• Jou Ma se Comedy Club runs from Wednesday to Sunday at The Pumphouse, V&A Waterfront. Line-up this week includes Dylan Skews (headliner), Rob Van Vuuren (MC), Yaseen Barnes (support) and Milo Hot Chocolate (open mic). 8.30pm. R95 to R120. See www.joumasecomedy.com or call 021 418 8880.
• Goema Symphony No 1 by Gerald Samuel McKenzie takes place on Saturday at the NG Kerk, Darling. Symphonic storytelling in an amazing fusion of jazz, goema and chamber music. 6pm. R120. Info: 079 445 9703. Info: www.darlingmusic.org.
• The Swing Café Variety Show runs tomorrow at Mercury Lounge, Zonnebloem. Featuring Paul Snodgrass (comic), Miss Kiki (MC), Dalin Oliver (comic), Maurice Turk (poet), Simone Tommy (singer and songwriter). 7.30pm. R40. Info: 021 465 2106.
• Oom Schalk, from the Heart runs from February 10 to 14 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.
• Rhythm India runs on Friday and Saturday at the Artscape Theatre Centre. Rhythm India, comprisedof 20 uniquely themed dance acts and a host of Bollywood songs, is a Taare dance production that will creatively encompass aspects of the traditional and contemporary forms of Indian dance. 7.30pm. R120 at Computicket.
• Oude Libertas Summer Season Festival: Japanese Dance – Grandslam, performed by Condors, runs on Friday and Saturday at the Oude Libertas Amphitheatre. 8.15pm. R140 to R160 at Computicket.
• Santa’s Story ends February 14 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 beautiful lyrical folk music. R95 to R165. Info: 021 438 3301.
• Laughing Wild ends Friday at the Arena Theatre. Comedy directed by Luke Ellenbogen, starring Schalk Bezuidenhout and Francesca Michel. 8pm. Free. Info: 021 480 7129.
• Orpheus in Africa ends February 22 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. Tickets priced from R130 to R220 at Computicket.
• Die Ongelooflike Ries van Max en Lola ends Saturday at the Baxter Theatre. 8.30pm. R120 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.
• ‘80’s Rewind runs until March 8 at the Barnyard Theatre, Willowbridge, Cape Town. ‘80s rock revival show. 8pm. R100. Info: 021 914 8375.
• Kaapse Stories from the Mother City runs until March 28 at Richard’s Supper Stage and Bistro, 229 Main Rd, Sea Point. The musical dinner introduces the Kleintjies family while giving us an insight into a 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 at Quicket. See www.facebook.com/comedyonlong.
• Improguise Mondays at The Galloway Theatre, Port Rd, V&A Waterfront. 8pm. Tel: 072 939 3351.
• Comedy at Mercury Live, 43 De Villiers St, 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 thechillibar.co.za.
• Comedy at Obviouzly Armchair Backpackers & Pub, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, every Sunday. 8.30pm to 10.30pm.
• E-mail information to Atiyyah Khan at [email protected] by Thursday. Please put “boardwalk” in the subject line.