Review: Play Things
Surprises. The unexpected. The unforeseen. That’s the description of the weekly open mic show according to Alexander Bar’s website. True enough, I was pleasantly surprised at the variety of genres...
View ArticleReview: Cock
One central, raised white block and four actors share a stage surrounded by audience on three sides. There is no set to speak of, no props, no sound effects other than music, no lighting except for the...
View ArticleReview: The Swell
The Swell, currently showing at the Alexander Upstairs, explores the somewhat warped headspace of a woman who spends her days in a shallow inflatable pool in a garage. On the premise of investigating a...
View ArticleReview: The Open Couple
When a young cast takes on a lesser known work of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated playwrights, one could not be blamed for feeling a bit apprehensive. But in the case of the production of...
View ArticleReview: Hello and Goodbye
Athol Fugard is renowned for provocative work highlighting our apartheid era and the road to democracy. Yet with Hello and Goodbye, one of his earlier plays set during the 60’s, politics takes a back...
View ArticleReview: The Frontiersmen (Cape Town Fringe)
Starring Nicholas Pauling and Mark Elderkin, and directed by Greg Karvellas, The Frontiersmen is a venomously poetic two hander following the plots and pains of two South African property developers...
View ArticleReview: Dorothy Parker
It’s impossible to encapsulate the full extent of Dorothy Parker’s magnetic works – the various nuanced writings of someone who was a poet, a short story writer, a critic, a political activist and a...
View ArticleReview: Sonia Esguiera in Love & Prozac
Cape Town’s full of them: fun, funny (and perhaps slightly quirky) single ladies who have crossed the dirty 30’s mark. And who have all but given up on the idea of a knight in shining armour. In her...
View ArticleReview: Smaarties
Smaarties, currently running at Alexander Bar & Theatre, needs little introduction. The award-winning drama about a young man vexed by mental illness, loss and the pain of disconnection, has wowed...
View ArticleReview: Expectant
Nothing can quite prepare you for what happens on stage upstairs at the Alexander Bar. The blurb for Penny Youngleson’s Expectant describes it as “a coming of age story told against the backdrop of a...
View ArticleReview: Expectant
Nothing can quite prepare you for what happens on stage upstairs at the Alexander Bar. The blurb for Penny Youngleson’s Expectant describes it as “a coming of age story told against the backdrop of a...
View ArticleJames Grace’s Around the World in 60 Minutes
Acclaimed guitarist and SAMA nominee James Grace returns with his award-winning production. ‘Around the World in 60 minutes’ explores the variety of musical styles in which the guitar is featured....
View ArticleReview: Expectant
Nothing can quite prepare you for what happens on stage upstairs at the Alexander Bar. The blurb for Penny Youngleson’s Expectant describes it as “a coming of age story told against the backdrop of a...
View ArticleReview: Smaarties
Smaarties, currently running at Alexander Bar & Theatre, needs little introduction. The award-winning drama about a young man vexed by mental illness, loss and the pain of disconnection, has wowed...
View ArticleDani and the Lion
1 to 6 August 2016 The Den is a cabaret bar that’s been plagued by the inevitability of being shut down. Resident act and Standard Bank Ovation Award winners, Dani and Leo give their final performance...
View ArticleAngels On Horseback : Reloaded
18 to 20 July & 25 to 30 July 20016 Angels On Horseback : Reloaded, a rude, raunchy and rocking Country Cabaret is back with the award-winning Daneel Van der Walt and the sassy Queen of Dirty...
View ArticleReview: Expectant
Nothing can quite prepare you for what happens on stage upstairs at the Alexander Bar. The blurb for Penny Youngleson’s Expectant describes it as “a coming of age story told against the backdrop of a...
View ArticleReview: Smaarties
Smaarties, currently running at Alexander Bar & Theatre, needs little introduction. The award-winning drama about a young man vexed by mental illness, loss and the pain of disconnection, has wowed...
View ArticleMandragora Circus
2 and 3 July 2016 A wordless theatre performance of two clowns who tell a story of comedy and love. Circus stunts, music and unconventional instruments weave the acts of this play together where...
View ArticleCock
22 to 25 June 2016 Unhappy in his relationship, John wants a break from his boyfriend for a few weeks. John doesn’t know what he wants but the last thing he expects is to fall in love with a woman....
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