Cape Town Boardwalk - February 17, 2015

Pieter-Dirk Uys presents one of his characters from the past, President PW Botha as The Boy From George, in An Audience with Pieter-Dirk Eish! at the Theatre on the Bay.

Pieter-Dirk Uys presents one of his characters from the past, President PW Botha as The Boy From George, in An Audience with Pieter-Dirk Eish! at the Theatre on the Bay.

Published Feb 17, 2015

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• An Audience with Pieter-Dirk Eish! runs until March 14 at the Theatre on the Bay. Pieter-Dirk Uys presents an unexpected national assembly of his satirical cluster of characters from the 1980s and onwards. 8pm. R95 to R165 at Computicket. Info: 021 438 3301.

• Vivaldi’s Lute runs tomorrow at St Andrew’s Presbyterian church, cnr Buitengracht and Somerset sts, Green Point. 8pm. R90 to R110 at www.webtickets.co.za.

• I Turned Away and She Was Gone runs until March 14 at the Magnet Theatre. The play reviews the relationships between the three incarnations of women: a mother, a daughter and grandmother, and the passage of their past, present and future. 8pm. R120 at Computicket.

• African Angels – Afro Popera Festival runs Thursday to Saturday at the Artscape Theatre Centre. New South African-themed musical show that showcases the energetic and soulful sound and exuberant performances of our country’s choral singers. 7.30pm. R150 at Computicket.

• Vocal Mania runs until February 28 at the Garden Court Theatre, Woodstock. A curated showcase of songs spanning more than five decades, with an a cappella and acoustic approach, this production combines rhythmic and vocal harmonising and uses non-musical instruments and objects. 8pm. R100. Info: 083 597 1678.

• Marthinus Basson’s macbeth.slapeloos ends Saturday at the Baxter Theatre. 7.30pm. R120 at Computicket.

• Book of Rebellations ends Saturday at the Artscape Theatre. An allegorical fantasy written by Monageng “Vice” Motshabi and Kgafela Oa Magogodi, the play opens into the world of Kanana in 2024. 7pm. R80 at Computicket.

• Blue/Orange runs until 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 ends Saturday 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. Starts at 7.30pm. R80 at Computicket.

• Another Day ends March 7 at The Kalk Bay Theatre. The multiple 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 Dugald Pieterse, Stuart Cairns and Bill Russell. 8.30pm. R95 to R120. See www.joumasecomedy.com or call 021 418 8880.

• Orpheus in Africa ends Saturday 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. Starring Aubrey Poo, Lynelle Kenned, Zolani Shangase, Jill Levenberg, Jessica Sole, Dean Balie, Sne Dladla. R130 to R220 at Computicket.

• Othello ends Saturday 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 musical dinner show that introduces the Kleintjies family while giving us an insight into the 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. Tel: 071 988 9715.

• Improguise every Monday at The Galloway Theatre, Port Rd, V&A Waterfront. 8pm. Tel: 021 418 4600, 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. Tel: 021 465 2106.

• Comedy at Chilli Bar, 5 Victoria Road, Southfield, at 8pm on Thursdays. R30. See www.thechillibar.co.za. Tel: 021 705 5236.

• Comedy at Obviouzly Armchair Backpackers & Pub, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, every Sunday. 8.30pm to 10.30pm. Tel: 021 460 0458.

• To appear in Boardwalk, e-mail all theatre information to Atiyyah Khan at Atzushka@ gmail.com by Thursday afternoon for publication on Tuesday. Please put “boardwalk” in subject line of your e-mail.

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