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"In the context of South Africa in 2025, a production like My fair lady prompts contemporary audiences to reflect on issues of language, identity and gender roles. These are all universal themes that hold relevance and offer valuable insights in a diverse and evolving society like South Africa. We are excited that our graduates get to work in productions with such rich themes and complex characters, where they can hone their craft and also engage with narratives that provoke thought and inspire meaningful dialogue within the African cultural landscape."

Erika Breytenbach will perform the premiere of I can buy myself flowers by multiple award-winning writer, Mike van Graan, at the Drama Factory from 5 to 15 February 2025.

"The arts are alive and well in the Eastern Cape, and if you have not done so yet, now is the time to book tickets for the Mandela Bay Arts Festival, which will run from 21 February to 2 March 2025. We also have beautiful beaches and adorable baby elephants to visit when you are not in theatre!"

After a successful debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, writer and performer Jamie-Lee Money and director Larica Schnell bring their hit play Spin cycles to the Baxter Studio from 19 February to 1 March 2025.

"But ultimately what helped me uncover Fairuz and all my characters in general, was working to discover our shared humanity." Trudy van Rooy gesels met Naomi Meyer oor haar rol in die kykNET Silwerskermfees-film Hier.Na, wat vanaf 16 Desember 2024 op DStv BoxOffice vir stroming beskikbaar is.

Sarah Scrimgeour en Jac Hamman, regisseurs van die animasieprent Tabby McTat, ’n verwerking van Julia Donaldson en Axel Scheffler se gelyknamige prenteboek, gesels met Maryke Roberts: "Oor die algemeen probeer ons om ’n film te maak wat toeganklik is, maar nie afgewater is op enige vlak nie."

To usher in the summer, the Baxter’s festive season line-up for 2024 features comedy, music and dance with top South African artists, culminating in the hugely popular and exciting New Year’s Eve party on 31 December.   

Graham Hopkins gesels met Maryke Roberts oor My fair lady wat van 12 Desember tot 12 Januarie in die Kunstekaap Operahuis opgevoer word voor dit na Johannesburg en Durban reis: "Kuns is universeel en goeie kuns weerspieël die mensdom, onbeperk deur tyd en konteks. Ons moet ’n eng, hier-en-nou beoordeling van teater vermy."

"Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi and I, as writers who hail from the Eastern Cape, have had the dream of reckoning with the literary history of the Eastern Cape for as long as we have known each other. When, last year, there were celebrations of 200 years of Xhosa in the written word, we thought it an opportune moment to put the idea into action. The Gompo Book and Cultural Festival to be held in East London on 21 to 23 March 2025 is the tentative first step towards accomplishing this goal."

"Antigone’s speech is always a sad moment, and King Creon’s cruelty a stark reminder that rulers need to have limits to their powers."

Muzukidz is happy to announce that 2024 has been another wonderful year for our budding young violinists! And to celebrate this, we invite you to save the date for our annual year-end concert taking place on 27 October 2024 at the beautiful Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium in Parow.

"I can’t thank the leaders of the NATi programme enough for this opportunity they have presented to us."

Songs of praise will be held on Sunday 27 October at 16:00 in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. Well-known conductor Richard Cock’s 75th birthday will also be celebrated with wonderful sacred music during this concert. Two choirs, the RCME Winelands Choir and the Tygerberg City Choir, will be leading the audience participation as well as singing different styles of music in several languages.

LAMTA se Hollywood-produksie was ’n rukkie gelede in Kampsbaai te sien, was by die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees te sien – en is nou op aanvraag weer eens in Kampsbaai op die planke! Jayden Dickson van die Hollywood-dansvertoning vertel meer van die produksie, wat van vandag af weer by Theatre on the Bay te sien is.

The internationally acclaimed one-woman play My left breast, starring Shannon Esra, the award-winning television, film and stage actress will be running at the Baxter Masambe theatre from 10 to 24 October 2024 at 19:00 with Saturday matinees at 15:00.

"Eddie du Pisani’s life has not turned out the way he had planned (sounds familiar?), and he is hanging on to a last string of hope. While questioning his own existence, purpose and will to live, he returns to the lamppost in Witbank that he had visited once before on a fateful night that changed his life forever. As he detours through childhood memories, his first love, his emulation of Elvis and the events that led him to this very place, he re-enacts heartbreaking memories."

"Die 2024-Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees wat vanjaar met die feestema van #speel gespog het, was weer dié kulturele samekoms waaroor almal nog lank gaan gesels. Daar was meer as 400 unieke produksies wat in ongeveer 60 venues in en om Stellenbosch aangebied is en het elke moontlike kunsvorm – van dans tot boekgesprekke; kunsrondleidings tot wynskole; klassieke musiek tot komedie – ingesluit."

"I would say that art is always of its time, but also that great art has the potential to be timeless. By that, I already get into trouble with the postmodernists, but that’s fine by me."

"Can broken things, broken hearts, broken people be mended? And if so, do you repair them to the state they were in before breaking? Perhaps it is stronger or better if the item finds a new purpose."

"The dancing was performed with an ease that made me feel almost like I was watching him dancing in his own home. It was intimate and mesmerising. The African influence in the music and set, the use of sand and liquid to create strong visuals and the unbelievable voices of the quartet accompanying Maqoma are all locked in my memory."