Have you been fooled today? Let us help you find something to laugh about all month with this rundown of April funnies: Monday’s stand-up comedy at Alexander Bar Upstairs Skip the after-work traffic and get happy with top local and national comedians at Alexander Upstairs. Show starts 7pm and lasts roughly an hour. Tickets [...]
We know you like a quick list of events, so here is what’s on for the rest of March, grouped in topics of interest: Music & Festivals: Ramfest is South Africa’s alternative rock festival held in Riviersonderend (7-10 March). Cape Town Carnival (16 March) SA Navy Festival, Simon’s Town (16 March) Flamjangled Tea Party, Durbanville [...]
The month of March brings with it an array of wonderful events happening in and around Cape Town – from Design Indaba to an hilarious comedy at the Artscape Theatre – one can be certain being entertained is on the cards! We’ve dotted down the most popular and exciting ones to keep an eye out [...]
The holiday season may be over but the sun’s still shining (very) brightly in Cape Town. With this beautiful weather, what better than to spend it outside with your family and friends? Today, we list Cape Grace PR Executive, Jana van der Spuy’s Top 5 favourite al-fresco activities: Picnics: I love picnics and a firm favourite [...]
The Darling Voorkamer Festival is a multi-cultural arts fest with performances in people’s front rooms. It’s totally fabulous, authentic and heart-warming with an array of entertainment in spaces ranging from the size of a dance-floor to a tiny RDP house front room – everyone is squashed in! Welcomed into each home, you are privilege to [...]
The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown finished earlier this month and we highlight five of the best shows that gained praise. Do tell us about any shows you saw and what you thought of them: 1. Seashells. This one-woman play starring Anthea Thompson, directed by Fred Abrahams was nominated for the Fleur du Cape Award [...]
July is about culture and laughter – a wonderful combination, and here are our Top 5 Shows to inspire and humour you: 1. 2-7 July: Vodacom Funny Festival at the Baxter is always good for a lot of laughs. 2. Throughout July: Defending the Caveman is on at the Theatre on the Bay and features [...]
It may only be the third Cape Town Carnival but the spirit of Mardi Gras has inspired Cape Town’s costume designers, float builders and choreographers; they are creating a larger-than-life pageant that will make its way through the streets of Cape Town on 24 March. The parade has moved from Long Street to the Greenpoint [...]
Anyone who thinks Shakespeare’s plays are outdated is wrong. He may have written them in the 16th century, but his words are still pertinent. They are all about relationships and misunderstandings and the dynamic that hasn’t changed between men and women in four hundred years. The Comedy of Errors is this year’s Shakespeare in the [...]