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Emotional texture: Zilungile Mbombo, Mfuneli Ntumbuka and Alex
Sono. The script is sharp, witty and moving. Photos: Fiona MacPherson

‘Rise ’76’ confronts a generation haunted by how little it has done with its inherited freedom

A powerful and emotionally layered theatrical work revisits the 1976 Soweto Uprising through testimony, memory, contradiction and unresolved generational grief

Deconstructed ballet: Hatched Ensemble speaks to anyone who has felt conflicted about their own identity
and where they belong in the status quo. Photo: Val Adamson

Mamela Nyamza’s global triumph, ‘Hatched Ensemble’, comes home for two nights only

Internationally celebrated dancer Mamela Nyamza returns home with two powerful productions interrogating identity, colonial legacies and belonging through bold, deconstructed…

Jonny Grundy and Manuel Artino perform their lyra hoop act which has
been added to the line-up.

Splish splash: Zingara’s new high-flying dance of bathtub joy

A daring duo turn a humble bathtub into a stage for sensual acrobatics, aerial feats and playful humour in the latest show at Zingara’s Cape Town spiegeltent

Jailhouse rock: Tankiso Mamabolo as Matron Mama Morton and Samantha Peo as Velma Kelly in Chicago. Photos: Showtime Management

Chicago at 50: A musical that never loses its bite

Chicago storms back onto the South African stage with sizzling performances, biting satire and timeless razzle-dazzle that feels surprisingly fresh after 50 years

Behind the soundscape: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, above, behind the scenes of Moffie, for which he  created soundscape.  Photos: Daniel Rutland Manners

Moffie: The goosebumps are real

Charl-Johan Lingenfelder transforms theatre through sound, turning noise into emotion in his latest work Moffie

With razor-sharp timing, gymnastic vocals and uproarious performances, this production of The Barber of Seville is a riot of theatrical delight

Opera’s comedy slipstream: A barber worth buzzing about

With razor-sharp timing, gymnastic vocals and uproarious performances, this production of The Barber of Seville is a riot of theatrical delight

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