Gig Guide

It’s Open Book month, WOMAD is coming to town, and the Cape Town Photo Fest is on. Then there’s all the theatre and music and general spring jols to be had.

Theatre

We have a deep loyalty to ABBA. It’s pure, straight-into-the-veins fun.… Read more

There’s no better time to cosy up in a theatre, feel some feels, sing along, or be moved by the spirit.  A hearty mix of shows return to the stage, the opening of a new theatre in Kloof Street (go try their spirits!)

Our midwinter solstice has passed, that’s good reason to celebrate

Theatre

A Flea in Her Ear at Magnet Theatre from 24 to 27 June. The iconic French farce written by Georges Feydeau and here directed by Qondiswa James, features the seventh cohort of trainees in their second year of training at Magnet.… Read more

We get all those public holidays this April, why not use some of them?

Theatre

Death and comedy, a surprisingly fun pair. Louw Venter and Rob van Vuuren (directing) open their sequel to The Best Man’s Speech, which ran at the Kalk Bay Theatre for five years before becoming the feature film Konfetti.… Read more

Theatre

I watched The Stranger at the National Arts Festival in 2024, I think. It felt like my soul dropped into the underworld; some people were lulled to sleep, hypnotised. You leave blinking back reality. A ritual drama of love, consciousness, and impermanence, on 27 and 28 Feb at Theatre Arts, Observatory.… Read more

It’s that final push to the end of the year, we are all scraping through to Dezembaaaa! And sjoe! Cape Town, you don’t make it easy to be frugal with such kiff summer happenings.

Theatre

A Ru Paul’s Drag Race diva, Latrice Royale and All Stars alum, sings, jokes, and lip-syncs in  Terms and Conditions (May Vary) at the Barnyard Theatre on 19 November.… Read more

There’s like, some really good stuff happening this month.

Theatre

Last few days of Moffie at the Baxter Theatre. André Carl van der Merwe’s bruising coming-of-age novel, adapted by Philip Rademeyer and directed by Greg Karvellas. Set in 1979, a young, gay conscript (played by David Viviers) is sent to fight in the Border War.… Read more

Theatre

Moffie, André Carl van der Merwe’s bruising coming-of-age novel, adapted by Philip Rademeyer and directed by Greg Karvellas is playing at the Baxter’s Flipside stage. It opened in London in 2024 to rave reviews; this is its SA premiere.… Read more

Here’s some jols in July

Music

The Two Oceans Aquarium and Texx and the City continue with After Dark 2025, a stripped-down series of performances throughout winter. The second iteration, on 30 July, includes the band Visitor’s Centre, and singer-songwriter Carla Franco, winner of the 2024 Texx and the City Band or Bust competition.… Read more

What’s on in Cape Town this month

Music

Under a marquee on the lawn outside the Gugulethu sports complex in 2005 or so, Simphiwe Dana held a crowd of about 1,000 adoring fans in thrall. Her debut album, Zandisile, had been out for less than a year, and everyone in the crowd knew every word of every song.… Read more