Litnet

"The aim of the festival is to bring people who love reading, books and storytelling together. We aim to create a positive space to celebrate all things literary, to encourage and inspire others to share their passion and creativity."

The forthcoming South African International Ballet Competition (SAIBC) is delighted to be able to once again welcome capacity audiences and international judges and competitors in person to the beautiful Artscape Opera House from 25 to 30 July 2022.The hybrid SAIBC 2022 is open to the public. Advance booking is highly recommended.  

Tony Award-winning musical, Once on this island by Wela Kapela Productions, is at the Baxter Flipside from 8 to 16 July.

"Masks and capacity restrictions were finally history after almost two and a half years of lockdown, but the abrupt and almost off-hand nature of the government’s announcement had left people wondering – could it really be true? Were we allowed to be here, carefree, barefaced? This was the first in-person National Arts Festival in two years; would it also be the last? And if people weren’t going to show up for theatre, dance, comedy and music in this strange little town, was there any hope for the arts in South Africa?"

On Tuesday, 14 June 2022, the Museum Service of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport launched Cape Town Digital – the new website for the Cape Town Museum.

On Wednesday, 11 May 2022, the official launch of The Pam Golding Theatre at The Baxter saw the main theatre named after Pam Golding Properties’ late founder and life president, Pam Golding, as part of the company’s five-year sponsorship of Cape Town’s iconic and much-loved theatre.

This May, celebrate both International Museum Day and Africa Day with free entry, coffee and more, and start your own art collection by purchasing one of our limited-edition prints.

Fugard’s timeless classic tackles themes of brotherhood and hope. It first premiered in 1961 and it is as relevant today (if not more so), 61 years later.

You will explore different aspects of being human: thinking and knowing, being a self, being sick and being healthy, our relationship to art and language, the good life, and why any of this matters.

Write and illustrate a picture book, guided by award-winning South African illustrator Piet Grobler. Be inspired by the setting and the inhabitants of the lovely Greek island of Lesbos to create that story that you have been hoping to tell for a long time!

To celebrate the 80th birthday of renowned and versatile Pretoria artist Isa Steynberg, the Association of Arts Pretoria will be exhibiting several works of art in different media. | Ter viering van die vermaarde Pretoria-kunstenaar Isa Steynberg se tagtigste verjaarsdag, word etlike kunswerke in verskillende media wat sy deur haar lewe gemaak het, by die Pretoriase Kunsvereniging uitgestal.

"I think the pandemic has reiterated the relevance of art as an integral part of our lives. It is my personal opinion that art making is a behavioural trait specific to our species which ensures our sustained survival and affluent existence on this planet. If we did not keep on creating theatre, what would be the alternative?"

NIROX has invited universities across the country to each appoint a curator to develop their own take on Good Neighbours, as well as private and public institutions in neighbouring states to submit contributions.

"How can our work not be relevant? All our work, and here not just artists, is part of the fabric of our society, so in fact our work is imperative at all times."

"Is breathing relevant? Until the last Homo sapiens disappears, and with it imagination and emotion, there will be art."

"Why still make art? There’s a child who does not want to work in an office to earn a living. They have no idea what else they can be, because there’s no career advice for what others think is irrelevant. I want to make art to reach that child, to shift mindsets and provide healing."

Two of South Africa’s premier performing arts companies, Cape Town Opera and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, are joining forces to present an Easter performance of Handel’s Messiah in the iconic Toringkerk in Paarl on Saturday, 16 April 2022 at 16h00.

The award-winning festival, for the first time this year, is the product of hybrid mentorship programmes that included script writing mentorship for writers, as well as mentorship workshops for directors to produce the best in cutting-edge developmental theatre. 

Winners were announced in 19 categories this year. Musical performances in plays were merged with those in musicals and music shows, given the limited number of musical events staged in 2020 and 2021.

"In times of uncertainty and difficulty, it is art in all its forms that sees us through. Giselle remains a universal story of love and betrayal that can be understood and appreciated anywhere."