• Sir James Galway and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra perform tomorrow at the Cape Town City Hall. The renowned international flautist and his custom-made 20K Galway Nagahara flute will lead the orchestra and select members of the South African National Youth Orchestra through a programme of pieces by Austrian, Russian and Italian masters, from Franz Joseph Haydn to Domenico Cimarosa. 7.30pm. R120 to R450 at Computicket.
• College of Magic presents Course One 2015 until May 16 at the College of Magic, 215 Lansdowne Road, Claremont. An intensive diploma course which includes rope magic, card tricks and coin effects as well as an introduction to the allied arts, namely juggling, mime, clowning and puppetry. 9am. Info: www.collegeofmagic.com.
• macbeth.slapeloos runs until February 21 at the Baxter Theatre. 7.30pm. R120 at Computicket.
• Salt ends Sunday at the Theatre Arts Admin Collective. An exploration into mental health, truth and belief, Salt follows Aya, a long-time patient in a psychiatric hospital, who one day encounters a new doctor who believes he can cure her. 8pm. R50. Info: 021 447 3683.
• Book of Rebellations runs from tomorrow to February 21 at the Artscape Theatre. An allegorical fantasy written by Monageng “Vice” Motshabi and Kgafela Oa Magogodi, it opens into the world of Kanana in 2024. 7pm. R80 at Computicket.
• The Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts presents Run from tomorrow until Saturday at the Hiddingh Campus. Choreographed by Nicola Elliott, winner of the 2014 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Dance. 8pm. Tickets via donations. Info: 021 480 7156.
• Blue/Orange runs from Thursday to March 14 at the Baxter Theatre.Winner of the Evening Standard Award, London Critics’ Circle Theatre Award and the 2001 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, Blue/Orange craftily mixes up mental illness with issues of race, ethnocentricity and power. 7pm. R100 to R150 at Computicket.
• Steel Magnolias runs from Friday to February 21 at The Playhouse Theatre, Somerset West. In an updated yet beautifully classic version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, Steel Magnolias chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. 7.30pm. R80 at Computicket.
• Valentine Soiree runs on Friday and Saturday at The Masque Theatre. Roland Perold and Barrie Howard pay homage to the wonderful “songs of love from musical theatre”. 8pm. R120.
• Hear Beethoven’s Triple Concerto on Saturday at Darling’s Presbyterian Church. 6pm. R120. Info: 079 445 9703. See www.darlingmusic.org.
• Jazz on the Beach with Kesivan and the Lights on Sunday at Strandkombuis, Yzerfontein. 11.30am. R315 (includes lunch with wine). Tel 079 445 9703. See www. darlingmusic.org.
• “Feast on music” on Saturday at the Atrium at African Pride 15, Orange Hotel. Live performance by Jimmy Nevis. 7pm. R395. Info: lauren@ 15onorangehotel. com.
• Another Day runs from February 17 to March 7 at The Kalk Bay Theatre. The multi award-winning FollowSpot present a new musical production. 8.30pm. R120. Bookings: 079 361 8275.
• Jou Ma se Comedy Club runs from Wednesday to Sunday at The Pumphouse, V&A Waterfront. Line-up this week includes Andrew Magic Man, Kurt Schoonraad, Phil De Lange and Westley Cockrell. 8.30pm. R95 to R120. See www.joumasecomedy.com or call 021 418 8880.
• Oom Schalk, from the Heart ends Saturday at The Rosebank Theatre. David Muller inhabits the Schalk Lourens character with Herman Charles Bosman’s stories being truly from the heart. 8pm. R100 at Webtickets.
• Santa’s Story ends Saturday at the Theatre on the Bay. A moving one-woman show depicting Santa Pelham’s journey of courage and hope through discrimination and heart-breaking losses to a new life on a continent unknown to her. Her daughter, well-known singer Aviva Pelham, brings this extraordinary and inspirational story to life, accompanied by beautifully lyrical folk music. R95 to R165. Info: 021 438 3301.
• Orpheus in Africa runs until February 21 at The Fugard Theatre. David Kramer’s latest production tells the little-known story of the American impresario Orpheus McAdoo and his African-American Virginia Jubilee Singers, who visited South Africa in the 1890s. R130 to R220 at Computicket.
• Othello runs until February 21 at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre. Shakespeare’s masterpiece presented by Fred Abhramse and Marcel Meyer. 8.15pm. R108 to R162 at Computicket.
• Kaapse Stories from the Mother City runs until March 28 at Richard’s Supper Stage and Bistro, 229 Main Road, Sea Point. Directed by Basil Appollis and produced by Richard Loring, Kaapse Stories from the Mother City is a new musical dinner that introduces the Kleintjies family while giving us an insight into a vigorous cosmopolitan community that thrived at the foot of Table Mountain in District Six. 7.30pm. R420 at Computicket.
• Comedy on Long every Thursday at Iconic Lounge, Long Street, CBD. R50. Info via Quicket. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ comedyonlong.
• Improguise every Monday at The Galloway Theatre. 8pm. Tel: 072 939 3351.
• Comedy at Mercury Live, 43 De Villiers Street, Zonnebloem, on Wednesdays. Tickets from R30 at the door (open at 8pm). Stand-up comedy on the last Wednesday of the month, improvisation otherwise. Call 021 465 2106.
• Comedy at Chilli Bar, 5 Victoria Road, Southfield, at 8pm on Thursdays. R30. See www.thechillibar.co.za
• Comedy at Obviouzly Armchair Backpackers & Pub, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, every Sunday. 8.30pm to 10.30pm.
• To appear in Boardwalk, e-mail all theatre and production-related information to Atiyyah Khan at Atzushka@ gmail.com by Thursday afternoon for publication on Tuesday. Please put “boardwalk” in the subject line of your e-mail.