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"My overall feeling towards the novel is exactly what you would expect: just not my cup of tea."

Cape Town City Ballet’s Autumn Season has been postponed, to be rescheduled at a date to be announced in due course.

The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, which would have taken place on 22 March, has been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Details regarding the winners’ announcement will be made known in due course.

"Like the sea I have chased with my mother, and like
all of these words, I am thinking of you too much."

Following president Cyril Ramaphosa’s address on Sunday 15 March, we have decided to suspend operations at The Fugard Theatre with immediate effect, as of Monday 16 March 2020, until further notice due to the acceleration of the Covid-19 virus over the weekend.

The cast has been revealed for The Fugard Theatre’s South African premiere production of Terrence McNally’s hilarious Tony Award winning farce It’s only a play. It’s only a play will be performed in The Fugard Theatre from Tuesday (14 April) to Saturdays at 20:00; with matinees on Saturday and Sundays at 15:00.

"Bekker has a fascinating voice and she is not afraid to experiment with the short form."

The launch of Of Motherhood and Melancholia by Lou-Marié Kruger took place on Thursday 27 February 2020 at The Book Lounge in Cape Town. Pierre de Vos was in conversation with Lou-Marié.

"I am finally on my own again. Flying solo. Gather this, hunt this, reward yourself with this."

"This small gem of a novel, published in 2018, is its Zimbabwean author’s first."

"I have a certain knowledge of madness that no one else speaks of, a certain kind of madness that comes alive at midnight."

This tween-ness complicates and perplexes. It threatens key conceptions we have about the histories, identities, and cultures of those who live on the continent.

"Van Onselen’s exposition of the night trains on the Eastern Main Line offers a clear and focused view of the circumstances surrounding the Mineral Revolution in South Africa."

You are invited to the launch of To the volcano and other stories by Elleke Boehmer in Stellenbosch on 4 March.

Spectacular routes for walking and running. Breathtakingly beautiful views of District Six, Gardens, Bo-Kaap and the Atlantic Seaboard. Historical landmarks, commemorative medal and a koesister. The Slave Route Challenge returns on Sunday 23 February 2020 on the Grand Parade in Cape Town. It is our 10th Anniversary Year!

Lamees Albertus started at The Fugard as the office assistant and has risen impressively over the years to establish herself as a formidable and highly respected Co-Producer and Theatre Manager.  

Nelson Mandela was scheduled for a medical operation, but all hell broke loose.

The first major exhibition of papers and artefacts from the JM Coetzee archives opened on the evening of 9 February to honour Coetzee on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Here is a photo gallery of the event.

“I think there are still many narratives that portray adoption in a very positive light, where the child is somehow saved by the parent, or, in this country, the black child is saved by the white parent.”

"We wanted to do it a bit differently this year, hence the 'street festival', the fun, the free, tantalising cocktails, the food and the great company."