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The sweet Caroline tour: A tribute to Neil Diamond

Celebrate the music of one of the world’s most beloved singer-songwriters with The Sweet Caroline Tour: A Tribute to Neil Diamond. Neil Diamond’s timeless songs, unmistakable voice, and extraordinary career, marked by multiple Top Ten hits, Grammy Awards, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are brought to life in this beautifully […]

Dance is music: Lighting by Oliver Hauser and set design by Willy Cesar foreground space, line and form.
Everything, Maqoma says, is architectural. Photo: Arthur Dlamini

Gregory Maqoma’s ‘Genesis’ is not an ending

The renowned choreographer returns to the Baxter not as performer but architect, with Genesis, a daring meditation on beginnings, endings and Black consciousness

AN ODE TO MOTOWN: A powerful tribute to black excellence this black history month

Joburg Theatre is excited to be staging a timely and essential ODE TO MOTOWN during Black History Month. Motown is more than a music label it is a cultural movement that reshaped global popular culture, amplified Black voices and proved that Black-owned creativity could transcend boundaries, generations and geography. In celebrating Motown, Joburg Theatre affirms the power […]

Setting the scene: Dancers, choreographed by Luyanda Sidiya, in Dancing the Death Drill. Photos: Joburg Theatre

Dancing the Death Drill: A Resurrection of forgotten spirits

Dancing the Death Drill is more than theatre — it is a resurrection, a requiem and a haunting reminder of forgotten African history

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Joburg Theatre Presents the Stage Adaptation of Fred Khumalo’s  Dancing the Death Drill, Coming This September.

Joburg Theatre proudly announces its latest theatrical triumph, a stirring adaptation of Fred  Khumalo’s acclaimed novel, brought to life by a stellar South African creative team. This  moving production will run from 9 to 28 September 2025 on the Mandela Stage.  Set in Paris, 1958, the story begins with a brutal incident in a prestigious […]

Third time lucky: Noxolo Dlamini returns to the role of Sarafina in a production of the musical, on at the Joburg Theatre until 15 June. (Photo supplied)

Noxolo Dlamini returns to the stage as Sarafina

Dlamini brings new life to a role born from resistance and South Africa’s historic youth uprising

In from the cold: A scene from Bitter Winter, Paul Slabolepszy’s new play, which is on at the Baxter in Cape Town. Photos: RegardsVisser

Bitter Winter: the show will go on but what of the people in it?

An old actor, a young upstart, and a kettle on the fritz — Bitter Winter turns the ordinary into something unforgettable

Paint the town red: About 30 000 people are expected to view the work of more than 120 exhibitors at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair.

Diary: Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Protest theatre classic returns, Ayanda Jiya in Durban

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Joburg Theatre presents August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson

Joburg Theatre is excited to announce its forthcoming production of August Wilson’s critically acclaimed play, The Piano Lesson

Embrace the magic of the season at carols at tree of light, sing-a-long, and more at the Joburg Zoo Festival of Lights

Don’t miss out on the Joburg Zoo Festival of Lights this festive season. Get your tickets today and join us for an unforgettable evening of festive carols, dazzling performances and family fun at the Festival of Lights at Joburg Zoo!

Kneedy: Janice Honeyman’s pantomime Beauty and the Beast is being staged at the Joburg Theatre. Photo: Corne du Plessis

Pantomime: The beauty of festive storytelling

Janice Honeyman’s production brings magic to Joburg audiences

Support group: Michelle Rosewall and Rondean Hughes will perform at the Flatfoot Access Festival.

Diary: A feast of dance, musical blessings from the avant-garde, WGRUV Dance Company opens in Gauteng

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Power struggle: Altovise Lawrence, James Ngcobo and Mothusi Magano in Oleanna. Photo: Supplied

Play questions justice, truth and accountability

South Africans have a knack for using humour to tackle the most serious of issues and this can be seen in Oleanna

Smith has been in Johannesburg with her company since 11 July rehearsing relentlessly for the three performances that are taking place here. Photo supplied

OPERA | Brittany Smith ready to conquer Lucia di Lammermoor at Joburg Theatre

The gited singer speaks about the emotional and physical demands of the role

Ruan Galdino in The Sleeping Beauty. Photo supplied

Diary: Divine designs, sleeping beauty, blank projects and body count

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