Casta Diva is here to guide you through to 2020
We are again facing the madness as the stores and shopping malls fill up with ‘Christmas Cheer’ around us. Now is the perfect time to escape to Casta Diva Boutique
Every idea is valid: Collaborative storytelling with Theatre Duo
Drawing, electrical engineering, the making of The Lion King, and devotedly staring at the front of The Market Theatre are only a few of the unlikely threads running through the
Journey Beyond – Symphonic Circus
Journey Beyond – Symphonic Circus is an extraordinary artistic collaboration between Zip Zap Circus and the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra. After two immensely successful runs in Cape Town in 2017 and
‘A beautiful place to come home to and to stay after a busy week at work’
The above statement was made by a Casta Diva Boutique Hotel guest. Nestled on the northern side of the Magaliesberg mountain, at this beautiful place, guests are hardly ever disappointed.
Two South African tenors present Spanish and Italian treasures
Casta Diva presents two amazingly talented, devoted and aspiring young tenors, Ndima Richard Ndzombane and Kagiso Boroko. They will be taking you on a musical tour of various musical treasures,
Will the real Evita Bezuidenhout please stand up?
The last thing you expect is to find yourself at the funeral of the most famous white woman in South Africa. Is it possible that this national icon is dead?
Casta Diva Boutique Hotel | A pure delight & service excellence
The beautiful and serene Casta Diva Boutique Hotel, nestled on the northern slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain range in Pretoria, is a place to escape the madness of the day-to-day
Sarafina! the Broadway musical for Joburg Theatre
Joburg Theatre, in partnership with Keeloz Global Entertainment, will be restaging the internationally acclaimed Broadway hit musical Sarafina!. Directed by Nhlanhla Ngema and starring Noxolo Dlamini as Sarafina, it will
Runaway hit Kinky Boots extended at The Fugard Theatre
Just two weeks into its South African premiere run, The Fugard Theatre’s production of multiple Tony-Award winning musical Kinky Boots has been extended. Bookings are now open for performances until
Permission to fail | Market Theatre Laboratory
Thirty years ago it was decided by Barney Simon and John Kani, the then managers of the world-renowned Market Theatre, that, as an extension of the company, it was important
Magnet Theatre’s powerful G7: Okwe-Bokhwe for Cape Town and NAF
Multiple award-winning Magnet Theatre presents G7: Okwe-Bokhwe directed by Mandla Mbothwe and starring the talented graduates of the fifth Magnet Theatre training programme. G7: Okwe-Bokhwe (like/of a goat) will be
The Color Purple returns to Joburg Theatre
Joburg Theatre and producer Bernard Jay are proud to announce the ‘bon voyage’ season of the musical The Color Purple. It will return to Joburg Theatre’s The Mandela stage prior
Brett Bailey’s Samson
Third World Bunfight’s newest production, Samson, is a sensuous, poetic and thought-provoking dance-music-theatre piece set in a dystopian contemporary context of political extremism, inequality, human displacement and violence. Creative Feel
The Snow Goose to show at The Fugard Theatre
Contagious Theatre is bringing their beloved hit show – The Snow Goose – to The Fugard Theatre from 9 April until 4 May 2019. The Snow Goose is
Killer Chicago SA cast returns from world tour to razzle-dazzle SA again!
A nightclub singer, a double-murderess, a smooth-talking lawyer and a cell block of sin surrounded by the razzle-dazzle of the world’s sexiest musical soon returns to the stage in Cape
Fugard Theatre appoints Greg Karvellas as first artistic director
Greg Karvellas is no stranger to South African theatre goers, having directed multiple-award winning productions at The Fugard Theatre in his former role as Resident Director there. These include Oleanna,
Johannesburg’s theatres define the soul of the city
Artlooks & Artlines is a monthly column written by Ismail Mahomed, CEO of the Market Theatre Foundation. With a growing circuit of independent theatre venues and newer arts festivals popping up in some of
Matthew Wild Reveals the Art of Directing Musicals
Find out what it takes to direct South African musicals from Matthew Wild, one of the most versatile and prolific South African theatre directors of his generation. Equally at home
Lwanda Sindaphi’s Kudu at Magnet Theatre
The Magnet Theatre’s Internship programme presents Lwanda Sindaphi’s new play KUDU. The second Theatre-Maker from Lwanda Sindaphi’s KUDU opens at Magnet Theatre on the 1 December and runs until the 3 December. This
The Market Theatre
About: The Market Theatre, founded in Johannesburg in 1976 by Mannie Manim and the late Barney Simon, was constructed out of Johannesburg’s Indian Fruit Market – built in 1913. The
Four Productions from Four TAAC Bursary Winners
Four original and diverse productions created and staged by the four Theatre Arts Admin Collective’s (TAAC) Emerging Theatre Directors Bursary Winners. In June, bursary winners Mahlatsi Mokgonyana and Jason Jacobs
Song of Nongoma at South African State Theatre
The South African State Theatre in association with Afrikan Freedom Station premiered Song of Nongoma on 21 October 2016. Song of Nongoma is a tale of an African queen told through
Triple Shot of Star Power in Joys of Sharing
Diverse South African artistic spirits joined forces to create Joys of Sharing, an exuberant music and dance spectacle directed and conceptualised by Gregory Maqoma As you experience Joys of Sharing, the dancers swoop
Joys of Sharing at the Lyric Theatre
Vuyani Dance Theatre’s new production, Joys of Sharing, salutes the exquisite interplay between music and dance at the Lyric Theatre. Gregory Maqoma directs this production, set to explode on to the beautiful
Joburg Theatre Brings Youth Arts Festival
Joburg Theatre in partnership with VGM presents Joburg Youth Arts Festival from September 6 to 18. The Joburg Youth Arts Festival (JoYA) is a Joburg Theatre initiative showcasing original work
Artscape Women’s Humanity Arts Festival 2016
The 10th Artscape Women’s Humanity Arts Festival takes place from Thursday, the 4th to Wednesday, the 10th of August 2016. Sixty years after 20000 brave women marched for their rights in