Cape Town Fringe Programme 2017 by National Arts Festival

Helping to make art accessible

tandard Bank’s association with the Cape Town Fringe has been firm since it’s inception in 2014. Our support of the Cape Town Fringe is an extension of our involvement in the National Arts Festival and our long-standing commitment to the arts in South Africa. Our arts sponsorship portfolio includes the Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Grahamstown, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz which has been running for 20 years, the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards running for over 3 decades, and the Standard Bank Art Gallery in Johannesburg. The Cape Town Fringe, although still young in years, has certainly made its mark on the Mother City’s cultural landscape and has succeeded in attracting younger audiences, while also giving new and emerging talent a platform to showcase their work and for audiences, new and old, to be entertained and inspired. We are extremely excited that the Cape Town Fringe this year will be extending its reach and impact even further by taking performances into the communities of Cape Town with performances to be hosted in Khayelitsha, Nyanga, Delft, as well as Woodstock and in the CBD. We look forward to another stimulating Cape Town Fringe Festival and extend our gratitude to Tony Lankester and his team for all their hard work and dedication in bringing the arts to the people. Our biggest thanks, though, is to the audiences who continue to support and grow the creative arts in our country and to the artists who continue to inspire and move us forward as a society.

Taking the theatre to the people

Hazel Chimhandamba Head of Group Sponsorships Standard Bank

Mirroring the complexity of the Mother City

ape Town is a complex space and for me any festival which is a true reflection of the Mother City needs to reflect that complexity. And, given that Fringe Festivals are such complex endeavours, intuitively it then seemed that this year’s decentralised model of a performance circuit situated where people live and work could perhaps be a better mirror for more accurately reflecting both the sprawling geography and complicated history of this place than the Cape Town Fringe has perhaps done to date ... But what do I even mean by that? And what exactly is this ubiquitous Fringe model which I imagine that I am referring to? Is it about the ticket price, the content on the programme, and /or the location of the participating venues? Or is the Fringe just a home for the terminally reactionary? Could it be all of those things and none of them all at the same time? Well, I reckon it’s exactly those contradictions that map out who we are – here and now – not only in Cape Town, but also as a nation navigating the slings and arrows of outrageous life in this country ... For me, the idea and model of a Fringe needs to be about the artists. It must be about the work. It has to be about placing the festival-goer at the heart of the Festival experience. These biggerpicture-things that are about building something for the future. Something that brazenly flashes a zap sign at convention,

at the fourth wall and at making art the way we were in the way were – in favour of imagining new ways that we could be – and could be making art – in spite of all of that undeniably complicated history which we have had to navigate as people divided, here at the southernmost tip of the continent ... For me this 2017 Fringe says “forget you” to all of that and defiantly chooses to be all about tomorrow ... So how about a bold line-up of cutting-edge contemporary works by phenomenal female theatre makers from across the Peninsula that reflect the character, spirit and identity of the Mother City? How about the most amazing roll call

of male choreographers taking the lead in our most provocative and compelling dance programme to date? How about boys from across the country dancing and doing it well? How about a programme of local and international stand-up that consciously, wilfully and almost dangerously sets out to prove that comedy is the ultimate form of free speech? And how about all live art forms for all – irrespective of age, religion, political persuasion or sexual disposition? How about that? Well, okay then. Enjoy!

Ashraf Johaardien EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

n behalf of the City of Cape Town, I would like to welcome the Fringe Festival back to the Mother City for another exciting line up of performances. In its fourth year now, we have all grown accustomed to the high standard of our home-grown talent who are able to hold their own alongside their international counterparts. We are amazed at how the festival has grown and developed in a short space of time. It is quite a niche event that gives up and coming performers the platform to showcase their talent in the arts. Importantly, in a truly inclusive manner, it takes the theatre to the people by hosting performances at venues around the metro making the event accessible to even more communities. Performances will be held in the CBD, Nyanga, Retreat, Delft and Khayelitsha instead of using City Hall as a base. We must commend the organisers for this new and innovative format for the 2017 Fringe Festival. The use of diverse venues enables residents to make their way to other parts of the city to meet and interact with their neighbours as such, which helps to bridge the cultural divide. It affords visitors the opportunity to experience Cape Town culture and hospitality in some non-conventional venues and neighbourhoods. The City of Cape Town has been a proud supporter of the fringe since its inception as such events help to bring people together from all walks of life and from across our diverse city. We would like to wish all the artists the best of luck for their upcoming performances. May this be the big break you have been waiting for. To budding artists, we trust that the festival will inspire and empower you to make a difference in your communities and make positive contributions to improving society. We call upon Capetonians and visitors to come out in their numbers in support of our local artists and enjoy what the Fringe Festival has to offer. We wish the organisers the best of luck for another successful event. Thank you for choosing Cape Town as a host city once again.

Alderman JP Smith

Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security (Events)

Index by discipline Comedy

Music (continued)

Big, Big Comedy Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Jenny and the Jameses. . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Book Detectives, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Nyanga Showcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Butlers and Bloopers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Reggae Heritage Experience. . . . . . . 22

Crazy Country Comedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Samthing Soweto Gold Tour. . . . . . . . 22

Draadsitter, Die. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Songbook Showcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Index by Venue AFDA 18 Lower Scott Rd, Observatory

GPS: -33.931180, 18.465844

The Couch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 4 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Alexander Bar

iComedy Kona Ekasi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Soul Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

76 Strand Street, Cape Town

In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses’ Lament . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Standard Bank Jazz with Benjamin Jephta Elektrik . . . . . . . . . . 24

The Funeral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 24 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

ISMISM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Zamanani Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

The Edge of the Light . . . . . . . 22 – 24 Sept & 3 – 8 Oct . . . . . . . 13

Jax & Gina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Joe Ma Se BBQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 J Bobs Live – Off the Record. . . . . . . . . 18 Mashudu The Red Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Police Cops in Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Pop-up Improv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Schoolboy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Tats Nkonzo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Dance, Visual and Physical Theatre Abangabonwa (the unseen). . . . . . . . . . . 8 Access Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Doda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ellipses (Extract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Theatre

GPS: -33.919932, 18.420554

Hocus Pocus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 25 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 In Whorefish Bloomers. . . . . . . 23 Sept – 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Steke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 28 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

(w)asem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Naked Girls Reading. . . . . . . . . 29 Sept – 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2LATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Thirst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 8 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Alchemy of Words, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Pop-up Improv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 7 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Amkil’amantombazane. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

The Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 8 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Bayephi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Black Art & Communities at Heart (BACAH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Black Pride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ALMA CAFÉ 20 Alma Rd, Rosebank

GPS: -33.953921, 18.474551

Bam Bam Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 28 Sept. . . . . . . 9 Ernestine Deane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sept – 4 Oct . . . 13

Boy Ntulikazi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Jenny and the Jameses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 28 Sept. . . . . . . 18

Broken: Revisited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Zamanani Brothers – Isicathamiya . . . . . . 23 – 24 Sept. . . . . . . 26

Champion, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Samthing Soweto Gold Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 30 Sept. . . . . . . 22

Chappies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Acoustiq Assassins Xperience. . . . . . . . . . 4 – 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . 8

Let’s Eat Hair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Citizen, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Acoustic Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . 8

Momentum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Confessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

One Big Blink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Couch, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Phefumla / To Breathe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Dirty Laundry En Vuil Wasgoed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Ikhaya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Powers of Lightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Rock to the Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Edge of the Light, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Funeral, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Ubuntu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. . . . . . . . . 16

Unknown Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Gug’Othandayo The Musical. . . . . . . 16

VUKA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Guilty or Not Guilty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Women on the Cross. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Holy Plan B, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Family Bunny and the Magic Hat. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Kwathi ke Kaloku. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Luks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Singing Chameleon . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 The Water Warrior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

I am not yet Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 ilizwi lomzali. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Kaffirs, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Kasi Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Lamentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Naked Girls Reading presents Queerly Beloved. . . . . . . . . . 20 Ndendile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Magic / Illusion

Open Mic & Open Gallery . . . . . . . . . . 21

Hocus Pocus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Rose Red. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

If I really did have powers... . . . . . . . . . 17

Sisters Ugly, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Refocused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Playroom, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Skop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Sleeping with the Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Music

Spirit of Shakespeare in Africa. . . . . . 24

Acoustic Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Steke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Acoustiq Assassins Xperience. . . . . . . . . 8

Storie van my Lewe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Bam Bam Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

System, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Bars & Beats Emcee Challenge . . . . . . . . 9

Thirst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Club Nights & Future Nostalgia. . . . . . . . 6

Tswalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Diana Ferrus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Uhambo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

DELFT BLACK BOX THEATRE 583 Delft Main Road, Rent Office

GPS: -33.990975, 18.637727

Bayephi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 23 Sept. . . . . . . 9 The System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - 24 Sept . . . . . . . 24 The Water Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 24 Sept. . . . . . . 26 Schoolboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 24 Sept. . . . . . . 22 The Singing Chameleon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 29 Sept. . . . . . . 23 The Holy Plan B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 29 Sept. . . . . . . 16 Kasi Stories: A Story not Often Told . . . . . 29 – 30 Sept. . . . . . . 19 Bunny and the Magic Hat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mashudu – The Red Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . 20

THE FRINGE CLUB German Club, 6 Roodehek Terrace

GPS: -33.932664, 18.418820

Big, Big Comedy Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Refocused. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 26 Sept & 3 Oct . . . . . 22 The Book Detectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 30 Sept . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Jax & Gina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Sept – 5 Oct . . . . . . . . . . 18 Jack Mantis Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Tats Nkonzo is Privileged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 29 Sept . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Fringe Club Nights with Future Nostalgia . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 30 Sept . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Schoolboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sept – 6 Oct . . . . . . . . . . 22 Standard Bank Jazz: Benjamin Jephta Elektrik. . . . . . 1 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Joe Ma Se BBQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 If I really did have powers... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Crazy Country Comedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 6 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

ITHEMBA LABANTU

Ernestine Deane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Uqhawukil’ujingi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

27 New Eisleben Road, Philippi

Fun Punishments by Pzho. . . . . . . . . . . 13

Woman with a Baby on her Back . . . 26

The Singing Chameleon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 22 Sept. . . . . . . 23

Iziqhamo Zobomi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Worst of Both Worlds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

The Water Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 29 Sept. . . . . . . 26

Jack Mantis Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

GPS: -34.008191, 18.593560

Bunny and the Magic Hat. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 6 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . 11

Index by Venue (continued) THE JOLLY CARP

38 Sasmeer Road, Retreat GPS: -34.051346, 18.485786

THEATRE ARTS ADMIN (continued) The Playroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sept – 2 Oct. . . . . . . . 21 Tswalo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 4 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Diana Ferrus Celebrates our Heritage! . . 21 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 12

The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy. . . . . 3 – 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Schoolboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Alchemy of Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 6 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Hocus Pocus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 22 Sept. . . . . . . 16 The Singing Chameleon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Joe Ma Se BBQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 & 29 Sept. . . . . . 18 Crazy Country Comedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 28 Sept. . . . . . . 12 Refocused. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 28 Sept. . . . . . . 22 Storie van my Lewe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 If I really did have powers…. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 6 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . 17 Dirty Laundry En Vuil Wasgoed. . . . . . . . . 4 – 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . 12 Die Draadsitter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Songbook Showcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Bunny and the Magic Hat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM 117 Bida Crescent, Village 4, North Khayelitsha GPS: -34.029300, 18.655565 Ndendile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 27 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The Champion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 28 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Luks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sept – 6 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 I am not yet Born. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 28 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Worst of Both Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 30 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Black Art & Communities at Heart (BACAH) . . . . . 23 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ilizwi Lomzali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Funeral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 25 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

7 ISMISM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 26 Sept & 5 Oct. . . . . . . 17 Bars & Beats Emcee Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Reggae Heritage Experience 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ubuntu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Black Pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sept & 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Lamentations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Sept & 4 – 5 Oct . . . . . . . . 19 The Playroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Sept & 4 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 21

UCT VENUES P4 STUDIO, THE BINDERY LAB & THE LITTLE THEATRE 29 Orange St, Cape Town City Centre GPS: -33.930118, 18.413513 Abangabonwa (The Unseen) . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 25 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Access Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 26 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Unknown Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 25 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Momentum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 & 30 Sept & 1 Oct. . . . . . . 20 Kaffirs, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 26 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 - 26 Sept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Phefumla / To Breathe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 29 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Woman with a Baby on her Back . . . 25 – 30 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Sisters Ugly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sept – 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sept – 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Rose Red. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Sept -1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 One Big Blink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 -28 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Butlers and Bloopers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Sept – 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Let’s Eat Hair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 30 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Kasi Stories: A Story not Often Told . . . . . 27 – 28 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 (w)asem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Sept & 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Boy Ntulikazi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 30 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Doda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sept – 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Skop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sept – 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Police Cops in Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sept – 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Singing Chameleon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 The Water Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sept – 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Bunny and the Magic Hat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Ikhaya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 7 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Broken: Revisited + Uqhawukil’ujingi. . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sept & 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ZOLANI SPORT & RECREATION CENTRE

Chappies + Amkil’amantombazane. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sept & 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1312 Sithandatu Avenue, Nyanga

Iziqhamo Zobomi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Kwathi ke Kaloku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 - 25 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 19

GPS: -33.992023, 18.584398

Fun Punishments by Pzho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

VUKA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Boy Ntulikazi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 4 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Ellipses (Extract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 - 26 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 13

0 The Citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 5 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Holy Plan B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 6 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Rock to the Core. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 - 22 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Women on the Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - 24 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Confessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 6 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

iComedy Kona Ekasi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 - 26 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 17

iComedy Kona Ekasi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The Kaffirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - 27 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Open Mic & Gallery Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Sept & 7 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Sleeping with the Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 - 29 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Soul Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Guilty or Not Guilty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 - 29 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Nyanga’s Premier Performing Acts Showcase. . . . . . . 30 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

THEATRE ARTS ADMIN Methodist Church Hall, 24 Wesley Street, Observatory GPS: -33.937296, 18.466113

The Citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Uhambo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Sept - 1 Oct. . . . . . . . . 25 Ikhaya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 4 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Lamentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 & 6 Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Powers of Lightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 22 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . 21

2LATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 7 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Kaffirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 22 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . 19

Gug’Othandayo The Musical Production . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 7 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Confessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 25 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . 12

Access Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 7 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Bayephi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 25 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . 9

Spirit of Shakespeare in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 7 Oct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Rock to the Core. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 24 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . 22

0 Kasi Stories: A Story not Often Told . . . . . . . . . 25 – 26 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . 19 Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 27 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 29 Sept. . . . . . . . . . . 11 J Bobs Live - Off the Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sept – 1 Oct. . . . . . . . 18

HOW TO BOOK!

www.capetownfringe.co.za Call Centre: 0860 002 004

Make a booking

Visit www.capetownfringe.co.za or go through this programme and decide what you’d like to see. Then you have a couple of ways in which to make sure your Cape Town Fringe experience is awesome. You can go to www.capetownfringe.co.za or download our nifty Cape Town Fringe App and shop to your heart’s content, or if you prefer a friendly voice on the other end of a phone line, call 0860 002 004 and book your tickets with one our call centre operators. You can pay using credit card or by EFT. zz Or you can email boxoffice@capetownfringe.co.za or fax 086 233 2122 your list of selected shows to us and our Box Office team will make your bookings for you. They’ll communicate with you if there are any clashes, cancellations, sold out shows, or changes to your schedule. zz School or Group Bookings must be emailed or faxed – our Box Office Manager will arrange these bookings and guide you through the process, ensuring that the appropriate discount is allocated. zz From 21 September, cash and card bookings can be made in person at the Fringe Box Office in the German Club (Gardens) and at the Little Theatre (UCT) as well as at all venues one hour prior to shows opening.

Cape Town Fringe App Fringe Hotline: 064 664 9697

Ticket collections at the Box Office If you made an online booking, using your credit card, swipe your card at the self-service kiosks in the Box Office, and your tickets will automatically be printed. The cashiers will also be able to print out your tickets for you if you prefer the personal touch.

HOW DO I GET MY TICKETS?

If you have booked online or through our call centre, you can pick up your tickets from the Box Offices or you can print your tickets at home and bring the printed-out tickets to the venues where they’ll be scanned. The barcodes on your ticket email confirmation can also be scanned at the doors either from your cell phone or from a print-out.

If you booked by phone, fax or email, or if you paid online by EFT, you will need the reference number you were given when you made your booking – print out your confirmation email and give it to the cashier on duty and they will print out your tickets for you. Alternately, if you have received a confirmation with barcodes on it, you may present the barcodes for scanning at the doors to your performances. NB: if you have already printed out your tickets (and lost them or left them at home) you will not be permitted entry using the bar codes as the scanner will deem the ticket to have already been used. Please see the Box Office Manager in these instances.

VISITORS WITH A DISABILITY

Wheelchairs can be accommodated at some venues – but there are upstairs venues. Please contact the Box Office Manager on 0860 002 004 who will discuss your requirements and arrange assistance for you where necessary.

REFUNDS zz

Refunds for Cape Town Fringe events will be made only in the event of programme alterations or cancellations. The Cape Town Fringe cannot make other refunds or undertake to resell or exchange tickets.

The Festival organisers cannot be held responsible if a production runs longer than the advertised duration. This information is supplied by the performers and is published as a guide. Allow plenty of time between performances and remember the Cape Town traffic! zz We regret that we cannot refund tickets for late arrivals at performances. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the show is scheduled to begin. zz

TICKET PRICES & BOX OFFICE SPECIALS

Discounts are available for most shows on the Cape Town Fringe including concessions for children, learners and students, pensioners, and group bookings (bookings of 10 or more tickets to a performance). zz Students and scholars may be asked to prove their eligibility by producing a student card or Identity document (learners). Pensioners (retired and 65+) should have their pensioner’s card or ID book on them in case they are asked for it. zz Group discounts will automatically be applied on any booking of 10 tickets or more (whether booking online or in person). zz Buy One Get One Free discounts are offered to selected performances. To qualify you must order two tickets to the performance and you will only be charged for one full price ticket. Please note that if, for example, you order 7 tickets – 6 will be at half price, but the 7th ticket will be charged at full price – the discount is only offered for pairs of tickets.

ENQUIRIES

Box Office Call Centre Cape Town Fringe Hotline

0860 002 004 064 664 9697

Ticket are sold subject to the Ticket Hut terms and conditions which can be found on our websites: www.capetownfringe.co.za and www.tickethut.co.za

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AFDA, The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, Observatory Alexander Bar & Theatre, Cape Town CBD Rainbow Arts Organisation (Delft Black Box Theatre), Delft Theatre4Change Arts Project (Makukhanye Art Room), Khayelitsha MENNGOS - Micro Enterprise Network Needed for Growth of Sustainability, Retreat (The Jolly Carp) The Alma CafĂŠ, Rosebank The German Club, Gardens The V&A Waterfront (Cape Town Buskers Festival) Theatre Arts Admin Collective, Observatory University of Cape Town Drama Department, Gardens (P4 Studio, The Little Theatre & The Bindery Lab)

Izityhilelo Theatre (Zolani Sport & Recreation Centre), Nyanga zz iThemba Labantu Lutheran Community Centre, Philippi zz

For Technical support zz zz zz zz

Electrosonic ETC Lineout Prosound

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ReVel Entertainment (Christie Hollander)

For Design and Printing zz zz

Paarl Media (printing) Brian Garman & Liesel Blendulf (Programme design)

Marketing and IT zz zz zz zz zz zz

Private Label and Dan Bailey (website and app) Red 61 and Ticket Hut (ticketing) Rabbit in a Hat and Sascha Polkey (PR and media liaison) Ubuntu Academy (Marketing) Anne Taylor (Web UX Specialist) Michelle Hodgkinson (Social Media)

Special thanks to Members of the media for their enthusiasm and support of the project, the Citizens of Cape Town for their hospitality, enthusiasm and encouragement, and the presenting companies and artists without whose talent, professionalism and creativity we would not have a Fringe Festival at all.

08 (w)asem

Access Me

Theatre

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre (Dance)

Terence Makapan

Unmute Dance Company

Through the allegory of air and breath (w)asem speaks about the anxieties that come with being a queer individual in an oppressive system, being a person of colour in a white community and, lastly, the metatheatricality of being a person with deep personal anxieties who has to be an actor in front of an audience. The play is full of dark humor, addressing social injustices and highlighting the importance of expressing yourself no matter how impossible it may feel. This, mainly Afrikaans, production mixes white Afrikaner culture with coloured Afrikaner culture.

Writer: Du Toit Albertze & Terence Makapan Director: Du Toit Albertze Featuring: Terence Makapan

Access Me is a physical expression of the responses received from Unmute Dance Company performers when asked to describe their own stories relating to access: of struggle, hope, overcoming and ultimately new aspiration. A process of interviews and discussions discovered a collection of real stories, experiences and histories Choreographed by: Unmute Dance Company in relation to accessibly or Featuring: Yaseen Manuel, Andile Vellem, Rae’ Classen, & Nadine Mckenzie the lack thereof.

22 02

23 03

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12:00

Full R50

 1hr

Group (10+)

Concession

21:00 20:00

Acoustic Me

Theatre (Drama)

Music (Music Theatre)

A moving tale about teenage pregnancy and parental challenges. Realism theatre that deals with social issues in an entertaining manner leaving audiences in tears and laughter at the same time. 2Late has performed to audiences in South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and it comes to Cape town, fresh from performances in Zimbabwe at the Intwasa Festival in Bulawayo. Mashupe Phala brings out the best of the Limpopo Province in this South African story of our lifetime.

Acoustic Me is a musical production by LoveChild about being an instrumentalist and new music she has discovered since she started learning an instrument in 2016. Come enjoy songs of hope, freedom, empowerment and love. LoveChild will be accompanied by the multi instrumentalist Bongani Tulwana.

Ladimash Productions

Writer: Mashupe Phala Director: Mashupe Phala Featuring: Enny Modiba, Priscilla Sadiki, Lebogang Motimele & Mapuleng Maake

20:00

19:00 05

 All  All Grades  40m  English, Sign Language 

Full R80

Group (10+) R68

Concession

12:00

 10+ LN 30  Grades 4 – 12  English 

14:00

Full R40

 ALMA CAFÉ  55m

Group (10+) R34

Concession

Writer: Vuyiseka Maguga Director: Vuyiseka Maguga Featuring: LoveChild & Bongani Tulwana

R36

OCT SEPT

LoveChild Music PTY LTD

 ZOLANI CENTRE 22

18:00 16:00 18:00

2LATE

 ZOLANI CENTRE OCT

OCT SEPT

 PG 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12 19:30 19:30 15:00  Afrikaans

SEPT

 THE LITTLE THEATRE  P4 STUDIO

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20:30 16:30 14:00

Abangabonwa (the unseen)

 All  45m 30  Grades 8 – 12  isiXhosa, English Full R50

Group (10+) R43

Concession

Acoustiq Assassins Xperience

Sibonelo Dance Project

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre

Acoustiq Assassins Pty (Ltd) Music (Music/Poetry)

Director: Mzokuthula Gasa Choreographer: Mzokuthula Gasa & Company

OCT SEPT

 THE LITTLE THEATRE 21

14:00 18:00 15:00 03

 All 30  Grades 8 – 12  Non-Verbal 

Full R80 Concession

Acoustiq Assassins are “storytelling musicians” whose acoustic yet alternative sound could best be described as contemporary soul/indie R&B. The Acoustiq Assassins XPERIENCE is an evening of stories expressed through music and spoken word. In the ceremonial use of storytelling, the

message becomes more important than the time, place and characters of the message. The tale is one inspired by love that moulds, builds and celebrates. Love that shares, cares and adorns. Love that elevates and inspires entire communities. Featuring: Siphesihle “Tonick” Bhengu, Gugu “GU” Mdladla, Siphiwe Junior Mazibuko, Pertunia Msani, Liyasakha Tyhoba, & Mazwi Khumalo

 ALMA CAFÉ  50m

Group (10+) R68 R72

OCT SEPT

This piece draws on the ‘unheard’ stories of people living in the townships in poverty (mother daughter love, struggles with drugs, living in two worlds – work and home). It was choreographed drawing from the experiences of the choreographer and the dancers – experiences where they felt “unheard and unseen”. Abangabonwa received a Standard Bank Ovation Merit Award at the 2016 National Arts Festival and was well received by those in the arts industry. “... an extraordinary work of art, a sincere physical dance storytelling of note...I was deeply moved and taken on a journey of past, present and future.” – Mandla Mbothwe.

20:30 18:30

16:00

 All 30  All Grades  English, isiZulu 

Full R50 Concession

 55m

Group (10+) R43 R45

09 Bayephi

The Alchemy of Words

Rhodes University Theatre

Theatre Arthur Rimbaud, the ‘enfant terrible’ of French poetry published his first immortal poem at the age of 16 only to completely abandon writing poetry at the age of 21. In The Alchemy of Words, three artists from different disciplines – puppetry, film and music – search to capture the enigma of Arthur Rimbaud and what it

means to be a pioneer. Expect an immersive experience that combines artistic projections, puppetry and live music inspired by the diverse imagery from Rimbaud’s poems – smoke filled battlefields, the lush countryside of the French Ardennes, colourful vowels, crimson seas... Director: Naomi van Niekerk Featuring: Naomi van Niekerk, Arnaud van Vliet & Yoann Pencol

 All  Grades 4 – 12  English 

18:00 20:00

 DELFT  50m

Full R100 Group (10+) R85 Concession

R90

Bam Bam Brown Music

OCT SEPT

20:30 01

20:30 02

Writer: Kieron Brown Featuring: Kieron Brown

20:30 08

OCT SEPT

18:30 16:30 14:00 16:00 01

 All  Grades 8 – 12  50m  English, isiXhosa, isiZulu 

Full R60 / R35 Group Concession

R54

 THE FRINGE CLUB  1hr

Full R100 Group (10+) R85 Concession

R90

19:00 04

 16+ L 30   English 

 55m

Full R100 Group (10+) R90 Concession

R90

Dr Disi Foundation Discussion

Featuring: Zukiswa Nqose, Liam Monkhouse, Zanzolo Ncamile, Zolani Ponco, Azola Nase & Kgosi Zane’afrika

14:00 04

Featuring: Rob van Vuuren, KG Mokgadi, Kurt Schoonraad, Siv Ngesi, Lindy Johnson & others

 All 30  Grades 8 - 12  English 

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM

Black Art & Communities at Heart(BACAH)

A highly competitive emcee challenge where rising hip hop artists have their lyrical and performance skills tested to the max! Encouraging the youth to gain knowledge, practice and use hip hop to develop both themselves and their community. This is also a way to celebrate and revive the cypher and battle culture within the movement of hip-hop. So may the emcee with the dopest bars win. Awesome prizes are on offer! Come and enjoy and support our up and coming hip hop stars.

Whatever you do... book early to avoid disappointment.

Music (EmCEE, Hip Hop)

Having hosted five Very Big Comedy Shows at the National Arts Festival, which have consistently sold out, Rob is bringing the concept to the Fringe for ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Chosi Chosi Concepts

A showcase of the best comedy geniuses Cape Town has to offer! This show will feature a star-studded line-up of comedians and will be hosted by the inimitable Rob van Vuuren.

Bars & Beats Emcee Challenge

THEATRE ARTS ADMIN 23

Comedy (Stand Up Comedy)

 ALMA CAFÉ 23

Rob van Vuuren Productions

OCT SEPT

It would appear you may be receiving a visit from one Bam Bam Brown!? Cue the music, hit the lights, put on your Sunday best! Brown has spent years honing his craft as both producer and singer-songwriter, being at the forefront of the exciting Cape Town music scene. While making his first big statements as frontman to local rock scene trailblazers Saintfearless and Feverstone, the Bam Bam Brown solo show sees him looping, singing and modulating not only soundscapes and song ideas, but his own vast, musical story. With tours to India and Berlin under his belt, he returns to South Africa to offer his home crowd a new musical experience that speaks volumes. Big things are on the horizon for dear Bam Bam Brown and we hope you can get in on the action!

THE Big, BIG COMEDY SHOW

The Project Room Events (Pty) Ltd.

 10+ L  3hrs 30  Grades 8 – 12 English, isiXhosa  

Full R40 Concession

Group (10+) R34 -

A DECOLONIAL CONVERSATION IN A SPACE WHERE IT MATTERS: Space, context and subject connect in this de-colonial conversation, titled “State of the Townships”. Prior to the event, an invited writer will submit commentary to a selected respondent for comment. The writer’s commentary will also be made publicly available. The BACAH conversations, conceptualised and hosted by Mandisi Sindo aim to find concrete ways for art to be used

effectively to address social ills and effect change. More importantly these conversations take place away from the traditional centres of these talks at universities and city centres. Hosted by: Mandisi Sindo

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM OCT SEPT

OCT SEPT

 THEATRE ARTS ADMIN

Writer: Thembela Madliki Director: Thembela Madliki Featuring: Nompumelelo Kubheka, Siyabulela Javu, Nandipha Mlati, Eretha Fillis, & Eric Mwenda Gitonga

OCT SEPT

Dryfsand

A young girl commits herself to finding peace for her brother’s restless spirit. In this story, we meet a sheltered young girl, but soon we are captivated by a woman’s strength and resilience. Bayephi was awarded the Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award at this year’s National Arts Festival. It is a layered and complex story about loss, recollection and closure.

14:00 03

 All 30  Grades 8 - 12  SA languages  FREE

 3hrs

10 Black Pride

Boy Ntulikazi

Theatre (Poetry, Music Theatre)

Theatre (Family Fare)

This poetry and music piece will heal many souls as it uses words that speak truth about our reality. We speak words that convey motivation for people whose rest in peace is disturbed by the pain in their hearts; music that heals when heard. We perform mostly in our own language to help people get back to their own music. It will be for your own good to come and watch our A cappella music and poetry performance, which combines beautiful voices and satisfying words. Come and feel healed! Wathinta Abafazi Wathinti Mbokodo!

Boy Ntulikazi, won the 2017 Best of Zabalaza Festival. This poignant and physical one-hander, with the accompaniment the a guitarist live on stage, delves into the challenges that determine the way individuals reflect on the world around them, while engaging directly with audiences. It is a “powerful drama” that examines the far-reaching implications of decisions taken by individuals and the possible devastating impact those decisions can have on future generations.

Writer: Sisipho Matwele Director: Sisipho Matwele Featuring: Asive Butsheke, Ongeziwe Matwele, Athi Kolisi, Sisipho Matwele, Sinesipho Thembani, Sisanda Khuzani, Wendi Gali, Liyabona Mgudlwa

Writer: Thobani Nzuza, Kagisho Tsimakwane Director: Thobani Nzuza Music: Nhlanhla Zondi Featuring: Thobani Nzuza Stage Mananger: Nkosingiphile Dlamini

Ibhongolethu

17:00 01



10:00

Full R50

Group (10+)

Concession

SEPT

 All  1hr 30  Grades 8 – 12  isiXhosa, English R45

Theatre Milton van der Spuy has a few problems – and they’re making him blue. He really wants to complete his next poem, but he’s hit a block with finding a rhyme for orange. He’s desperate to finish his current painting, except he can’t find a way to begin. And then there’s the constant danger that his head might explode... Named after the poet, Milton

OCT SEPT

is an artist whose talents lie, um... elsewhere. Playwright, Greig Coetzee’s extraordinary talent for comedy and pathos brings us a character who is at once appealing and laughable in a production that is, both a whimsical celebration and a playful mockery of art in all its forms. Writer: Greig Coetzee Director: Peter Mitchell Featuring: Francis Mennigke

18:00 20:00 20:00 17:30 19:00

 13+ 30  Grades 8 – 12  English 

Full R75 Concession

 1hr 20m



 1hr

Full R60/R50 Group Concession

R51

R54

19:00 14:00 19:00

Broken: Revisited is a story about three girls that are broken in different ways that somehow seem the same. Two girls leave their home in the rural areas to chase their dreams in the city of lights, Johannesburg. When they get there, they get involved in bad things and end up being so swallowed by Jo’burg that they forget the reason they left their homes in the first place. Broken is a story of broken dreams. Lost dreams. Forgotten dreams. It is a story of betrayal. Vengeance. Hatred. Anger. Abuse. Lost souls. It’s also a true story.

Writer & Director: Nthabeleng Jafta Featuring: Nthabeleng Jafta, Yolanda Pani, & Sivenathi Macibela Ages: 13+ L

and Uqhawukil’ujingi

Comedy A crime has been committed in fairytale land. The frog is dead and now the princess is a widow. The details are vague and the murderer is obviously a mastermind. It will take Fairy Tale Land’s top detectives to solve the case. With impossible clues leading to confused witnesses and a high-speed car chase, these two deadbeat cops, with their offbeat jokes, will have you laughing your way to the truth. This is Cairns and Cockrell’s second show after their debut show, The Plothole received critical acclaim: “An hour of hearty laughter that will keep you and your tannie laughing out loud” – Cue.co.za

Theatre4change

Uqhawukil’ujingi explores the broken connection between the Nguni people, it explores the effects of the African Diaspora and the displacement of an ancestry which longs to return to its rightful land of birth and heritage. Like dust to dust, what was once African must return to Africa. Uqhawukil’ujingi follows the story of a young girl, Nozipho, who is visited by her long lost ancestry, those who were taken away in the slave trades. The dead are not at rest.

Writer: Cairns & Cockrell Featuring: Westley Cockrell, Stuart Cairns

 10+ L  50m 24 25 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12 English, Afrikaans 20:00 20:00 20:00 18:00 14:00 

 THE FRINGE CLUB OCT SEPT

R68

Cairns / Cockrell

Group (10+) R64

The Book Detectives

Theatre

Ilitha Lokhanyo Productions

 THEATRE ARTS ADMIN 21

Double Bill: Broken: Revisited

The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy Hexagon Theatre

 13+ V 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12 18:00 21:00 14:00  SA languages

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM -

OCT

 THE BINDERY LAB

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Full R60 Concession

Group (10+) R51 R54

Writer & Director: Nasfa Ncanywa Choreographer: Ayanda Mpayipheli Featuring: Nasfa Ncanywa and Ayanda Mpayipheli

 13+ / All  2hrs 28 29 30  Grades 4 – 12 IsiXhosa, English  14:00

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM OCT SEPT

OCT SEPT

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM

Kwethu Productions

14:00



Full R60 Concession

Group (10+) R30 R45

11 Bunny and the Magic Hat

Butlers and Bloopers

Family (Magic/Illusion, Puppetry)

Comedy

In a backstage dressing room, the magician lays down his top hat, hangs up his cloak, and exits his quarters. Suddenly, a hungry bunny pops out of the hat. Realising he is alone, Bunny attempts to make the ever elusive carrot appear using the magicians wand. Unfortunately for Bunny his magic goes horribly wrong, and he finds himself being chased by a vicious tropical fish, a pair of mischievous magic balls, and a terrifying tentacle from a denizen of the deep. What will Bunny do? How will he save himself and, most importantly, will he ever manage to get his carrot?

Audience participation! What REALLY goes on behind the scenes in a play where the audience decides in which direction the plot should go? It’s madcap mayhem as a group of actors... playing other actors... try frantically to put on a murder-mystery production, with fate throwing them as many curve balls as she can! With time against them and one of their cast members pulling out at the last minute, the group tries to

OCT

 P4 STUDIO 01

ITHEMBA LABANTU JOLLY CARP 04 05 06 07 08

10:00

 35m

12:00  Non-verbal Full R80 / R60 / R55 / R20



Concession

R72

Group (10+) R68

11:00 11:00 13:00

Imbawula Theatre Company Theatre (Family Fare) Highly acclaimed, The Champion is an awardwinning production that tells the story of a young man who grapples with the legacy of an absent father and a mother who is a grass widow. Much of the play centres on the conflicts and contradictions inherent in, and the insights delivered about, his mother’s life choices.

SEPT

OCT

19:00

14:00



19:00

 13+ VL  1hr 15m 30  Grades 8 – 12  English, IsiXhosa

ALEXANDER BAR 01

21:30 18:30

 THE BINDERY LAB 30

20:00



Full 80 Concession

 1hr

Group (10+) 68 72

18:00

Theatre

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM 23

 10+ L  Grades 8 – 12  English

Nicholate Ngongoshe /

Writer: Khayalethu Anthony Director: Khayalethu Mofu Featuring: Khayalethu Anthony 22

Writer & director: Justin Wilkinson Featuring: Allana Aldridge, Rameez Nordien, Khalil Kathrada, Justin Wilkinson

Double Bill: Chappies

The Champion

keep things on track, but find that everything that CAN go wrong WILL go wrong... with hysterical consequences! Book your tickets now! “Witty and hilarious!” – Cue.

 P4 STUDIO

OCT

SEPT

Writer: Jessica Mias-Jones and Andy Jones Director: Jessica Mias-Jones Featuring: Andy Jones & Sivuyile Gaji

DELFT BLACK BOX THEATRE  All 25 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 0 – 12

 21

Slick ‘n Sleeve

SEPT

Shrinkray Puppets



Full R60 Concession

Group (10+) R51

Chappies: Getting a breakthrough in the arts industry can be really hard, it requires one to be entirely patient, committed and consistent. Today we find people taking short cuts by breaking all the rules to get themselves to the top even if it means forgetting their morals or values. This production reveals the struggle that women in the arts industry go through or experience, it shows how easily their talent or career can be ruined when allowing men to use their status as a way of getting what Director: Nicholate Ngongoshe Featuring: Asandiswa Maliti , Wendy Mrali, Helena Almeida, they want from them. Lilitha Sidlai, Benny Mpanhle Ages: 13+L

AND

R54

20:00 18:00 16:00

Amkil’amantombazane Melisa Peter A reality that is shocking and undeniable: there is tremendous demand for children to be traded into forced (cheap) labour or sexual exploitation. This story follows the lives of two teenage girls from the village of Swartwater in the Eastern Cape. They find themselves victims of human trafficking after a four wheeler offers to give them a lift on a rainy Winter’s day on their way back home from school.

The Citizen Gender Equity Unit, UWC Theatre (Protest Theatre)

The Citizen asks pertinent questions on what it means to be a black woman on a local and global scale. Director: Qiqa Nkomo Written & performed by: The Edu-Drama Collective

SEPT

 THEATRE ARTS ADMIN 21

17:30 19:30

 ZOLANI MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM OCT

19:00

17:00

14:00

 All  Grades 4 – 12  50m  English, IsiXhosa 

Full R45 Concession

Group (10+) R38 R41

Director: Melisa Peter Featuring: Amanda Nkwatheni, Luthando Mvandaba and Khanyisa Duda

 13+L / 16+ S  2hrs 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12 IsiXhosa, English  18:00

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM OCT SEPT

What does it mean to be a citizen? This production explores the journey of various black women unpacking their citizenship in various economic, political, social, and cultural spaces.

18:00



Full R60 Concession

Group (10+) R30 R45

12 Confessions

Diana Ferrus Celebrates our Heritage!

TtT: Sizile Arts Collective Theatre (Drama) Recognising nothing is something, no one is born to be nothing but when nothingness overwhelms reality, man finds himself in a constant battle to thrive. The 2017 AKOF winning show Confessions, follows the story of a young gang member, KZ. He is not a full blown gangster but a mere member, a membership which has cost him his friends, family and is about to cost him his life as he finds himself stuck in a nightmare that is quickly catching up with his reality. Confessions explores what drives humans to committing grave, unforgivable atrocities to each other through the mind of a criminal.

Diana Ferrus Productions Music (Poetry, Dance) Using inspiration from her Khoi heritage, history and culture, Diana Ferrus celebrates heritage month through poetry and music. Writer: Diana Ferrus Director: Diana Ferrus Featuring: Diana Ferrus and Creative Associates in Poetry and Music

Writer & director: Mandla Mpanjukelwa Choreographer: Luke Buys Featuring: Luke Buys & Mandla Mpanjukelwa

14:00

18:00

 13+ VLP  45m 30  English, Afrikaans 

OCT

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM 01

19:00 17:00



Full R40 Concession

 THE JOLLY CARP

Group (10+) R34 -

14:00

OCT SEPT

SEPT

 THEATRE ARTS ADMIN

20:00 01

 All  Grades 8 – 12  English 

Full R60

 1hr 10m

Group (10+) R51

Concession

R54

The Couch

AFDA Cape Town Honours Theatre

Theatre (Comedy, Hip-hop, Spoken word) This show uses hip hop, poetry, comedy and life philosophy to address issues of concern. The title, Die Draadsitter, means diplomatic

 16+ L 30   English 

19:00 19:00 19:00

Full R60 Concession

 1hr Group (10+)

R54

Crazy COUNTRy COMEDY

SEPT

 THE JOLLY CARP 24

20:00

20:00 20:00

OCT

 THE FRINGE CLUB 02



20:00

Dirty Laundry En Vuil Wasgoed is a story that is motivated at telling the #Other_Coloured_Story. It is a story that moves away from the typical stereotypical coloured stories that in most cases offend many. This is a comedy/drama that tells the story of a young man trying to find out who his biological parents are and why they gave him up for adoption when he was just a baby. The story will take its audience on an emotional, stressful and confusing ride – making them wonder what the real story behind the story is.

Writer: Justin-ray Stoffels Director: Justin-ray Stoffels Featuring: Justin-ray Stoffels

Full R100 Group (10+) R85 Concession

R90

Theatre (Family Fare, Comedy, Drama)

Local is lekker with this Cape Town stand up comedian from Greyton bringing his ‘crazy comedy’ style to Cape Town audiences.

Lesch Antics Productions

Comedy

 PG  55m 30  Grades 8 – 12  Afrikaans, English

Dirty Laundry En Vuil Wasgoed

JustinRay Productions

Writer: Jason Hartman Featuring: Jason Hartman

 THE JOLLY CARP

21:30 20:00

 16+ L  1hr 30  n/a  Afrikaans, English 

Full R50 Concession

Group (10+) R43 R45

Writer: Jean-Pierre Lesch Director: Abdullatief Davids & Carlo Daniels

Featuring: Fezel de Wee , Brandon Rigby, Linfard Mcconney, Jean-Pierre Lesch, Baheeya du Plessis, Abdullatief Davids, Marcio Piquer, Lyle Saaiman, Bianca Nienaber, Rameez Jakoet

 THE JOLLY CARP OCT SEPT

OCT SEPT

and not choosing sides. But Hakkiesdraad Hartman (Jason Hartman) tries to relay a point of objectivity, rather than taking a neutral stance. Weighing up life lessons to bring his point across drawing inspiration from his Khoi heritage, history and culture.

Hakkiesdraad Hartman

Stage Manager: Franco de Wet Featuring: Dillan Maart, Jessica Pybus, Kabelo Khanye, Yonela Tsibolane

 AFDA, 228 Lower Main Road 21

Die Draadsitter

true inner psyches and reflect on their unresolved pasts

OCT SEPT

The Couch offers a surrealist glimpse into the lives of four housemates moving into a new digs. The housemates are confident that they will be able to move on from what happened in their previous house and make a fresh start. However, the housemates find moving on increasingly difficult as their old couch serves as a constant reminder of what happened on it and the part that each housemate played that night. The couch, a place of relaxation and comfort, triggers the housemates to reveal their

20:00 18:00 20:00 18:00

 10+ VLR  1hr 30m 30  Grades 4 – 12 English, Afrikaans  

Full R55 Concession

Group (10+) R47 R50

13 Doda

Ellipses (Extract)

Mhayise Productions

Cape Academy Of Performing Arts

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre (Contemporary Dance Theatre)

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre (Family Fare)

‘manhood and masculinity’ have influenced debates and discussions of many kinds. Writer: Musa Hlatshwayo Director: Musa Hlatshwayo Choreographer: Musa Hlatshwayo Featuring: Musa Hlatshwayo and Sbonelo ‘China’ Mchunu

 13+ L   45m 18:00 22:00  IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, English

Full R70



18:00

Group (10+) R60

Concession

R63

Ernestine deane

 All 29 30  Grades 4 - 12 14:00  English 

18:30

Full 100 Concession

 1hr

Group (10+) R85 R90

has shut herself away, scared of the noises in the dark, suspicious of the knocks on the door and terrified of the things that lie just at the edge of the light... Writer: Wynne Bredenkamp Director: Wynne Bredenkamp Featuring: Sarah Potter, Margot Wood, Emma Kotze & Andrew Laubscher

OCT SEPT

 ALEXANDER BAR 25

18:00 16:00 18:00 04

14:00 14:00 14:00 04

 All  Grades 8 – 12  40m  English, IsiXhosa 

Full R40

Group (10+) R34

Concession

R36

20:00 18:00

 16+ VL 30   English 

 All  3hrs 30  Grades 8 – 12 English, isiXhosa 

MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM 22

11:00

 50m

19:00 20:00 18:00 16:00 21

 13+  Grades 8 – 12  English



Full R70/R50 Group Concession

R63

10:00

Fun Punishment is Zolani Ponco (Pzho)’ s latest album that features some of the acts to be seen on stage at this years Fringe Festival at Makukhanye Art Room. Pzho is one of the well-known hip hop musicians who has not only graced big stages and but also created underscore music for theatre shows by Thami Mbongo - Unborn, Khayalethu Anthony The Champion, Mama Thonk Ntshingas - Bash or Be Bashed and uMhlobo Wenene FM - BEE. Come enjoy the best hip hop music show. Director: Zolani Ponco Featuring: Pzho, Pin Code, Pro X, Daddy Geez, Siba Novel & many more friends.

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM  55m

Full R100 Group (10+) R85 Concession

Music

Theatre (Drama)

Nunstop Records

Wynne Bredenkamp

21:00 19:00

fun punishments by pzho

The Edge of the Light

From the creator of multi-award winning Salt, comes a new adult production, The Edge of the Light, which brings alive a delicate familial story of loss, perception and the consequences of inherited behaviours. Amidst a stormy night, Girl finds herself at the threshold of the last safe place she knows, hoping to find solace in the grandmother she remembers from her childhood. Instead, Gran

OCT  SEPT

OCT SEPT

 ALEXANDER BAR

Writer: Mpapa Simo Majola Director: Phala O. Phala Choreographer: Billy Langa Featuring: Mpapa Simo Majola

 THE ALMA CAFÉ

In physical and lyrical vignettes and disconnected monologues, The Funeral is a meditation on our own fraught connection with life and death. Scotch finds his spirit caught up in a space of limbo, where he is yet to find the presence of God or the burning of the eternal flames of Hell. Maybe the injustice that keeps him from crossing over is that he was not buried in his favourite jacket, or is it the notion that has always stayed in his mind: that all the existing dogmas and religions were just attempts to find a way to carry on.

Featuring: Ernestine Deane - lead vocals, Nobuhle Mazinyane - keys, Terryl Bell - drums, Tiana Marwanqana - bass, Carly Nauta - violin

Theatre

Ernestine is an urban African voice sharing ancient African stories. Well known as the vocalist of iconic SA hip hop band Moodphase5ive and respected as a solo artist in music, film and theatre performance, she has a career spanning more than two decades. She is inspired by the stories of South Africa, particularly the Cape and her music brings a message of love, healing and celebration of the African continent, weaving together a mid-tempo tapestry of jazz, reggae, goema, funk and soul to support Ernestine’s distinctive vocals.

Mpapa Simo Majola

Music

The Funeral

Arte Viva Management

16:30

 ZOLANI CENTRE

R90

OCT SEPT

 THE LITTLE THEATRE

OCT SEPT

The 2017 Standard Bank Ovation Merit Award winning power duet that explores and questions the issues around patriarchy, ideas fostered by culture, religion, tradition on the subject of black male identity. This duet was also inspired by a number of personalities and characters whose ways of life continue to shape and redefine ideas around black male identity particularly in KwaZulu Natal. These include the likes of Qhubinja, Mzimb’okhal’imali, Tshath’ugodo and many other black male figures whose lifestyles and ideas around

Director: Nathalie Vijver Choreographer: Debbie Turner and Nathalie Vijver Featuring: Various

An extract from the production of Ellipses created for the 2017 National Arts Festival exploring the use and significance of the ellipses.

13:00



Full R50 Concession

Group (10+) R43 R45

14 Title of production Luks Kwathi ke Kaloku The Singing Chameleon The Kaffirs Hocus Pocus Rock to the Core Jenny and the Jameses The Funeral The Champion Powers of Lightness Diana Ferrus Celebrates our Heritage! Bam Bam Brown Hocus Pocus Women on the Cross I am not yet Born The System Ndendile The Edge of the Light Bayephi Worst of Both Worlds Schoolboy The Water Warrior The Funeral The Singing Chameleon The Kaffirs Abangabonwa (The Unseen) Confessions BACAH Zamanani Brothers Rock to the Core Joe Ma se BBQ VUKA Schoolboy Unknown Challenges ISMISM In Whorefish Bloomers Crazy Country Comedy Access Me Ilizwi Lomzali Ellipses (Extract) Bayephi Momentum Bars & Beats Emcee Challenge Reggae Heritage Experience Big, Big Comedy Show Kasi Stories: A Story Not Often Told Ubuntu The System Phefumla / To Breathe Black Pride iComedy Kona Ekasi The Woman with a Baby on her Back Refocused

Genre Family Theatre Family Theatre Magic/Illusion Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Music Theatre Theatre Theatre Music Music Magic/Illusion Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Comedy Family Theatre Family Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre (Discussion) Music Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Comedy Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Comedy Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Comedy Comedy Comedy Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Music Music Comedy Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre Comedy Theatre Magic/Illusion

Venue Makukhanye Art Room Zolani Centre Ithemba Labantu Theatre Arts Admin The Jolly Carp Zolani Centre Alma Café Alexander Bar Makukhanye Art Room Theatre Arts Admin The Jolly Carp Alma Café Alexander Bar Zolani Centre Makukhanye Art Room Delft Black Box Theatre Makukhanye Art Room Alexander Bar Delft Black Box Theatre Makukhanye Art Room The Jolly Carp Delft Black Box Theatre Makukhanye Art Room The Jolly Carp Zolani Centre The Little Theatre Theatre Arts Admin Makukhanye Art Room Alma Café Theatre Arts Admin The Jolly Carp Zolani Centre Delft Black Box Theatre The Little Theatre Makukhanye Art Room Alexander Bar The Jolly Carp The Little Theatre Makukhanye Art Room Zolani Centre Theatre Arts Admin The Little Theatre Makukhanye Art Room Makukhanye Art Room The Fringe Club Theatre Arts Admin Makukhanye Art Room P4 Studio The Little Theatre Makukhanye Art Room Zolani Centre The Bindery Lab The Fringe Club

September 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 10:00 10:00 11:00 17:30 18:00 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00

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10:00 10:00 10:00

October 4 5

10:00 10:00

10:00

10:00 11:00 19:30 18:00 19:00 16:30 20:00 18:00 16:00

18:30 14:00

19:00

17:30 20:30 22:00 22:00 14:00 16:00 19:00 14:00 16:30 14:30 16:00 17:00 18:00 16:00 18:00 18:30 16:30 19:00 20:00 11:00 12:00 11:00 13:00 14:00 16:00 14:00 18:00 14:00 14:00 18:00 16:00 18:00 18:00 18:00 18:00 18:30 14:00 19:00 16:00 19:00 20:00 20:00 20:00 21:00 20:00 10:00 14:00 14:00 14:00 14:00 18:00 19:00

20:30 17:00 17:00 19:00

17:00 17:00 21:00 19:00 14:00

20:00 18:00

20:00

10:00 16:00 15:00 18:00

18:00

19:00 19:00 21:00 19:00 21:00 21:00 18:00 20:00 16:00 20:00 20:00 19:00

19:00

14:00 14:00 16:00 14:00 14:00

14:00 14:00 16:30 17:00 17:00 18:00 18:00 18:30

19:30 18:30 19:00

20:00 10:00

18:00 20:00 20:00 18:30

19:00 16:00 20:00 13:00 17:30 17:00 21:30

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Theatre

P4 Studio

18:30 20:30

Steke The Kaffirs The Book Detectives The Sisters Ugly Lamentations Split One Big Blink Guily or Not Guilty Rose Red Refocused Kasi Stories: A Story Not Often Told Jax & Gina Samthing Soweto Gold Tour Sleeping with the Enemy

Comedy Theatre Comedy Theatre Music Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre Theatre Magic/Illusion Theatre Comedy Music Theatre

Alexander Bar The Bindery Lab The Fringe Club P4 Studio Makukhanye Art Room Theatre Arts Admin The Little Theatre Zolani Centre P4 Studio The Jolly Carp The Bindery Lab The Fringe Club Alma Café Zolani Centre

19:00 21:00 19:00 19:00 20:00 18:00 20:00 20:00 20:00 18:00 14:00 20:30 20:30 17:30 15:00 10:00 17:30 19:30 21:00 17:00 18:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 17:30 19:30 19:00 18:00 18:00 18:00 20:00 18:30 20:00 19:00 18:30 20:30 16:30 16:30 16:30 19:00 19:00 19:00

10:00 10:00

20:00 20:00

15 Title of production

Genre

Venue

September 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 19:00 19:30 19:30 21:00 20:00 21:30 18:30 21:30 21:30 19:30 11:00 11:00 14:00 15:00 11:00 16:00 16:00 17:30 19:30 18:00 21:00 19:00 18:00 14:00 16:00 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:00 18:00 20:00 20:00

October 4 5

The Playroom (w)asem Let’s Eat Hair Butlers and Bloopers Tats Nkonzo is Privileged The Water Warrior Open Mic & Gallery Sessions The Singing Chameleon Uhambo The Citizen Boy Ntulikazi The Holy Plan B Broken: Revisited + Uqhawukil’ujingi Kasi Stories Skop J Bobs Live - Off the Record Doda Schoolboy Chappies + Amkil’amantombazane Naked Girls Reading Storie van my Lewe Jack Mantis Band

Comedy Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Comedy Comedy Family Visual Art & Spoken Word Family Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Comedy Theatre Theatre Theatre Music

Makukhanye Art Room P4 Studio The Little Theatre P4 Studio The Fringe Club Ithemba Labantu Makukhanye Art Room Delft Black Box Theatre Zolani Centre Theatre Arts Admin The Bindery Lab Delft Black Box Theatre Makukhanye Art Room Delft Black Box Theatre The Bindery Lab Theatre Arts Admin The Little Theatre The Fringe Club Makukhanye Art Room Alexander Bar The Jolly Carp The Fringe Club

14:00

Police Cops in Space

Comedy

The Little Theatre

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Fringe Club Nights with Future Nostalgia The Singing Chameleon The Water Warrior Nyanga Arts Forum Showcase Bunny and the Magic Hat Ernestine Deane Joe Ma Se BBQ The Citizen The Playroom Thirst Butlers and Bloopers Benjamin Jephta Elektrik Bunny and the Magic Hat Fun Punishments with Pzho

Music Family Family Music Family Music Comedy Theatre Theatre Theatre Comedy Music Family Music

The Fringe Club P4 Studio The Bindery Lab Zolani Centre Delft Black Box Theatre Alma Cafe The Fringe Club Zolani Centre Theatre Arts Admin Alexander Bar The Bindery Lab The Fringe Club P4 Studio Makukhanye Art Room

Mashudu The Red Card

Comedy

Delft Black Box Theatre

Iziqhamo Zobomi Lamentations The Citizen The Holy Plan B Boy Ntulikazi Ikhaya The Couch Tswalo If I really did have powers… The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy Confessions 2LATE If I really did have powers… Gug’Othandayo Crazy Country Comedy Dirty Laundry En Vuil Wasgoed Acoustiq Assassins Xperience Bunny and the Magic Hat Access Me The Alchemy of Words Ikhaya Spirit of Shakespeare in Africa Die Draadsitter Acoustic Me Pop-up Improv iComedy Kona Ekasi The Champion Bunny and the Magic Hat Songbook Showcase Soul Connection

Music Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre Theatre Magic/Illusion Theatre Theatre Theatre Magic/Illusion Theatre Comedy Theatre Music Family Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre Dance, Visual, Phys Theatre Theatre Comedy Music Comedy Comedy Theatre Family Music Theatre

Makukhanye Art Room Zolani Centre Makukhanye Art Room Makukhanye Art Room Makukhanye Art Room Zolani Centre AFDA, 228 Lower Main Theatre Arts Admin The Fringe Club Theatre Arts Admin Makukhanye Art Room Zolani Centre The Jolly Carp Zolani Centre The Fringe Club The Jolly Carp Alma Café Ithemba Labantu Zolani Centre Theatre Arts Admin The Little Theatre Zolani Centre The Jolly Carp Alma Café Alexander Bar Makukhanye Art Room Alexander Bar The Jolly Carp The Jolly Carp Makukhanye Art Room

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10:00 16:00 16:00 14:00 14:00 14:00 18:00 16:00 17:30 14:30 22:00 18:00 21:30

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22:00 20:00 20:30 13:00 19:00

16 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Hocus Pocus Brendon Peel

Magic / Illusion

Act Cape Town Productions Theatre

Writer: Nicola Hanekom Director: Nicola Hanekom

 13+ L 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12  English 17:30 13:00 21:30

OCT SEPT

 P4 STUDIO 21

18:30 20:30 05

Featuring: Atlanta Johnson, Ashleigh van der Hoven, Chloe Papademetriou, Cody Mountain, Joel Rosenblatt, Keziah Gabriel & Meghan Oberholzer

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17:00

Full R60

 All  Grades 4 – 12  English

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 THE JOLLY CARP  1hr

Group (10+) R51

Concession

Written & performed by: Brendon Peel

SEPT

Galloway Theatre and returns after a successful run at the US Woordfees.

R54

18:00 18:00

 ALEXANDER BAR SEPT

On some nights anything can happen. Your life can shapeshift into something you could never have predicted. Your heart can turn into a minefield of regret. A group of strangers’ lives become intertwined and turned upside down by the multi-tool of drugs in sport, GHB. Girls Just Wanna have Fun is an Act Cape Town production that sold out at the

For over 4000 years audiences have been entertained by magic and illusion. 2017 is no different as Brendon Peel is back to astound with his unique brand of mentalism and illusion. Hocus Pocus is a show filled with mysteries and tricks that will knock your socks off. Reality will be suspended as long as you remember the magic word – “Hocus Pocus”.

21:00

Full R73/R50

22:00 22:00 17:00

Concession

 50m Group

R62

R66

Gug’Othandayo The Musical

The Holy Plan B Thando Mzembe Production Theatre (Music Theatre)

woman about life in the pension lane” – Ismail Mohamed

“Getting old is a choice. It’s a life changing experience” just like this 2014 Mayoral awardwinning production. “Delightful, charming and poignant production performed by old

Writer: Bafana Dladla Director: Bafana Dladla Featuring: Zanele Siboza , Maria Nxumalo, Elsie Hlophe, Dimakatso Mavimbela, & Elsie Hlatshwayo

 DELFT BLACK BOX THEATRE

 1hr 10m

 IsiZulu, English 01

18:00

20:00 16:00

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Full R50

Group (10+) R43

Concession

R45

GUILTY or Not guilty

 All  1hr 27 28 29 30  All Grades English, isXhoza, Shone  19:00 18:00

17:00

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Full R50

Group (10+) R43

Concession

R45

17:00 17:00

I am not yet Born

umphithi theatre project management

Hotbox Theatre Company Theatre (Family Fare)

Music

I Am Not Yet Born is a play created by ex-convicts who are tell their real life stories about their experiences both outside in the criminal world and in jail. They also share the rejection they get from society and how they are treated by people in the community.

After the death of an old woman, the whole village is cursed and the spirit of a guity young man has passed from generation to generation. Finally the chosen one has to accept the calling for the redemption by the villagers.

Director: Sive Mvandaba Featuring: Zanekhaya Mhlana, Simthembile Ntsakaza, Thanduxolo Madolo

Writer: Bhekimncwabe / Themba Mkhoma Director: Themba Mkhoma Choreographer: Sbusiso Zondo

 All 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 -12  English, isiZulu 12:00 12:00 12:00

 ZOLANI CENTRE OCT SEPT

Writer: Thandolwethu Mzembe Directors: Thandolwethu Mzembe & Chuma Sopotela Lighting Designer: Bamanye Yeko Featuring: Nomakrestu Xakatugaga & Thandolwethu Mzembe

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM

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Full R40 Concession

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM  50m

Group (10+) R36

OCT SEPT

 ZOLANI CENTRE

 All  Grades 0 – 12

SEPT

Theatre (Family Fare, Music Theatre)

Let’s all come in numbers to experience this powerful, moving and thought provoking theatre piece rooted in African spiritual beliefs. A planned, created and demonic church turns Holy. “The wry and satirical look at organised religion and the consumer culture of some Christian churches drew gasps.”

OCT

Vukani emalahleni service centre

14:00 01

17:00 06

17:00 07

 16+ VL 30  Grades 8 – 12  isiXhosa 

Full R50 Concession

 45m

Group (10+) R43 R45

17 iComedy Kona Ekasi

ilizwi lomzali JMP foundation Theatre

iComedy Kona

After passing matric Andile joins a gang looking for a short cut to success. The gang plan to rob an ATM, the planning goes well and they get the money but they also rob a garage and that’s where the problem starts: a gunfight against the police officers. Seven years later, his father visits him in jail and tells him about his mother’s death and life outside jail. His father asks him to update him about his life and his achievements. Do you know what his response was? See you there!

Comedy iComedy Kona Ekasi is a top quality standup comedy show featuring South Africa’s funniest and most loved comedians. Do not miss out on this hilarious experience presented by the hysterical Kolping Mbumba. Writer & director: Kolping Mbumba Featuring: Kolping Mbumba

18:00 18:00  MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM 02

 16+ L  Grades 8 – 12  2hrs  English, isiXhosa, isiZulu 

Full R50

Group (10+)

Concession

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM -

19:00

If I really did have powers...(it would look something like this) Magic / Illusion

OCT

20:00

18:30

OCT

 THE JOLLY CARP 01

18:00

10:00 04

 All  Grades 8 – 12  1hr  isiXhosa, English 

Full R60

Group (10+) R51

Concession

Comedy The ‘Virgin’ and the ‘Whore’. Two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of Horrifying Hospitalica! Armed with toothpick, their razor-sharp wit, and ripe, suck-able tits, they don their aprons, hoist their fishnets and limber up to perform In Whorefish Bloomers! An adaptation of Pam-Grant and Stannard’s underground 1980s feminist ‘cabaret’. Two young Cape Town actresses take on Lori and Beth in this collection of pro-femme episodes stuffed with humour, word play, cheesy

Writer & performer: Andrew Klazinga

Avant-Guava Productions

Andrew is an experienced mentalist and magician who has performed his craft throughout Africa. Using psychology, illusion and some devious trickery, his new show takes the audience on a journey into a magical world were having powers of the mind appears to be possible. Prepare to experience and be part of quirky jaw dropping demonstrations that will make you laugh and gasp at the same time. You will be mystified and amazed as you slowly start wondering whether the title’s “if” should actually be there

Featuring: Masibulele Yaso, Siphenathi Siqwayi, Lilitha Pozisa Sidlai, Ayabonga Meyi, Luvo Ntlantlatha, Luyolo Nefi, Anele Phongomile, Lusanda Tshefu, Vusi Mlungu, Ayabulela, Siviwe Ndiba

In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses’ Lament

Andrew Klazinga

 THE FRINGE CLUB

OCT SEPT

 13+  Grades 8 – 12  English 

Full R80

 1hr

Group (10+) R68

Concession

R72

18:00

dance moves, a sprinkle of song and a drizzle of darkness. “A witty cabaret with a sharp delivery, the choreography is inventive and aerobic, and the actresses’ energy never dips for a second” – Suzanne Duncan: What’s On In Cape Town. Original text: Sue Pam-Grant & Sheena Stannard. Adapted by: Kei-Ella Loewe Director: Kei-Ella Loewe Featuring: Donna Cormack-Thomson and Jamie-Lee Money

 13+ LS 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12 20:00 20:00 21:00 19:00 21:00 21:00 18:00 20:00  English

 ALEXANDER BAR OCT SEPT

SEPT

OCT

 ZOLANI CENTRE

Writer: Siphenathi Siqwayi Director: Siphenathi Siqwayi and Ntembeko Lolo

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16:00

 55m

Full R100 Group (10+) Concession

R90

Ikhaya

ISMISM

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre

Comedy

IKhaya (Home) explores the meaning of home and the pivotal role of women in the home and in the world. “Ikhaya was the place where I was born. It symbolised a place of safety where I was surrounded by a sense of love”, explains choreographer, Sbonakaliso Ndaba, until her mother died and she was shocked into realising her home had lost its heart. Turning loss into art, Ndaba explores the central role of women as the anchor and the story of children growing themselves, brought up without a sense of home. Relationships are arbitrary and short lived, constantly changing and directionless. The Indoni Academy has become a home for young people seeking a place of belonging, of safety, of family.

What is it in this “ISM?“

Indoni Dance Arts and Leadership Academy

Lotanang Makoti

In being, existing? Writer & director: Lotanang Makoti Featuring: Katharien de Villiers & Khayalethu Mofu

Choreographer: Sbonakaliso Ndaba Featuring: Indoni Dance, Arts Academy 1

THE LITTLE THEATRE 05

19:00 18:00 20:00 19:00 20:00 17:00

 All  Grades 4 – 12  54m isiXhosa, Non-Verbal  

Full R80 / R35 Concession

Group R68 R72

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM OCT SEPT

OCT

 ZOLANI CENTRE

19:00 03

19:00 19:00

 All 30  All Grades  English 

Full R50 Concession

 45m Group (10+) R43 -

18 Iziqhamo Zobomi

Jax & Gina Comedy R Us Comedy

I-Liso Art Media

Music (Music Theatre) Iziqhamo Zobomi is a depiction of life experiences. A sound of untold stories told through the journey of music. The group of melodic voices blends from soul, African, traditional and pop music. I-Liso Art Media is based in Khayelitsha.

She is female, he is male. She is white, he is coloured. She is a lesbian, he is a gay. They are stand-up comedians: Jax & Gina

Writer: Chantal Venter and Eugene Mathews Director: Eugene Mathews Featuring: Chantal Venter and Eugene Mathews

Director: Somila Toyi Choreographer: Tina Hashe Featuring: Somila Toyi, Tina Hashe, Anelisa Xhapa & Matoto

17:00

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Full R50 Concession

Group (10+)

R45

23 03

24 04

25 05

26 06

27 07

18:30

Music (Celtic Folk) Jenny and the Jameses is an original Celtic Folk Band consisting of Jennifer Eaves (guitar and vocals), James Hall (fiddle and vocals), and multi-instrumentalist James Harvey (vocals, piano accordion, harp, and banjo). Taking their audience on a whirlwind journey through their emotive folk-style original compositions, with lyrics that shed light on social truths, and then quickly get your feet stamping to the rhythms of strong Celtic

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Full R90 Concession

Group (10+)

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20:00 20:00

Kiri Pink Nob presents J.bobs Live – Off The Record – A Game Show. Here, the overt flamboyance of the township, meets the subdued vileness of suburbia, and the blend is as beautiful as it is intriguing. A romantic mingle of palates that makes for quite the evening of riotous entertainment.

Full R50

 50m Group (10+) R43

Concession

R45

Jenny and the Jameses

Reels. No two shows are the same as the band feeds off the energy of every unique audience.

 ALMA CAFÉ

the jack mantis Band

18:30 16:30 01

18:30

Featuring: Jennifer Eaves, James Hall & James Harvey

 All 30  Grades 8 - 12  English

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Full R60 Concession

 1hr

Group (10+)

Joe Ma Se BBQ

The Project Room Events (Pty) Ltd. Music

Hashtag ThatsFunny

The Jack Mantis Band have just returned to S.A. after their second successful European tour. Fringe goers can expect a showcase of songs form the upcoming album, and the new South African band line-up. With a history steeped in music and a lifetime spent gaining insight and wisdom the world over, JMB brings something truly generous to their performances – a sense of common humanity and togetherness. The brotherhood between band members and the sincere heart expressed through their music is tangible. It is undeniable that their vision is to create a conscious shift through their music and to hold a space for meaningful shared experiences.

Comedy (Stand-up) In Joe’s one-man show he talks about his experiences here in South Africa coming from Texas, USA. Joe manages to flip things around and allow for South Africans to see how confusing everyday scenarios and situations can be for foreigners. Poking a bit of fun at himself and sharing how he experiences the South African culture. Join Joe on his 10-year journey and help him decide if he is truly South African yet.

Featuring: Jack Mantis - Vocals and guitar, Andre Geldenhuys - Lead guitar, Wade Brown- Drums, Brandon Cupido - Bass 21

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Full R60 Concession

Opening Act: Nelson De Gouveia Photographer: Cara Ruthenberg Writer, director & performer: Joe Emilio

 THE JOLLY CARP

 All 29 30  20:30  English

SEPT

 THE FRINGE CLUB OCT SEPT

Theatre (Family, Comedy)

 All  1hr 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12 17:30 17:30  English, isiXhosa

14:30

 1hr

18:00

 16+ L   English

18:00

 THE FRINGE CLUB Group (10+) -

17:00

OCT

OCT SEPT

Jenny and the Jameses

Writer: Jefferson Tshabalala Director: Jefferson Tshabalala Featuring: Jefferson Tshabalala with audience members

J Bobs Live – Off the Record Kiri Pink Knob

 THEATRE ARTS ADMIN

OCT SEPT

 16+ L 26 27 28 29 30  18:30 20:00 19:00  English

 THE FRINGE CLUB

 All  3hrs 30  Grades 4 – 12  isiXhosa, English

SEPT

OCT SEPT

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM

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Full R50 Concession

 1hr 30m Group (10+) R43 R45

19 The Kaffirs

LamentationS

Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation

Rooftop Promotions THEATRE

The play explores and challenges the cowardly and dastardly acts of our liberators with perceived bravery as a currency. Chronicling being bedded by nine men and carrying out some arduous chores as payback for some murder ostensibly carried out by a long lost brother, Lamentations, through our girl child Stella, throws this long drawn out, traditional yet highly challenged practice, within the realm of the 21st century and makes us question its place and relevance in a new world. The cast and crew and this refreshing, challenging piece of work from a first time writer is eclectic in its composition.

The Kaffirs is a story that explores the daily social issues that many South African families go through. It is told through the Willemse family, that is poverty stricken and has influences of alcoholism, domestic violence, homosexuality and prostitution. The text is delivered in satirical way that evokes uncomfortable laughter. Winner of a 2017 Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival.

TAA* 21

ZOLANI BINDERY ZOLANI 23

17:30 19:30 14:00 16:00 20:00 18:00 16:00 01

 All  1hr 30  Grades 8-12  English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa

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Full R40

10:00

 All 04 05 06  Grades 8 - 12  10:00 10:00

 ZOLANI CENTRE

Group (10+) R34

Concession

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM SEPT

OCT SEPT

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TAA = Theatre Arts Admin

OCT

Writer: Charlie Samson Director: Charlie Samson Featuring: Lunga Mofokeng & Sivuyisile Kibido

Writer: Getrude Vimbayi Munhamo Director: Daves Guzha Choreographer: Gibson Sari Featuring: Dalma Chiwereva & Getrude Vimbayi Munhamo Percussionist: Lewis Ndlovu

OCT

Theatre

13:00



Full R50

 1hr

Group (10+) R43

Concession

R41

13:00

Let’s Eat Hair Vukallective

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre Woman: Let’s eat hair! Man: With mustard – but without radishes. Woman: Too bad that we don’t have time to eat any clocks. Man: Too late.

Kasi Stories: A Story not Often Told Drama for Life Theatre (Family Fare) Writer: Lebogang Mphahlele Director: Benjamin Bell Featuring: Lebogang Mphahlele & Thulani Mtsweni TAA = Theatre Arts Admin

TAA

OCT SEPT

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21 01

22 02

BINDERY DELFT

 13+L  Grades 8 - 12

 55m

14:00 19:30 18:00 20:00 16:00 14:00  English, isiXhosa Full R60 Group (10+) R51 04 05 06 07 08  Concession R54

Writer: Carl Laszlo Director: Mark Antony Dobson Choreographer: Mark Antony Dobson Featuring: Michelle Kim Hoffman

 13+ VSN 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 - 12 21:00 20:00 18:00  English

 THE LITTLE THEATRE OCT SEPT

Kasi Stories asks pertinent questions about the failure of the father figure in the South African context. A masterful, thoughtful theatrical experience.

The Vukallective brought you Era and AVU (Fresh Fringe Nominee 2016) last year at the Cape Town Fringe. This year’s production blurs the boundaries between dance, theatre and performance. A multidisciplinary production that won the award for Best Upcoming Young Artist at the 2015 Vrystaat Arts Festival. The production is a rollicking, absurdist, word-fest by Carl Laszlo written in 1956. In this adaptation the dialogue is coupled with post-modern dance and a fresh interpretation of the text creates a story that contemporary South African audiences can relate to.

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Full R45 Concession

 45m

Group (10+) R38 R41

Kwathi ke Kaloku

Luks

Theatre (Music Theatre)

Family

A celebration of Xhosa children’s literature and indigenous music with Sindiwe “Nomabali” Magona, Bongani Sotshononda and the United Nations of Africa band. A compilation of traditional Xhosa stories for primary school learners aged 6-13 with +- 200 children per performance. Penned and performed by legendary storyteller Sindiwe Magona. Mama Magona will play various characters, using traditional masks and props and traditional instruments will be used to provide live soundtrack and sound effects.

Lukhanyo goes against his mother’s wishes and opens an old sack he finds while playing with friends behind the houses. Luks’ life is taken over by an evil spirit that causes him to do bad things and be a bad influence on other children and the last straw is when he mugs his best friend, Asanda. Asanda then finds a way of helping her friend by bringing those who love Luks closer to him. Through Asanda’s courage the evil is defeated by the dance of love.

Writer: Sindiwe Magona Director: Thokozile Sayedwa Featuring: Sindiwe Magona, Bongani Sotshononda, Awethu Hleli and Sivuyile Dunjwa

Writer: Thando Baliso Director: Thando Baliso Featuring: Sindile Msebenzi, Samkelo Zihlangu, Olwethu Mazaka, Yanela Caza

Cape Town Music Academy

Uprising Arts Project

10:00 01

10:00 02

 All 30  Grades 0 - 12  isiXhosa 

Full R50 Concession

 All  40m 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 4 - 7 isiXhosa, English  10:00 10:00 10:00

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM  1hr

Group (10+) -

OCT SEPT

 ZOLANI CENTRE

10:00 10:00 01

10:00 10:00

10:00

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Full R40 Concession

Group (10+) R36

20 Mashudu The Red Card

Ndendile

My Home Theatre Company Theatre

Rainbow Arts Organisation

Ndendile is that rare South African piece of theatre that bridges urban and rural traditions and, in so doing reflects the fact that, regardless of our origins, whom we fall in love with is a matter of a heart not head. The sensitive and poignant love story happens to be between two men. Their return to Thabani’s traditional village in search of approval exposes the personal prejudices of many in the village and tests a father’s love for his son. Winner of numerous awards, including Best Production at the Youth on Top Heritage Festival in 2014.

Comedy Mashudu began his career as an actor, clown, stuntman, dancer, acrobatic and comedian in 2008. He spent time in Canada as part of a circus production called Amakhosi The Kings of Africa, directed by Bheki Ndlovu, and toured with Clowns without Borders. Red Card is 50% political jokes but also focuses on topics like travelling, road rules, Omashonisa, growing up in Director & performer: Mashudu Ramashotha Venda, taxi drivers and race. Choreographer: Buntu Jobela

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15:00 14:00 17:00

Full R25

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM

Group (10+) R22

Concession

R23

Director: Wendi Abrahams

OCT SEPT

 THE LITTLE THEATRE 24

14:00 01

 All 29 30  Grades 0 - 12 14:00  Non-Verbal

14:00

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Full R40 Concession

 45m

Group (10+) R34 R36

naked? Yes, we are. Is the audience naked? No they are not. Do the girls read to themselves or out loud? We read out loud to the audience. It is entertaining, magical, often funny, sometimes heart wrenching and really very sexy. The Cape Town

OCT SEPT

 ALEXANDER BAR

20:00

19:00 05

17:00 06

 All  Grades 8 - 12  1hr  English, isiXhosa 

Full R50 Concession

Group (10+) R43 -

dazzle you, and Marimba sounds by the evergreen Abantakwe Marimba Band.

To witness the best of local arts, first-hand, be sure not to miss this showcase.

 All  2hrs 29 30  All Grades 12:00  English, isiXhosa 

Full R40 Concession

Group (10+) R34 R36

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre

Dedicated entirely to queerthemed readings, queer authors and LGBTQI stories! What is Naked Girls Reading? At each event, a small cast of beautiful women remove their clothing (yes, all of it) and read to an adoring audience. Are they really

Unknown Assets

Theatre (Staged Reading)

One Big Blink

NGR Cape Town

17:00 01

 ZOLANI CENTRE

Naked Girls Reading presents Queerly Beloved

Nyanga Arts Forum is a developmental umbrella body that seeks to bring together artists within the area of Nyanga and surrounds for collaborative action. For this show, the forum have selected the best performing acts available within its affiliates including the popular band, Umlilo Afro-Jazz Band and a cappella and hip hop group, Deep Street Crew. Plus, there’s the energetic Roughest to keep you dancing with their uptempo Kwaito sounds, the Iziqhaza dance troupe who’ll will

11 dancers, five young choreographers and the experience of the artistic director, Wendi Abrahams, makes for a reboot of community dance, which can only gather MOMENTUM... Experience the vibe, energy and talent found at 34 degrees latitude and 18 degrees longitude – experience ... Cape Town, South Africa.

Music, Dance

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre (Family Fare)

Nyanga Arts Forum

34/18 Youth Dance Company

Nyanga’s Premier Performing ARts Showcase

Momentum

OCT SEPT

14:00

 All  All Grades  1hr  Venda, isiZulu, English

OCT SEPT

25 05

26 06

27 07

chapter of this international event has been described as a “performance art sensation” on eTV Primetime News Director: Kelly Smith Featuring: Charlie French, Cherry Lesque, Lyricnotic, Velvet Nix

 Adults only N 28 29 30  1hr 15m (including interval) 20:00 22:00  English 08

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Full R100 Group (10+) Concession

One Big Blink is a fragile performance collage choreographed for two performers. Arising from an exchange between choreographer Moyikwa and Director Dubazane, it exposes the different sensibilities of these two artists, exploring the relationship between movement, image, sound and performing bodies. Director: Mlondiwethu Dubazane Choreographer: Nomcebisi Moyikwa Featuring: Nomcebisi Moyikwa and Mlondiwethu Dubazane

 THE LITTLE THEATRE

OCT SEPT

 DELFT BLACK BOX THEATRE

Writer: Sinoxolo Cezula Director: Sinoxolo Cezula Featuring: Anelisa Patuleni, Inga Duda, Bongani Pontsana, Sinoxolo Cezula and Siyawandisa Sinobolo

21:00 17:00 18:00 01

 All  40m 30  Grades 8 - 12 isiXhosa, English  

Full R60 Concession

Group (10+) R54

21 open mic session & OPen gallery

Pop-up Improv Improguise

Comedy (Family, Improvisation)

Makukhanye Art Room

Visual art & spoken word

ImproGuise is taking advantage of the CT Fringe Festival and bringing its special brand of outrageous, unmissable theatre made up on the spot, to their favourite theatre, The Alexander, with three pop-up improv shows on 5, 6 & 7 October. Cape Town’s award winning improv group is so good at making things up they don’t even know what they’ll be doing on those nights. Starring Ryan Jales, Tandi Buchan, Megan Furniss, Brett Anderson, Anne Hirsch and music by Jaco Griessel. It’s too good to miss.

An open space for expression. A space for healing and discovery. A space for love and harmony. A space for all to feel, taste, touch, smell and hear. This is your space too. Show your ART.

Featuring: Megan Furniss, Ryan Jales, Anne Hirsch, Tandi Buchan, Brett Anderson and Jaco Griessel

Facilitated by: Mhambi

14:00 01

 ALEXANDER BAR  1hr 15m

 FREE

10:00

Phefumla / To Breathe

Through glimpses of their childhood, fragments of good and bad memories, we slowly puzzle the pieces of their young lives together.

The performance reveals both fatal choices as well as well-hidden dreams and hopes for the future.

Director: Thando Doni Featuring: Bongani Dyalivana, Thembani Tyalana, Eric Menyo, Vuyani Matiwane

 13+ V  50m 24 25 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 - 12  English, isiXhosa 17:00 19:00 20:00

 THE LITTLE THEATRE

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Full R80 Concession

Group (10+) R68 R72

The Playroom

 THE LITTLE THEATRE 21

 All  1hr 15m 03 04 05  All Grades  isiXhosa, English 14:00

19:30

OCT

SEPT

 THEATRE ARTS ADMIN 02

16:30 18:00

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Full R60 Concession

Group (10+) R51 R54

 55m

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Full R85 Concession

Group (10+) R72 R77

Tossie van Tonder is a 62-year old South African dance veteran. Powers of Lightness is her response to South Africa, her love, defence and all emotions rising for her country. She brings her whole self to every performance, each a unique event driven by her fierce intellectual and emotional questing. The body in space and time is the unpredictable meeting place of personal and collective energies, while movement and silence are their language.Van Tonder’s dance technique builds down institutionalised dance forms to embolden her affect and its unique beauty. Her concern and celebration of South Africa is a visceral experience for spectators, who have described Powers of Lightness as “a shamanic ritual of release of dark forces, a fearless treading between life and death and a profound catharsis that is a feat of beauty.” Choreographer & performer: Tossie van Tonder aka Nobonke

 THEATRE ARTS ADMIN OCT SEPT

OCT

SEPT

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM

R81

 13+ LSN  Grades 8 - 12 22:00 20:00  English 29

16:00 19:00 21:00 19:00 21:00 18:00 13:00 19:00

Writer / Director: Thandolwethu Mzembe Featuring: Babalwa Makwetu, Thembekilwe Komani, Luleka Ngcenge, Yanga Mkonto, & Lubalo Nontwana

Group (10+) R76

Concession

Director: Nasi Voutsas Featuring: Nathan Parkinson, Zachary Hunt & Tom Roe

Dance, VIsual & Physical Theatre

The Playroom is the first theatre production from the Western Cape to ever win the Zwakala Festival at the Market Theatre. The Citizen: “Space is an integral part in The Playroom as the different characters deal with their various ordeals and traumas in one space. The haphazard nature of the mentally ill characterises this playroom, from beginning to end, and the term this is a ‘mad house’ is appropriate when describing the space before the audience at the Market Theatre. But as the story unfolds and the initial fascination with the humour associated with mental illness subsides, the characters’ personal stories begin to reveal themselves.”

Full R90

 1hr

Following a TOTAL SELL OUT run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comedy trio The Pretend Men bring their critically acclaimed theatrical blockbuster Police Cops in Space to South Africa – sequel to the 2016 Cape Town Fringe and 2017 National Arts Festival smash hit, Police Cops. After his father is killed by an evil robot, Sammy Johnson, the last Police Cop in the universe, must team up with Alien fighter pilot Ranger and his trusty Cyborg C9 as they embark on an intergalactic adventure across the galaxy to find Earth, avenge his father and become the best damn Police Cop in space...” Farce at its most intelligent” – GQ Magazine. “Physically mesmerising” – Threeweeks.

Tossie van Tonder

Theatre (Comedy, Non-verbal Theatre)

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21:00 18:00 22:00

PowerS of Lightness

Future line arts academy

19:00

 All  Grades 4 - 12  English

Comedy

Phefumla (To Breathe) has been developed through a devised process with four young men from the township areas surrounding Cape Town. All four have been involved in, or affected by, the gang culture that rules the streets.

The Pretend Men

Dance, Visual and Physical Theatre

Police Cops in Space

Wunderkammer

OCT SEPT

 All 30  All Grades  SA languages

OCT SEPT

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM

19:30 17:30 01

 All 30  All Grades  Non-Verbal 

Full R70 Concession

 55m Group (10+) R61 R63

22 Refocused

Rose Red

Magic / Illusion

Theatre (Drama/Comedy with Music)

Gelb is back! Refocused is full of magical mysteries coupled with bellyaching laughter, leaving the audience pondering on what’s really important in life. Top quality magic - as seen in his 2016 show, Blurred Lines.

The story of Snow White as seen through the eyes of the ‘Evil’ Stepmother. Wickedly fun, thought provoking and touching, we finally get to hear the story behind the classic tale. The story telling is interwoven with covers by Cold Play, Tori Amos, Lady Gaga, Annie Lennox and others. Described by the media as: “Flawless” – The Daily Maverick; “Mad Brilliance” – Artslink; “A bewitching and faultless Performance” – Western Cape News; “A Shining Gem” – The Star Tonight.

Twist in the Tale Productions

Greg Gelb Magic

Writer, director & performer: Greg Gelb

18:30 18:30 18:00 18:00

OCT

 THE FRINGE CLUB 01

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 1hr

Full R90/R50 Group Concession

 P4 STUDIO

R76

20:00

Reggae Heritage experience

OCT SEPT

18:00 01

 PG R  3hrs 30  Grades 8 - 12  Rastafarian, IsiXhosa, English Full R50 Concession

Group (10+)

R45

Featuring: Chuma Sopotela, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Zikhona Jacobs, Indalo Stofile

 13+ VL  1hr 10m 30  Grades 8 - 12  isiXhosa, English, Afrikaans Full R100 / R50 Group R85 Concession

R90

 55m

Full R90

Group (10+) R77

Concession

Featuring: Samkelo Mdolomba on vocals, Ntsikelelo Matshatshe on guitar, Bafana Mlangeni on keys, Mduduzi Mathebula on bass

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 1hr

Full R100 Group (10+) Concession

Following on from the success of his previous show Gluten Free at the National Arts Festival. Schoolboy is a stand-up comedy show performed by Nkosinathi Maki. Maki takes us on a hilarious journey through his childhood experiences as a school boy. He talks about various issues like: human trafficking, dodging school and how call centre agents and insurance companies are robbing us. The show is family friendly but due to the heavy subject, we recommend PG 13. It is brilliant show that cannot be missed.

Writer: Mamela Nyamza Director: Mamela Nyamza

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 All 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 - 12 20:30 16:30 16:30 16:30  English

 ALMA CAFÉ

Writer & performer: Nkosinathi Maki

 SEPT

 10+ L  Grades 8 - 12 19:30  English 30

19:00

Comedy

the art fraternity to the core, by demanding change and transformation within the arts and its mainstream exclusive theatres.

17:30

Writer: Samkelo Lelethu Mdolomba Director: Samkelo Lelethu Mdolomba

JOLLY CARP 21 22

DELFT 23

20:00 18:30 14:00 01

21:30

FRINGE CLUB 29 30

18:00

 FRINGE CLUB OCT

OCT SEPT

Nathi comedy

18:00 19:00 18:00 18:00 01

After sold out shows at The Soweto Theatre, The Orbit and Jazzy Rainbow multi-talented Samthing Soweto is ready for the world to hear his music. He received a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2017 National Arts Festival and currently his song “Akanamali” released by Sun-EL Musician is currently number 1 on various radio stations. Experimenting with neo-jazz, alternative and a capella in a slick and emotive way. Described by Sunday Times Entertainment as “The best South African singer you’ve probably never heard of”. A must see!

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THEATRE ARTS ADMIN 24

Schoolboy

Disability doesn’t have to be mental, physical or emotional. It surely can be socioeconomical ... This work aims to shock, shake and shove all there is to the status quo of arts in South Africa. Just like rock music changed the culture of the world, and indeed shocked the world, like the dance crazes, fashion styles, and global culture that followed rock music, this work ultimately wants to rock

Music

Dance, Physical theatre (PERFORMANCE installation)

Music (Family Fare)

Mamela’s Artistic Centre

Samthing Soweto Gold Tour

Rock to the Core

 ZOLANI

The Plat4orm

Director: Ras M Featuring: Ras M, Sister Wendy, Ghetto Queen, Mr Emme, Bagga, David Kartel, Jossy Daphinah, Jah Lidah, Al Capone JJ and others.

Twenty Eighty Six Entertainment

Through reggae music, poetry and melodic covers Mr M shares most of his greatest spoken word performances, accompanied by the best of Cape Town’s various reggae elites. You soul will be fed with words of wisdom and enlightenment for your tomorrow to come.

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM

OCT SEPT

 13+ LS 30  Grades 8 - 12  English

THE JOLLY CARP

OCT SEPT

SEPT

 THE FRINGE CLUB

Writer: Dianne Simpson Director: Pieter Bosch Botha Featuring: Dianne Simpson

 13+ L  Grades 8 - 12  English 

18:30

Full R60 Concession

 1hr

Group (10+) R51 R54

23 Sleeping with the Enemy

The Singing Chameleon Ditshimega Domain Family (Family Fare)

!Ginkhoe Folkores

The Singing Chameleon is an award winning children’s theatre production that tells the magical tale of Chameleon who rises above adversity to become a hero. After being mocked by other animals at the river, Chameleon looks for a place to hide because he can’t endure the cruel words coming his way. Isolated from others he will just sit in his hiding place waiting to pounce on flies and insects. However his fortunes change when he meets Lark and the old man, Ntate Paulosi.

Theatre (Drama) Sleeping with the Enemy unpacks and unravels the complicated relationship between those who desire to transform the townships and those who cannot endure the realities of informal settlements. Two black attorneys, a married couple, battle over a sexually violated and murdered child. The wife wants to leave the “concentration camps” called townships, but the husband refuses out of a commitment to his people’s economic transformation. His parents were brutally murdered by an apartheid government; now, he is against the idea of sharing spaces with white communities. Without disregarding his feelings, she overtly confronts the husband to adjust his political belief for the sake of their security.

Writer: Tiisetso Ramanella Director: Moses Lechuti Featuring: Tiisetso Ramanella, Tebogo Shuping ITHEMBA LABANTU

JOLLY CARP

DELFT BLACK BOX THEATRE

24 25 26 27

11:00 11:00 13:00 01

P4 STUDIO

15:00 11:00 04 05 06 07

11:00

 All  Grades 0 - 7  English, seSotho 

Full R60

 ZOLANI CENTRE  45m

Group (10+) R51

Concession

R54

OCT SEPT

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Writer: Lwanda Sindaphi Director: Lwanda Sindaphi Featuring: Lwando Magwaca, Qondiswa James, Zukisani Nongogo, Beviol Swartz Sound by: Mangaliso Ntekiso

19:00 19:00 19:00 01

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The Sisters Ugly Theatre

The Showcase will celebrate three performance pieces Eve’s Mark - The musical, Bakgat ‘n Dingetjie & Venus, Happeeeenis & Mars! as well as original works of poetry and jazz. Writer: Dani Petersen & Petrina Roberts Director: Dani Petersen & Petrina Roberts Featuring: Julian Wenn, Madeegha Anders, Mike Botha

Writer: Dianne Simpspon Director: Onida Cowan Featuring: Dianne Simpson

20:30 01

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15:00

Full R90

 THE JOLLY CARP  55m

Group (10+) R77

Concession

Skop Theatre Sjaka S. Septembir se gedigte het – nes tequila – skop. Seks, liefde en die dood word belig wanneer digkuns, musiek en fisieke teater saam gesnoer word. Gertjie Besselsen (van Mr. Cat and the Jackle ) is die donker figuur aan die stuur van die musiek. Die kunstenares Isabelle Grobler bring haar visie na die verhoog en Sandra Temmingh swys dit alles saam in haar minimalistiese styl., Sjaka se astrante bekgeveg-digkuns, klets komedie en fisieke teater flonker donker saam in hierdie buitengewone produksie.

 All  Grades 0 - 12  English 

20:00

Soul Connection Musical Choir has recently successfully performed during ICA 3rd Symposium tittled’Decolognising Art Institution’at Hiddingh Campus and left audiences wanting more where they were featured in Qash-Qash by Nomcebisi Moyikwa from Rhodes University. The choir has performed in numerous provinces such as the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and the Cape Winelands. From Khayelitsha, with more than 60 Soul Connectors on stage who will leave you electrified and speechless from their amazing tap, dance and acapella.

 THE BINDERY LAB OCT SEPT

Full R60

 1hr 15m

Group (10+) R51

Concession

R54

Gospel Music Extravaganza

Writer: Sjaka S. Septembir Director: Sandra Temmingh Featuring: Sjaka S. Septembir, Gertjie Besselsen, Isabelle Grobler

16:00

Soul Connection & Khayelitsha Musical Choir

YOW

 13+ S  Grades 8 - 12 17:00 18:00  Afrikaans 29

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Full R90 Concession

Khayelitsha Musical Choir established by Anelisa Xapa of the famous Muziek Sensation is something that Cape Town was never ready. A fusion of choral music, poetry, dance, hip hop and acting which blends together to give heart and the soul of the musicians. KMC promises to be the next uMojo but with more township vibe and authenticity. Writer: Director: Anelisa Xapa & Sivuuile Mbelani

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM  50m

Group (10+) R77 R81

OCT SEPT

 All 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 - 12 20:30 17:30  English

 P4 STUDIO 24

R36

Music (Musical Showcase)

Featuring songs by Elton John, Sara Bareilles, Queen and others.

Group (10+) R34

Concession

Pollyanna works musicals and Jazz on the Vlei Productions

From the creator of critically acclaimed Rose Red, comes the other side of the Cinderella story from the perspective of the Ugly Sisters. Dramatic, witty and thought provoking, we explore the sabotage, intrigues and events that shaped their motives.

Full R40

 1hr

Songbook Showcase

Twist in the Tale Productions

 16+ L  Grades 8 - 12  English

28 08

12:00

 All  Grades 8 - 12  SA languages 

Full R50 Concession

 4hrs

Group (10+) -

24 Spirit of Shakespeare in Africa

Steke

Theatre

Writer: Thami Mbongo Director: Thami Mbongo

Choreographer: Mhlanguli George Featuring: Phila Prince Msutu, Thandolwethu Jikwa, Mxolisi Dillion Mdunyelwa,

Sesetu Zilwa, Samkeliswe Mgadi, Baxolise Leenor Gcanga, Lazola Luke Vili, Nomzamo Madalane

 PG LR  Grades 8 - 12  English 

20:00 18:00 20:00

Full R40

 ALEXANDER BAR  1hr

Group (10+) R34

Concession

R36

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre

19:00 21:00 19:00 19:00 05

 16+ LN  Grades 8 – 12  1hr  Afrikaans, English, Setswana 

Full R50

Group (10+) R43

Concession

R45

Writer, director & performer: Janine van Rooy-Overmeyer

17:30 19:30 03

 PG13 30  Grades 8 - 12  Non-verbal

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Full R60 Concession

 20m

Group (10+)

Director: Benjamin Jephta Featuring: Benjamin Jephta (electric bass), Kyle Shepherd (piano), Sphelelo Mazibuko (drums), Marcus Wyatt (trumpet/flugelhorn) & Quintin ‘Jitsvinger’ Goliath

The System is a multi award winning theatre production that has performed outside South Africa for the past four years. It has won the Standard Bank Ovation Award and Ishashalazi Best Director and Best Writer Awards.In 2013 it was part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, receiving 5 star reviews from Broadway Baby, Fringe Review and No Borders. The System is a physical expression theatre show telling a story of poverty, injustice, compassion, betrayal, friendship and values in modern day South Africa. Based on the life experiences of three young South African males, The System follows the events leading to the men’s daring escape from prison following their unusual, dramatic and unconnected incarcerations; their subsequent escape and their journey thereafter.

Benjamin Jephta Elektrik will perform original jazz compositions interwoven with rap /spoken word. The compositions have a strong African and gospel influence and the sound of the Cape where Benjamin grew up. Music will be performed from his latest album ‘The Evolution of an Undefined’ as well as from his debut album ‘Homecoming’.

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Full R100 Group (10+) R85 Concession

R90

theatre (Physical Theatre)

Homecoming Music

African Tree Productions

Music (Jazz)

the system

Standard Bank Jazz with BENJAMIN JEPHTA ELEKTRIK

 THE FRINGE CLUB

 All  1hr 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12  Afrikaans, English 20:00

 THE JOLLY CARP OCT SEPT

 THEATRE ARTS ADMIN OCT SEPT

Well known performing artist and activist Blaq Pearl stars in this one woman, one act play, channelling through the roles of four women. Their stories are different from one another. Yet, what they have in common is their courage, strength and the ability to rise above their circumstances. The production is to edutain the audiences regarding the importance of each human being’s story, with the hope that one can reflect and respect each other’s journeys through life!

Photograph by: Alessandra Griffin Director: Adriana Jamisse Choreographer: Julia de Rosenwerth Featuring: Julia de Rosenwerth

OCT SEPT

Theatre (Family, Music Theatre)

Split is a solo performance born from whispers and flickers of early childhood experiences that have woven themselves through the performer’s life. The work is an investigation into memory, sexuality, personal identity and gender. Beginning as slow as the eye can see, the work engages in a process of physically inverting, destabilising and deforming the female body. This is in response to the tumultuous and often contradictory feelings that reside and build in the performer as she navigates being this woman in this society. Ultimately, this work is an edifying act of externalising that which is wild and expansive in all of us. With thanks to the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative

19:00

Janine Van Rooy-Overmeyer Productions

Julia de Rosenwerth

Storie van my Lewe

Split

 All  1hr 25m 30  Grades 8 - 12  English, Afrikaans 

Full R100 Group (10+) R85 Concession

 DELFT OCT SEPT

OCT SEPT

 ZOLANI CENTRE

Writer: Willem Esterhuyse with Cast Director: Willem Esterhuyse Featuring: Saree van Coppenhagen, Boitumelo Mohutsioa, Tankiso Mphuthi

OCT SEPT

This play, penned by Thami Mbongo (using his experience of winning the Brett Goldin Bursary Award), examines the complicated relationship between a father and a son. It also illustrates the universal themes and power of Shakespeare’s writings, and its impact on everyday society.

This show is about love, hate, anger, boredom, reality, nothing, everything, abstract things, ideas, beliefs, fashion and a pen is... also part of the show. Pervert. And of course, last and

PACOFS

CPUT Arts Society

Theatre (Comedy)

least: sex. Two actresses perform a show where they tackle a few issues that involve gender and sexuality. Steke consists of stories from actual women and will have you bursting at the seams.

Writer: Kgosana Thekwana Director: Seiphemo Motswiri Lighting Designer: Mzimkhulu Mhlambi Featuring: Nkosi Yvonne, Sello Maepa, Xolani Dlamini, Ikobeng Motlhoadi, James Mankgaba

P4 STUDIO 23

16:30 14:30 16:00 16:30 18:30 01

 All 30  Grades 8 - 12  SA languages 

Full R80 Concession

 1hr

Group (10+) R68 R72

25 tats nkonzo is privileged

Ubuntu

Makukhanye Entertainment Act Group

tats Nkonzo

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre

comedy Tats Nkonzo’s 3-year-old kissed a homeless man at the robots. His life changed. “This is my truest and funniest show yet.” Tats says. Tats Nkonzo is Privileged is the hilarious confession of how one comedian went from thinking he was an angel to realizing he was an asshole.

Kids are a gift from God. Their talent is shaped by those who inspire them to do greatness. Ubuntu is a multidisciplinary performance by the Makukhanye Art Room After School Programme performers. More than 20 young people will be taking the audience through a journey of discovery, love and cultural activities. But not forgetting the roots and cultures of individuals incorporated within the piece.

Winner of the Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award at the 2017 National Arts Festival. Featuring: Tats Nkonzo

21:30 21:30 19:30 01

 PG 13+   English 

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM  1hr

Full R100 Group (10+) R85Concession

R90-

OCT SEPT

 THE FRINGE CLUB

This piece is about FUN! Performed by group of school kids aged 10yrs-16yrs.

14:00 01

Uhambo

Thirst Theatre

 All  Grades 4 – 7  isiXhosa 

Full R30

 1hr Group (10+)

Concession

Writer: Jongi Hoza Director: Ayanda Fana Featuring: Jongi Hoza, Ayanda Fana, & Lupho Ngethut

Theatre (Political Satire/ Education)

Thirst, can be seen as a metaphor for life, a simple but effective plot by Nobel prize winning playwright, Eugene O’Neil. The story is set a century ago and depicts three desperate characters stranded on a raft with great focus on survival and the apparent lack of water. Something all Capetownians can relate to! We celebrate the up and coming 130th Birthday of Eugene O’Neill in 2018. Thirst is said to be his first play and was his response to the tragedy of the Titanic. Period drama, absurdist theatre.

Thought-provoking, straight to the point, robust, and educative, Uhambo takes audiences on a journey of memory-discovery and action.

Hoza-Heritage-History-Tourism & Production (HHH-TOURS & PRODUCTION)

Sugar-daddy Theatre Co.

Director: Thando Mpengezi Featuring: Ringo, Sphe & Thando

Writer: Eugene O’Neill Director: Sue Diepeveen Featuring: Pope Jerrod, Marlisa Doubell

 All 30  Grades 4 – 12  English 

18:00 21:00 19:00 21:00 19:00 22:00 16:00 20:00

 1hr

Full R100 Group (10+) R85 Concession

 All  1hr 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12 16:00 16:00 16:00  English, isiXhosa

 ZOLANI CENTRE

R90

OCT SEPT

 ALEXANDER BAR

Full R50

Group (10+)

Concession

Unknown Challenges

Tswalo Theatre Duo

Dance for All InSPIRAtions Youth Company

Theatre

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre

Tswalo is a tale told through poetry and physical storytelling entwined to interrogate the rules that govern life on earth, such as power, creation, politics, connection and intuition. It begs the question (or theory) of being, becoming and unbecoming. “An outstanding and unique performance” – Lara Foot. “Mind blowing, finest theatre I’ve seen. It’s a sin to miss.” – Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

Unknown Challenges aims to impact the youth that Dance for All InSPIRAtions Youth Company (DFA) works with, in inspiring them to follow their dreams and aspirations, and to rise above challenges along the way. Choreographer: Allison Hendricks & Yaseen Manuel Featuring: Mihlali Gwatyu, Precious Ngaleka, Unathi Makhambi, Thembisa Salana, Simangaliso Lufele, Lisakhanya Nongqongqo, Amohelang Rooiland

Writer: Billy Langa Director: Mahlatsi Mokgonyana Sound Design: John Withers Featuring: Billy Langa

20:00 20:00 18:00

 All 30  Grades 8 – 12  English, Sepedi 

Full R90 Concession

 THE LITTLE THEATRE  45m

Group (10+) R81

OCT SEPT

 THEATRE ARTS ADMIN OCT SEPT

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16:00

19:00 16:00 19:00 03

 All 30  Grades 8 – 12  Non-Verbal 

Full R50 Concession

 45m

Group (10+) R45

26 VUKA

Collective of Talents Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre (Music Theatre) We do not know where we go after we die. Now this production actually shows life after death through theatre, music, poetry and contemporary dance. We as COT believe that there is life after death and that way of life is way different to that of life on Earth. Writer: Sixolise Sophazi Director: Aaron Tywabi Choreographer: Zizipho Baleni Featuring: Mqeqeshi Maawu, Zizipho Baleni, Nokuthula Qobongwana, Sisipho Matwele, Ndimphiwe Makateng, Kholeka Mngeni, Anneline Booi, Sive Veldtman, Aaron Tywabi, Ntembeko Mendu, Anathi Ntsethe, Emihle Diniso, Wendy Vellem, Mbulelo Mananga, Luxolo Mboso, Siphe Tolashe, Yanga Sintili, Sixolise Sophazi, Mbulelo Ntotela

18:00 03

The Water Warrior

 All   SA languages 

Full R40

BlackRoots Foundation

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre (Family Fare) This dance production is performed by a cast of young females painting a story about women and how they face the daily hardships of life. The cross symbolises the pain and weight they carry on their shoulders. It is told through movement and dance. Writer: Amandla Nqokota, Wendy Thoane Director: Wendy Thoane Choreographer: Wendy Thoane Featuring: Liberation Mili, Thimna Makubalo, Mpumie Balmal, Mabasinga Bikouta

 ZOLANI CENTRE  45m

Group (10+) R34

Concession

OCT SEPT

 ZOLANI CENTRE

Women on the Cross

Family (Dance, Visual Theatre, Comedy)

14:00 16:00 19:00 01

 All  Grades 8 – 12  45m  English, isiXhosa 

Full R50 Concession

Group (10+) R43 -

Worst of Both Worlds

As the water disappears Nomandla is forced to find her inner strength and in the process becomes the hero that we all need, she becomes ‘The Water Warrior’.

Yasmin Hankel

Ukao Theatre

Dance, Visual & Physical Theatre (FAMILY) Using the whirlwind techniques of physical theatre, the two male actors portray the horrors of female human trafficking and the drug trade. They play a myriad of characters, switching roles, genders, ages, at lightning speed and with seamless ease.

Writer: Yasmin Hankel Director: Yasmin Hankel Featuring: Vuyo Nzukuma and Yasmin Hankel

The play is about a girl who is abducted at an early age and taken abroad,where she grows up under the slavery of prostitution. In her 20s she manage to escape and come back to South Africa, her homeland, but history repeats itself when she is once again abducted and turned into a prostitute in her own country.

ITHEMBA LABANTU  All 27

11:00 12:00

 Grades 0 – 12  English

11:00 11:00

12:00

OCT

SEPT

 THE BINDERY 01

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Full R40

 35m

Group (10+) R34

Concession

R36

12:00

The Woman with a Baby on her Back Pieter van Zyl Theatre This one-man play is a stage adaptation of Athol Fugard’s short story To Whom it Must Concern. Based on a tragic real life event, it portrays the very personal, profoundly healing journey of a train driver in the Karoo. The Woman with a Baby on her Back received the Patrick Mynhardt Award for Best Production at the Fugard Festival (Richmond, 2015) Writer: Athol Fugard Director: Thomas Leabhart Featuring: Pieter van Zyl

 13+ L 24 25 26 27 28 29 30  Grades 8 – 12 18:00 20:00 20:00 19:00 16:00  English

OCT SEPT

22 02

23 03

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Full R80 Concession

19:00 01

14:00 03

 PG VL 29 30  Grades 4 - 12 20:00 

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 1hr 5m

Group (10+) R68 R72

Full R40 Concession

 50m Group (10+) R34 -

Zamanani Brothers Isicathamiya

Zamani Brothers Cultural Group Music (A Cappella, Music Theatre) Isicathamiya (traditional a cappella) music was originated by migrant workers in the late 1950s,their objective was to entertain themselves during weekends. Writer: Sipho Manani Director: Masizakhe Kewana Featuring: Masizakhe Kewana, Sipho Manani, Sipho Culo, Sivuile Culo, Siviwe Mthimkhulu, Mawande Nombila, Vuyolwethu Somagaca, Siyabonga Qweshana, Zanoxolo Cuba

 ALMA CAFÉ

 THE BINDERY LAB 21

 MAKUKHANYE ART ROOM OCT SEPT

OCT SEPT

SEPT

 DELFT BLACK BOX THEATRE

Writer: Bulelani Mabutyana Director: Bulelani Mabutyana Featuring: Thando Suselo & Lubabalo Nontwana

18:00 16:00 01

 All  45m 30  Grades 0 – 12  isiXhosa, English 

Full R80 Concession

Group (10+) R68 R72