staged reading of the new political text-in-development by Ian Tucker. A fast thinking, fast talking political drama, "Black Prophet Down" is a new South African play, set in the United States of America, telling a story of global significance.

This theatrical storytelling performance, follows the story of one of the first indigenous African woman from the Khoisan clan to be taken from her home, Cape Town, South Africa and put on display as a ‘freak’ show, at 225 Piccadilly, London in 1810.The storytelling is captured within 5 chapters/scenes; told by 5 (fictional) female characters, (performed by Jacqui Du Toit),

An unsettling yet darkly funny love story between a sassy sex worker and her smooth talking client. Mike is a successful and somewhat sleazy classic car dealer, he has the gift of the gab but he’s lonely. He desperately wants to woo Lillian and whisk her off to an exotic Greek island. Lillian, allergic to any form of rescuing or

Gib&Tam are a music Duo from Canada showcasing their original songs as well as cover renditions. Musical style is Reggae Soul Blues. Lyrics are spiritually conscious.

"This 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 few issues that involve gender and sexuality.

Watervolk is an eclectic, live music performance by the touring Dutch band, Souldada. This is their first return to South Africa since their previous invitation to Darling in 2008, where they will be performing again at this year's 'Voorkamer' festival. Their sound and lyrics is a mixture of African, Papiamento, Frysian, English, Dutch and French. This mix of languages, and

JOBURG MEETS CAPE TOWN Poetry Showcase is an events progamme founded by Luxolo Ngqunge( LAST pOet )as to continue with the art revolution which has been driven since the 60’s,70’s and 80’s, during the days of Jazz in Sophiatown which became a tool for liberation when our country was still facing the life struggle of Racism and Apartheid. In the

12 October | 8PM | Tracy NormanTracy Norman is a singer-songwriter with an ability to capture and hold an audience in vulnerable curiosity with her gentle acoustic guitar and sultry, soulful voice.

Written and performed by PANSA award winning and Naledi Award nominee Jannes Erasmus, Smaarties is a powerful one man show about a man who is diagnosed with schizophrenia and finds himself in a psychiatric ward after the death of both his parents…how far will domestic violence drive you?

From the amazing musicians who brought Christine and the Kilts to the stage, this time they explore the spiritual similarities between the African and Celtic cultures as told through Christine's songs. Expect to be thrilled by outlandish tales of the life before life, of poltergeists and of signposts from the world of dreams. Christine Weir with Matthew Weir, Rayelle Goodman,

Andric Mcetywa Live@Alexander Bar is the artist's flagship event for 2016 capping off a brilliant year with performances at various Cape Town venues including The Crypt.

Catch Plumsong, the stellar mother-daughter duo that promises a killer repertoire and kickass voices, with music to dance or dine to.Formed in 2011 by Sharyn Seidel and her daughter Dara Beth, Plumsong is a swing/jazz/pop/cabaret duo which performs at venues and functions across Cape Town, singing songs from the 1940s right up to 2018!

Not to be missed! A rare performance of explorative soundscapes and new ambient music by Maxim Starcke (electronics, electric guitar, sax, sound design) and featuring Brydon Bolton (double bass, electronics) and Frank Mallows (vibraphone, cymbals, percussion). Starcke's composition 'Cape Dimensions' is a 20 minute immersive piece which will be re-visioned live by the trio. 'Cape Dimensions', originally performed at the Unyazi

A powerful and intimate performance on the acoustic guitar by one of the greatest voices in the music industry, stories of travels to new countries, heartache, forgiveness, redemption and love expressed through a collection of original songs and some covers. A journey to connect people through the power of music.

The uproarious and provocative Hand To God centers on shy, inquisitive student Jason, who finds an outlet for his burgeoning creativity at the Christian Puppet Ministry in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason\'s complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door and - most especially - his mother, are thrown

shnit ANIMATESAnything not nailed down will move. Human hand and Computer join forces, creating unseen universes and bringing to life crazy stories. The freshest works of artists from around the world testify to the power of the short animated film to blow open the boundries of visual storytelling.

The Benguela trio once again take advantage of their lack of commitment by having to improvise due to a total lack of prepared material.Come witness the spontaneous creation of music through individual action/reaction times and their collective caffeine consumption. 15 years of random sonic emotion has got to count for something...

After a successful year of bringing womxn's stories to the forefront, Sarafina Magazine invites you to join the conversation. Inspired by The Hollywood Reporter’s Roundtables, Sarafina Magazine: Live will feature discussions with South Africa’s leading womxn artists and arts industry professionals. Sarafina Magazine founder, Candice Bernstein, will moderate the fourth installment of the bi-monthly talkback series which kicked off in

The video game industry is a young industry, and a rapidly evolving one. In South Africa this industry is even younger, evolving just as fast, and, arguably, largely misunderstood, even by those within it. This talk is about the massive opportunities (and equally massive challenges) this creates, as well as outlining some of the pleasures (and frustrations) inherent in developing

We never get an instruction manual about how money works. We never have to pass a test to get our Money Licence before we can take a new credit card for a drive. Most of what we learn about money comes from advertising or from other people who know as little as we do. No wonder we make such basic

SAXIT! is a saxophone quartet developed by four professional musicians whose love of jazz and the saxophone came together to play specialist arrangements for the instrumentation, to explore the tonal possibilities and joys of playing in an ensemble. Apart from performing specially written arrangements of well known jazz standards, a great deal of original music from South Africa and abroad

Join Cape Town's soulful up and coming band, Project Escape, as we perform at The Alexander Bar for the very first time. Our sound is funky, soulful and unique. We look forward to showing you our brand of music at this intimate setting in the heart of the Mother City. 

Dear non-dancers; the definitely-not-athletes-of-God; those of you with more than one left foot; the bitter has-beens / once-upon-a-time-I-was-a-prima and those who just don’t care, our dance industry is in perpetual recession. We, the dancers, are not slaves to those stuck in 1970-something. Audiences resemble privileged hospices, directors take our money, orchestras are owed, and we are tired of Swan F****

Written and directed by Fleur du Cap award winner Penelope Youngleson, Nat stars Iman Isaacs and Richard September (Fiesta, Fleur du Cap and WoordTrofee winner). Nat follows the lives of three adolescants in Grassy Park rupturing in the sexuality and violence inherent in their community. These are the expendable children that populate our disadvantaged communities – the children too poor

The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Armed with toothpick, their razor-sharp wit, and ripe, suck-able tits, they don their aprons, hoist their fishnets and limber up to perform In Whorefish Bloomers! An adaptation of Pam-Grant and Stannard's underground 1980s feminist ‘cabaret’. Two young Cape Town actresses take on

What do you get when you mix some of the greatest movies ever made with SA politics? The Must-See Comedy of the Cape Town Fringe, of course! This hilarious satirical parody spoof tells the story of South Africa through hit movies like “Lord of the Rings”, “Star Wars”, “Harry Potter”, “Twilight” and “The Matrix”. A young hobbit from Lower Earth

Whether we like it not, we are consumed by our connections to cardboard boxes. As a child, with the delight of life around every corner, the box is the most amazing gift—not the contents, just the box. As a parent, when the mind and body separate more with each passing day, our possessions (and sometimes our bodies) are stored in

G for Guptas. N for Nkandla. O for Oscar. Daniel Richards, directed by Mbulelo Grootboom, takes the audience on a sharp, satirical ride through the A-Z of things that cannot be blamed on apartheid (well, mostly!). Reflecting humorously on the Rainbow Nation, Born Free – by Mike van Graan - will premiere at the Kalfiefees in Hermanus on Friday 8

A Sunday afternoon reading of Nicholas Spagnoletti's Civil Parting, translated into Afrikaans by Nico Scheepers and read by Wessel Pretorius and David Viviers. Hoflik is ‘n meedoënloos-snaakse komedie-drama oor twee mans wat op skei staan.  Glenn en Jean-Pierre is nou sewe jaar getroud, sedert gay-huwelike in Suid-Afrika gewettig is. Hul verhouding het intussen versuur, maar aangesien hulle professionele, gerespekteerde lede van

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SA Loopstation champion Wild Lettuce (Reinhardt Buhr) will be playing two amazing sets of his World fusion Instrumental Music. Armed with two Didgeridoos, nylon string guitar, electric cello and beats, his music can best be described as New World coupled with tribal and mesmerising rhythms.

This event is to honor Carl van Aardt, a great supporter and lover of the arts. He, more regularly than most, attended plays and musical performances in and around Cape Town. He was well known and much loved. As a close friend who'll dearly miss him and the inspiration he ignited in my own music, TOMB and Karla Valentine will

For years, Black and Brown people have been trying to affirm their humanity in the United States. Dance, sing, laugh and cry on this journey with these young men and women as they talk about their experiences with Black prejudice and ways through which they can seek liberation. Through scenes and monologues the performers detail the trials and tribulations of

In 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 burning of the eternal flames of Hell. Maybe the injustice that keeps him from crossing

 An 8-week fiction course offered by Umuzi author David Cornwell, providing a solid introduction to the methods and techniques involved in creating original fiction. Includes weekly lessons, guided writing exercises and detailed feedback on all work produced during the course. With a strong practical focus, this fiction course aims to provide a solid theoretical grounding in the processes of narrative,

Chris Wait makes use of original poetry, short stories and songs in both English and Afrikaans to weave an emotional tapestry in a unique and spontaneous show that defy stereo types and genre classification.

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With over ten years of experience performing in and around Africa, singer songwriter Lana Crowster has become one of the most prominent young artists to emerge from the Cape Town music scene. With a background in Jazz - she holds a Bachelor of Music degree as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Jazz Vocal Performance from UCT - and

Starring the multi award-winning duo of Nicholas Ellenbogen and Claire Berlein, Live With Ivy journeys from Nyasaland (Malawi) in the 1950s to London’s West End in the 1980s. The Garrick family have been actors for generations – but young Ivy is caught between choosing law or following in her uncle Rex’s footsteps on the stage. This lyrical story gently guides