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Needed: A cool head who likes to read. Skills needed for the job: Understand Zoom and have enough technical know-how to connect computers and microphones to a simple sound desk as well as patience with people who speak book, not tech.

"Prima facie aims to rip the law apart, and it completely succeeds in its goal. The law can be seen as how we will be judged, but the playwright, Suzie Miller, turns this notion on its head and judges the law."

After becoming the fastest selling and the first sold-out production at Suidoosterfees 2026, the darkly funny A woman alone, starring International Emmy-nominated actress Kim Engelbrecht, heads to the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees this weekend.

"Guedes, like Coetzee, encourages our intertextual references, but at the same time he has managed to create an epic that can hold its own."

Die Gallery at Glen Carlou in Klapmuts/Simondium is verheug om die opening van The ephemeral nature of things: a provocation, ’n solo-uitstalling deur Laurette de Jager op die 6de September, aan te kondig.

"I am keen to explain where Nolan’s reading of the story went wrong, for hopefully his movie will lead to a renewed reading of the Greek myths."

As with Van Graan’s previous works in this vein, Family meeting combines drama, comedy, song and poetry.

Mike van Graan’s Superfan, a solo comedy drama featuring Cape Talk’s John Maytham and inspired by the role that Springbok rugby plays in the country, will run in the new, intimate Antique Theatre and Bar from 19 August to 12 September 2026. 

"Every boy develops at his own pace, so our responsibility is to create an environment where healthy vocal technique and long-term development always take priority."

On Saturday, 1 August 2026, the Endler Hall at Stellenbosch University’s Konservatorium will host The symphonic gala – an evening of music, masquerade & impact, a fundraising gala celebrating the power of music to create opportunities, strengthen communities, and make music education visible.

Roots retrospective is a deeply expressive live collaboration led by Luna Paige, where she draws together roots influences into a piano-driven, song-focused performance.

"Nuremberg succeeds as a courtroom drama and as an exploration of the psychology of evil. It is less successful as an examination of the broader political and nationalist currents that produced Nazi Germany."

‎More than just a concert, Isiqalo is a powerful fusion of a cappella music, storytelling, movement, African tradition, and contemporary theatre. The production explores themes of identity, resilience, hope, heritage and the courage to embrace new beginnings.

"Chamber music is the great equaliser. When students play together in a group, their background, socioeconomic situation and skin colour become irrelevant. It is a wonderfully uplifting experience for all. We need more of this in South Africa."

"LifeCycles was proof that our local is often very lekker and more than capable of matching performances from all over the world. We have great artists."

"Those acrobats would tumble from the top of a human pyramid into the arms of waiting compatriots, only to be flung across the stage into the hands of another pair that had miraculously appeared at the right moment."

The winners of the 61st Cape Town Theatre Awards were announced at an intimate, elegant ceremony at The Baxter on Sunday (5 July), powered by CapeTalk.

"Writers, educators and book lovers from all over the country got together from 18 to 20 June 2026, celebrating the power of storytelling. The setting was Die Tuishuise and Victoria Manor in the renowned 'story street', so lovingly restored by Sandra Antrobus."

3 to 12 July at SU Konservatorium, Stellenbosch: Performances, public master classes, lectures and more! With the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF) just around the corner, and the evening concerts selling well at Webtickets, patrons have been asking what else they can attend as day visitors to the festival. More information available here.

The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF) takes place from 3 to 12 July at the Konservatorium Building on the campus of Stellenbosch University. For over two decades now, the SICMF has hosted South Africa’s largest collective of world-famous classical musicians from different continents each year in July.