JOBURG
Auto & General Theatre on the Square, cnr Sandton Drive and Rivonia Rd, Sandton, 011 883 8606, bookings 083 377 4969 or Strictly Tickets: The Imagined Land. Starring Fiona Ramsay, Nat Ramabulama and Janna Ramos- Violente. Ends September 12.
Classical music concerts on Fridays. 12.45 for 1pm. R40 which includes coffee and biscuits. Go to the box office from 12.30pm.
Friday: Operatic Concert with Sandile Mabaso, works by Schumann, Beethoven and Lieder.
Carnival City, cnr Elsburg and Century Roads, Brakpan, 011 898 7000, [email protected]: My Boetie se Boetie se Boetie se Baba. Thursday, Friday at 8pm and Sundayat 3pm. Bookat Computicket.
Big Top Arena: Barry Hilton. Friday at 8pm. R100 at Computicket. Info: 072 599 5373.
Constitution Hill, 1 Kotze st, Braamfontein, 011 381 3100: Conhill Unlocks Prison Doors. In honour of all women who have been held behind the prison walls of the Women’s Gaol. Free Entry to all women of all ages for the month of August.
Emperor’s Palace, 64 Jones Rd, Kempton Park, 011 928 1297/1213:
Theatre of Marcellus: Nataniel’s After Animals. Ends September 27. 8.30pm, Sundays 3pm. R160 to R220. Dinner and show: R340, R360, R380, R400pp.
Centre Court: Kings and Queens of Comedy. August 29. 8pm.
Udit Narayan. August 29. R150 at box office or Computicket.
Marc Anthony’s Cigar Lounge: Afrogroove Sunday Chillas. Every Sunday. 4pm till 8pm.
Barnyard Theatre at Emperors Palace, bookings at 011 928 1108, www.barnyardtheatres.co.za or the box office at the entrance: Thank You for the Music. Music by Abba, Queen and The Bee Gees. Ends Sunday. From R100.
Foxwood House, 13 5th St, Houghton, Joburg, 011 486 0935 or [email protected]:
Doppers en Filistyne with Eric Nobbs. Ends Sunday. Today to Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm. Today’s performance is a charity performance for Theatre Funds for retired actors. No under-14s.
Joburg Theatre Complex, cnr Loveday and Hoofd Sts, Braamfontein: 011 877 6854: all bookings at 0861 670 670, see www.joburgtheatre.com:
The Mandela Theatre, 158 Civic Blvd St, Braamfontein: Joburg Ballet’s Spring Season. Friday to September 13. Includes Don Quixote and Celebration 7. Gauteng Opera’s double bill: Saturday to September 13. All tickets are R100 at www.joburgballet.com.
Market Theatre, 56 Margaret Mcingana St, Joburg, 011 832 1641: Series of play readings to highlight new works that offer an insight into South African life and the concerns of a young generation. Third Friday of each month. 6pm. RSVP: Thato Kobile at 011 832 1641 ext 128, or thatok@ markettheatre.co.za.
Dr John Kani Theatre: Animal Farm with an all-female cast. Preview today opentomorrow to September 6. Book at Computicket.
Barney Simon Theatre: The Market Theatre and Windybrow Theatre present Lepatata until Sunday. R90. Tuesdays to Sundays. For block bookings call Anthony Ezeoke at 011 832 1641 ext 121.
Laager Theatre, 011 832 1641: Cincinatti – Scenes From the City Life by Barney Simon. Until September 13. Book as above.
Montecasino, cnr William Nicol Drive and Witkoppen Rd, Fourways: 011 511 1818: Franschhoek Food and Wine Festival features four restaurants and 15 of the top wineries as well as the Johannesburg Symphonic Orchestra. Friday: 6.30pm to 10.30pm, Saturday: 1pm to 5pm, 5.30pm to 10.30pm and Sunday: noon to 5pm. From R150 at www.franschhoek foodandwinefestival.co.za or www.itickets.co.za.
Studio Theatre: 011 511 1818: Epstein, The Man who made the Beatles, written by Andrew Sherlock, starring Nicholas Pauling and Sven Ruygrok. Ends September 27. R130 to R165 at the box office or Computicket.
Mzansi Productions , Dance Factory, 10 Henry Nxumalo St, Newtown, 011 492 1467/77: Dance Umbrella 2016. Applications now open! Dance Umbrella 2016 takes place at the Dance Factory, Market Theatre, Soweto Theatre and the Wits Theatre Complex, Joburg from February 24 to March 6.
POPart Performing Arts Centre: Next to Arts on Main, 286 Fox St, Joburg, bookings: www.popartcentre.co.za: We Didn’t Come to Hell for the Croissants. Tomorrow to Sunday.
UJ Arts Centre, cnr Kingsway and University Rd, Auckland Park, 011 559 3058:
Wits Great Hall: East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand, Yale Rd, Parktown, 011 717 1376 or [email protected]: Concert. 1.15pm to 1.50pm. Free. Tomorrow: Daniel de Wet, jazz piano.
Kyle Shepherd Trio on tour. Friday, September 4 at 6pm. Tickets at Webtickets and Pick ‘n Pay Stores. R110, R80 for students, pensioners, Wits staff. At the Door: R120, R90, for students, pensioners, Wits staff.
Wits West Campus: Frailty. Shakespeare for the “Hashtag Generation”. Chamber of Mines Building.Today, Saturday, September 5. Online: R45, pensioners and students R30. At the door: R50; pensioners and students R40. Wits Tix: R10 online, R15 at the door.
Call for Applications:
Market Theatre Laboratory seeks the next generation of young actors: If you are a talented, focused individual who dreams about a career in the performing arts, the Market Theatre Laboratory has news for you: we are recruiting a new generation of young actors for our renowned Performance and Theatre Skills Training Programme. Applications for this full-time course are open until September 30 for study next year.
Theatre productions connected to the curriculum for Festival of Fame:
Assitej South Africa, in partnership with the National School of the Arts, is calling for productions aimed at young people, and which are connected to the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPs), for the National School of the Arts professional programme at the Festival of Fame set to take place in Braamfontein, in March. Productions will need to send: a letter of motivation for the production, a description of connections to the CAPs; the location of the artists involved; the number of artists involved in the production; all relevant contact details. Alternatively, for the application form, e-mail Ms Stander at [email protected] . The application deadline is Monday.
l To be featured in Boardwalk, e-mail your production and venue information to [email protected], subject line “boardwalk”, by noon on Thursday.