Artscape
Louis Viljoen’s new thriller dishes out discomfort
WHAT’S in it for me? At the intersection of family, the company, the party and the union are four self-involved players, obsessed with personal ambitions, each lusting for the best… →
More than 50 young magicians take the stage in Makin’ Magic at Artscape
CAPE TOWN’S College of Magic students and graduates, with the support of the City of Cape Town, will take to the stage at Artscape Theatre on 6 and 7 June… →
Getting to know Graham Bourne, in Cape Town Opera’s upcoming Carmen
WHEN someone opens up to you and shares the music (or movie or book or TV series) they enjoy, you should make the effort to at least give it some… →
Cape Town City Ballet’s Dracula is deliciously dark
CAPE Town City Ballet’s Dracula, by David Nixon CBE, opened last Friday to a rapturous and lengthy standing ovation. Tickets have already been selling fast enough for two additional performances… →
Pretty Woman: The Musical at Artscape this month
ONE of Hollywood’s most cherished love stories, Pretty Woman: The Musical comes to life for the first time in South Africa, making its debut at Artscape, Cape Town on 18… →
Jerome Barnes returns to Cape Town City Ballet for Dracula
FOLLOWING his residency with Cape Town City Ballet last year, Jerome Barnes has returned to the Mother City to dance the lead role in David Nixon’s adaptation of Dracula, at… →
Jazzart’s Meraki Festival back with an expanded celebration
JAZZART Dance Theatre, one of South Africa’s leading contemporary dance companies with a legacy spanning more than five decades, is proud to announce the return of the Meraki dance festival,… →
Cape Town City Ballet to present David Nixon’s Dracula at Artscape
CAPE TOWN City Ballet will present David Nixon’s electrifying full-length adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula at Artscape from 13–29 March 2026. Set to music by Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Michael Daugherty, Nixon originally created Dracula… →
Ché-jean Jupp takes us behind the scenes of Cats
CATS opens at Artscape in Cape Town on 10 December 2025; this legendary production is set to dazzle audiences through the festive season and into early 2026 as it transfers… →
Genevieve Magua to make her Cape Town City Ballet lead debut
CAPE Town City Ballet will present a new production of Alice in Wonderland, by internationally acclaimed choreographer Gerard Charles, at Artscape from 12 to 28 December 2025. Making her CTCB… →
Cape Town City Ballet presents Alice in Wonderland at Artscape
CAPE Town City Ballet invites audiences to tumble down the rabbit hole at Artscape this festive season with a new production of Alice in Wonderland by internationally acclaimed choreographer Gerard… →
Zip Zap Circus and Freshlyground present Take Me Home
THIS November, audiences will be transported into a world of nostalgia, rhythm, wonder, and connection when Zip Zap Circus teams up with the iconic South African band Freshlyground for Take… →