Drama and Dance
Dar Es Salaam What's on
25-28 September 2012. This theatrical play, written by Jens-Erwin Siemssen and entitled Atalanta 2012, documents the contemporary phenomenon of piracy in Somalia.
This documentary play stages marit...
Cairo What's on
22 July-12 December 2012. This play, entitled A Play Ghost in Our House, is written by the great playwright Lenin El Ramly and directed by Esaam El Saayd.
The Egyptian author Lenin El-Ramly likes t...
Cape Town What's on
5-29 September 2012. The play “Boesman and Lena” by the South African playwright, novelist, actor and director Athol Fugard, is directed by James Ngcobo and stars Quanita Adams, Elton Land...
Nairobi What's on
27 July-11 August 2012. The Phoenix Players perform the theatrical play Who’s Who, directed by George Mungai.
During a clandestine weekend two men and two women meet in the lounges of the Gra...
Cape Town What's on
24 July-4 August 2012. This theatre play, entitled Worst of Both Worlds, is written and directed by Bulelani Mabutyana and stars Thando Suselo, Lubabalo Nontwana.
It tells the story of a young girl...
Cape Town What's on
Waiting for the Barbarians at Baxter
16 August-1 September 2012. The Baxter Theatre Centre and Mopo Productions present this South African classic drama play, entitled Waiting for the Barbarians.
Written by the Nobel Prize winning J.M...
Nairobi What's on
6-21 July 2012. This play, entitled Three Fold Chord, is written by Scott Marshall and directed by Millicent Ogutu.
It tells the story of a man, called Markus, who is secretly living a triple life....
Cape Town What's on
4-8 July 2012. The Imperial Russian Ballet Company, directed by the artistic director Gediminas Taranda, performs its rich programme, which includes Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Walpurgis Night, taken...
Cape Town What's on
1–4 August 2012. On stage will be the talented dancers of the Afrika Ablaze Dance company, directed by the famous choreographer and dance teacher Glenda Jones.
This event proposes five shows...
Cape Town What's on
8-12 August 2012. This rock ballet, entitled Queen at Ballet, is performed by the Bovim Ballet production.
This show takes the public on an extraordinary journey through the life of one of the most...
Nairobi What's on
Visiting Hour by Phoenix Players
15-30 June 2012. This play, entitled Visiting Hour, is written by Richard Harris and directed by George Mungai.
It includes four scenes, such as Plaster, in which a hospitalized husband is visited...
Maputo What's on
7 June 2012. This dance contest, entitled Post Amatodos, was launched by the United States of America Embassy in Maputo through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) on 1 Decem...
Cape Town What's on
11 July – 4 August 2012. This play, entitled Mies Julie, is based on the play Miss Julie by August Strindberg, directed by the South African director Yael Farber, starring Thoko Ntshinga, Bongil...
Nairobi What's on
16 June 2012. On occasion of the 200 anniversary from the publishing of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales, this theatrical performance, entitled A World of Fairies and Shadows, pays homage to the famous G...
Cairo What's on
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
3 May 2012. The Department of the Arts presents this play written by Dale Wasserman, entitled One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and based on a novel by Ken Kesey.
This tragic-comedy, directed by Mark...
Cape Town What's on
18 May-9 June 2012. The Baxter Theatre stages The Brothers Size, produced by the Syracuse Stage production, written by the award winning American playwright Tarrel Alvin McCraney and directed by Timot...
Cape Town What's on
23 April-12 May 2012. The Jester Productions present this play, entitled Bullets over Bishop Lavis, written by Christo Davids and Jody Abrahams and directed by Jody Abrahams.
Starring Abduraghman A...
Nairobi What's on
13-28 April 2012. The Phoenix Players perform this drama, entitled A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by George Mungai and produced by Millicent Ogutu and George Mungai.
I...
Nairobi What's on
24 March-7 April 2012. The Phoenix Players present this comedy, entitled Why Not Stay for Breakfast?, starring Ray Cooney and Gene Stone and directed by Likarion Wainaina. It tells the story of a 45 y...
Cape Town What's on
31 March 2012. This show, entitled Comedy with a Conscience, is performed by some of Cape Town’smost talented actors. The actors: MarcLottering, Worcester’s Queen of Comedy, Shimmy Isaacs,...
