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Pirates of Penzance | Produced by G&S Cape Town, 2026 When director Darryl Spijkers came to us for Pirates of Penzance, the brief was clear: vintage and on a budget. Authentic period footlights were out of reach — so we designed and built something that captured the spirit of them without the price tag or…
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2026 – Cape Town Vaslav is a one-man theatrical portrait of Vaslav Nijinsky — the legendary Russian ballet dancer whose genius and madness became inseparable. Performed by Godfrey Johnson, the show demanded a production environment that could hold both the intimacy of a single performer and the weight of a fractured, extraordinary life. Verlig Events…
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2026 – Cape Town Ayn Rand’s The Night of January 16th is a theatrical curiosity: part courtroom drama, part moral debate, and part social experiment. Inspired by the real-life death of Swedish industrialist Ivar Kreuger, the play is set entirely in a courtroom during a murder trial — with an unusual twist: members of the…
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2025 – Cape Town The Long Way Home follows Alex, a young musician from Cape Town who leaves home in search of fame and purpose — travelling through the streets of Rio, into the heart of New Orleans, and across continents, chasing dreams that slowly unravel through heartbreak, betrayal, and longing. An original South African…
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2025 – Cape Town Geraldine Aron is an Irish playwright born in Galway who has lived in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Bar and Ger has been performed at the Royal National Theatre in London, the Edinburgh Festival, and throughout the world in fourteen languages. Mickey Kannis Caught My Eye won the SABC-TV Best Play…
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In November 2024, Hema Maskowitz was selected as one of 65 female lighting designers and specialists featured in Collected Light Volume Three: Women in Entertainment Lighting, published by Light Collective — a UK-based lighting consultancy and advocacy organisation with over 25 years in the field. The book reaches across the globe to document women working…
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August/September 2024 – The Milnerton Playhouse, Cape Town A hilarious reimagining of Bram Stoker’s classic tale, blending the comedy styles of Mel Brooks and Monty Python, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors brought five actors, dozens of characters, and a whole lot of chaos to the Milnerton Playhouse stage. Directed by Wayne Hendricks, the production featured…
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Erin Hall, Rondebosch, Cape Town — July 2024 An afternoon of piano and voice at one of Cape Town’s most intimate concert venues. Time with the Viennese Masters brought together baritone Barend van der Westhuizen and pianist Chris Cameron-Dow for a programme celebrating the enduring genius of Beethoven and Schubert — two composers whose work…
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2024 – Cape Town A nostalgic trip into a gentler past, Live With Ivy opens in 1950s Nyasaland — now Malawi — before leaping forward to London’s West End in the 1980s. The Garrick family has been in the theatre for 200 years, but times are changing, and young Ivy must choose between law and…
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2022 – Cape Town Frances Hodgson Burnett’s iconic tale reimagined for the stage by Stephan Fourie — a vibrant feast for the eyes, taking audiences on a mystical whirlwind adventure as they discover the secrets of a mysterious hidden garden. A cast of 23 performers tell the story of orphaned Mary Lennox, who finds herself…