• Dance UCT 2014 runs on from Thursday to Saturday at the Baxter Theatre. UCT School of Dance is celebrating 80 years of dance. This celebration will showcase dance works and techniques performed by previous and current students. 7.30pm. R65. Bookings: Computicket.
• Curl Up and Dye runs on November 4 at The Rosebank Theatre. Christopher Weare directs final year UCT students in this 1989 South African classic in which Sue Pam-Grant highlights the popular and political cultures of the time. R100. Bookings via Webtickets.
• Precious Gems, The Circus and Musical Instruments runs from Friday to Sunday at Theatre on Main. In dance form, Precious Gems shows the conditions and pressures under which diamonds, jade, opals, sapphires, amethyst, emerald and rubies are created as well as the qualities associated with these gems. Projections and voiceovers are used to enhance the work. For info call 021 715 9510.
• Ashes runs until November 8 at the Galloway Theatre. Presented by the award-winning Rust Co-Operative (The View, Expectant, Siembamba), Ashes explores the life of a young man through the eyes of six characters (played by two actors), each somehow related to the man. 7.30pm. R80. Bookings via Computicket.
• Oom Schalk from the Heart, an enchanting selection of Herman Charles Bosman stories runs on October 30 at the Holy Trinity Church Kalk Bay Fund Raiser. 8pm. R75. Info: 021 788 1641.
• Launch of The Swing Café Variety Show on October 28 at the Slug & Lettuce, The River Club, Observatory, Cape Town. The evening performances by comedian Colin Moss, poet Bulelwa Basse and musical act Cafe Society. 7.30pm. R40. Tickets via www.nomadtickets.co.za.
• The Guerilla Poet Kollective presents an evening of music and poetry including The Hollow Body, Chris Wait & Mavis Vermaak at Blah Blah Bar, CBD. 8pm. Free entry. Info: 082 349 8849.
• The Schock Foundation Prize for singing runs on November 4 at the Baxter Concert Hall. The 13th annual voice competition sponsored by the Schock Foundation in two categories, Best Male Voice and Best Female Voice. 8.15pm. R60. Bookings at Computicket.
• John runs until November 9 at the Theatre Arts Admin Collective. John is a psychologically intriguing play which tells the story of highly intelligent man who, from an early age, struggles to adapt socially. 8.15pm. R50. Bookings: 021 447 3683.
• The Last Moustache runs until November 22 at the Baxter Theatre Centre. Tim Plewman stars in this one man show about being a Hitler double. 8.15pm. R120. Bookings via Computicket.
• Undone runs until November 1 at the Artscape Theatre Centre. A bewitching and sensual story of a boy and his dysfunctional family. 7.30pm. R55-R90. Bookings via Computicket.
• Chomi runs until October31 at the Artscape Theatre. Chomi is a play set in Johannesburg that follows the lives of four black openly gay 20something men. 7.30pm. R55-R90. Bookings via Computicket.
• Thumbelina runs until November 1 at the Artscape Theatre Centre. As part of The Cape Town City Ballet`s 80th Birthday Celebration, Artistic Director Robin van Wyk will be choreographing a new children’s production – Thumbelina. 7.30pm. R70-R120. Bookings via Computicket.
• Love and Prozac runs until November 2 at the Kalk Bay Theatre. A comedy sketch show about dating directed by John Trengove, Performed by Sonia Esgueira. 8.30pm. R120. Info: www.kalkbaytheatre.co.za
• Jeeves and Wooster runs until November 8 at the Theatre on the Bay. When a country house weekend takes a turn for the worse, Bertie Wooster is unwittingly called on to play matchmaker, but also to steal a silver cow creamer from Totleigh Towers. Naturally, the ever dependable Jeeves is there to prevent Bertie from making a fool of himself in front of a cast of Wodehouse's finest characters. R95- R135. Info: 021 438 3301.
• Silent Voice runs until Saturday at the Baxter Theatre Centre. Straight from its success at the 2014 Edinburgh Assembly Fringe Festival, Aubrey Sekhabi’s high-octane armed heist thriller Silent Voice comes to the Baxter for a short season. 8.15pm. R100. Info via Computicket.
• The Rocky Horrow Show runs until Sunday at The Fugard Theatre. 8pm. R90-R310. Bookings via Computicket.
• Jou Ma se Comedy Club runs from Wednesday to Sunday at The Pumphouse, V&A Waterfront. 8.30pm. R95. See www.joumasecomedy.com or call 021 447 7237.
• 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-related information to Atiyyah Khan at [email protected] by Thursday afternoon for publication on Tuesday. Please put ‘boardwalk’ in the subject line of your e-mail.