LAMTA presents COME TOGETHER – A Beatles inspired dance production

Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre

9 Nov – 13 Nov

 

What makes The Beatles’ songs so timeless? And what has made so many artists, from Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley to Nina Simone and even Linkin Park cover their work? COME TOGETHER – The Beatles Covered / Uncovered is LAMTA’s exuberant, energetic and entertaining dance production for 2022, where once again a host of top South African choreographers will uncover the stories behind some of the Fab Four’s greatest works – as covered by famous (and not so famous) musicians and songwriters alike. The Beatles wrote universal ‘words of wisdom’, encouragement and love, and their melodies are full of emotional depth, so it’s no wonder that everyone wants to sing their songs. The Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy which is housed on top of the glorious Theatre on the Bay, is home to the next generation of exciting South African talent. Their dance productions have become a calendar highlight, so make sure you ‘come together, right now’ and book your tickets!

 

Duration: 2 halves of 45 minutes

Interval: 20 minutes

Age Restriction: None

Ticket Price: R250

 

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

By Edward Albee

Direction by Sylvaine Strike

 

Edward Albee’s WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF celebrates a 60^th anniversary production in South Africa!

 

Gloucester Productions is proud to announce a 2022 production of a theatrical classic at Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town and Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino theatre in Johannesburg.

 

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is regarded by many as one of most powerful  plays ever written and this year it celebrates it’s 60^th  anniversary.

 

Back in 1962, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee’s masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games with a younger couple, Nick and Honey, who get caught up in the battle.

 

By evening’s end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play’s razor-sharp dialogue, witty and hilarious scenarios and the stripping away of social pretense it has been described as  “a brilliantly original work of art, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire” (Newsweek)

 

The production is in the wonderfully capable hands of a multi award-winning team:

 

Sylvaine Strike (Fleur du cap best director for Endgame) directs a stellar cast including:

 

Alan Committie (Fleur du cap best actor for Richard III),

 

Robyn Scott (Fleur du cap best actress for Elizabeth – Almost a woman)

 

Sanda Shandu (Fleur du cap nominee for best supporting actor King Kong)

 

and Berenice Barbier (making her professional stage debut)

 

The show is designed by Wolf Britz (fleur du cap best lighting design Valsrivier)

 

Director Sylvaine Strike muses:

“On the auspicious occasion of its’ 60th anniversary, directing Edward Albee’s extraordinary Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf feels like an electrifying rite of passage, and I am both humbled and thrilled! This superbly penned dark comedy is a beast; a timeless classic that plays out over the length of a single evening during which Bourbon and Brandy are consumed in vast quantities by its four protagonists. Mischievous mind games are only the tip of the liquor fueled iceberg leaving the audience no option but to ride its deliciously wild rollercoaster of hilarity, cruelty and madness.

 

I am so excited to be working with an absolutely luminous cast. The iconic roles of the evening’s hosts George and Martha played by the two formidable theatrical forces that are Alan Committie and Robyn Scott, and introducing the terrific Sanda Shandu and Berenice Barbier in the roles of their innocent guests Nick and Honey.”

 

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf will run at Theatre on the Bay from Friday 16^th September to Saturday 8^th of October with performances every Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm and a Saturday matinee at 4pm

 

It will then move to Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre in Fourways, Johannesburg where it will run from Friday 14^th October to Sunday 6^th of November.  There will be performances Wednesday to Saturday at 8pm and matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3pm.

 

The production carries a suggested age appropriate restriction of no under 13’s.

 

Tickets are now available through Computicket

or by calling the theatre:

Montecasino: 011 511 1988

Deon Meyer & Coenie de Villiers

KAROO SUITE 2

Karoonagte

1 – 12 November

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

By Edward Albee

Direction by Sylvaine Strike

 

Edward Albee’s WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF celebrates a 60^th anniversary production in South Africa!

 

Gloucester Productions is proud to announce a 2022 production of a theatrical classic at Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town and Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino theatre in Johannesburg.

 

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is regarded by many as one of most powerful  plays ever written and this year it celeberates it’s 60^th  anniversary.

 

Back in 1962, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee’s masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games with a younger couple, Nick and Honey, who get caught up in the battle.

 

By the evening’s end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play’s razor-sharp dialogue, witty and hilarious scenarios and the stripping away of social pretense it has been described as  “a brilliantly original work of art, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire” (Newsweek)

 

The production is in the wonderfully capable hands of a multi award-winning team:

 

Sylvaine Strike (Fleur du cap best director for Endgame) directs a stellar cast including:

 

Alan Committie (Fleur du cap best actor for Richard III),

 

Robyn Scott (Fleur du cap best actress for Elizabeth – Almost a woman)

 

Sanda Shandu (Fleur du cap winner for best supporting actor King Kong)

 

and Berenice Barbier (making her professional stage debut)

 

The show is designed by Wolf Britz (fleur du cap best lighting design Valsrivier)

 

Director Sylvaine Strike muses:

“On the auspicious occasion of its’ 60th anniversary, directing Edward Albee’s extraordinary Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf feels like an electrifying rite of passage, and I am both humbled and thrilled! This superbly penned dark comedy is a beast; a timeless classic that plays out over the length of a single evening during which Bourbon and Brandy are consumed in vast quantities by its four protagonists. Mischievous mind games are only the tip of the liquor fueled iceberg leaving the audience no option but to ride its deliciously wild rollercoaster of hilarity, cruelty and madness.

 

I am so excited to be working with an absolutely luminous cast. The iconic roles of the evening’s hosts George and Martha played by the two formidable theatrical forces that are Alan Committie and Robyn Scott, and introducing the terrific Sanda Shandu and Berenice Barbier in the roles of their innocent guests Nick and Honey.”

 

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf will run at Theatre on The Bay from Friday 16^th September to Saturday 8^th of October with performances every Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm and a Saturday matinee at 4pm

 

It will then move to Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre in Fourways, Johannesburg where it will run from Friday 14^th October to Sunday 6^th of November.  There will be performances Wednesday to Saturday at 8pm and matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3pm.

 

The production carries a suggested age appropriate restriction of no under 13’s.

 

Tickets are now available through Computicket

or by calling the theatre:

Theatre on the Bay: 021 438 3300

Pieter Toerien presents
Paul Slabolepszy’s new hit play
FORDSBURG’S FINEST
Starring Paul Slabolepszy & Chi Mhende
Directed By Bobby Heaney
Pieter Toerien Theatre, Montecasino, 14 Sep – 9 Oct

 

Performances are Fridays to Sundays. Please check HERE for performance dates/times.

What Cape Town critics had to say:

Mariane Thamm Daily Maverick

Eatplaydrink-Cape Town

 

THE LAST FIVE YEARS, COMING TO MONTE

 

‘…saw it… LOVED it! – Hadley Titus, Fleur Du Cap Judge

‘…a JOY TO WATCH from start to finish.’ – David Viviers, award-winning actor

‘…a WORLD-CLASS production.’ – Melissa Haiden, award-winning actress

‘…it’s a KNOCK-OUT!’ – Robyn Cohen for The Cape Robyn

‘… BEYOND entertaining – it is THRILLING!’ – Bruce Dennil for pARTcipate

‘…a show you DON’T want to miss!’ – Faeron for Broadway World South Africa

 

Following a sold-out debut season at Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town, The Last Five Years is coming to the legendary Pieter Toerien Theatre at Monte Casino from 30 November 2022 to 11 December 2022.

Winner of a Drama Desk Award and named one of TIME Magazine’s 10 best shows of 2001, Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years has captivated audiences with a score of mesmerising brilliance and an ingenious libretto. Numerous international productions established the musical’s place as a masterpiece of modern musical theatre.

The Last Five Years is a one-act drama-comedy telling the bittersweet love story of Catherine Hiatt, a struggling actress, and Jamie Wellerstein, an up-and-coming novelist. This old story of love-found and love-lost is told in a fresh and new manner. Cathy reflects on their relationship from end to first meeting, whilst Jamie’s story moves chronologically. They meet only once, in the middle of the show.

Featured in the coveted role of Jamie is Fleur-Du-Cap nominee, Anthony Downing and playing opposite him as Cathy, is Fleur-Du-Cap nominee Zoë McLaughlin. At the helm of the creative team is award-winning director Paul Griffiths with musical direction by Jaco Griessel. To fully realise Jason Robert Brown’s vision, the cast will be accompanied live on stage by an ensemble of six musicians.

 

 

Directed by Paul Griffiths

Musical direction by Jaco Griessel

Starring Anthony Downing and Zoë McLaughlin

Running time: 90 minutes, no interval

Age restriction: PG-13

“Shirley Valentine’

Venue: Pieter Toerien’s Theatre On The Bay.

Dates: 3 – 13 August 2021.

Shirley Valentine returns to Theatre On the Bay!

Shirley Valentine is an award-winning British one-woman play by Willy Russell. A bored, middle-aged housewife, Shirley is trapped in a stale, loveless marriage. Her children are all grown up and she frequently talks to the wall in her kitchen while preparing her husband’s regular evening meal of egg and chips. Shirley feels stuck in a rut and finds solace in her daily glass of wine as she muses over the lack of excitement in her life. When her best friend asks her to go to Greece with her for 2 weeks, Shirley jumps at the chance with a mix of exhilaration and jittery nerves. Leaving a note for her husband that simply reads “Gone to Greece – Back in two weeks” Shirley leaves for her holiday.

While relaxing on holiday, she rediscovers the woman she used to be and the happiness that she has been missing. Shirley embarks on a passionate affair with Costas, a local Greek man, and realizes that there is more to life than the dull, mundane existence she leads back home in Liverpool.

Making a radical decision, she leaves her friend at the airport and goes back to the hotel she has been staying at to ask for a job. Finally, she is living the life she has dreamed of and rediscovered the self-confidence she has lost.

Starring Natasha Sutherland.

Direction by Gina Schmukler.

Ticket prices: R180 – R230 through Computicket or (021) 438-3300.

Running time: Approx’ 100 mins, with a 20-minute internal.

Note: Tickets sold in pairs.

PG (Adult themes).

Booking link:

https://tickets.computicket.com/event/shirley_valentine/2589540

 

Marc Lottering in ‘UNCLE MARC’

Venue: Pieter Toerien’s Theatre On The Bay

Dates: 28 June – 9 July 2022

UNCLE MARC is Marc Lottering’s latest stand-up comedy show which has been playing to packed houses around the country. The show runs at Theatre On The Bay, from 28 June until 9 July 2022.

Lottering is 54 and is determined to go into this chapter of his life, sexy as hell, at whatever cost.

UNCLE MARC has had fans in stitches and Capetonians now have a final opportunity to catch the show prior to Lottering heading off to Leicester Square Theatre in London.

Marc Lottering is one of South Africa’s top comedians. He is the recipient of several theatre awards and has also written two hit musicals.

UNCLE MARC is not suitable for children.

Ticket prices: R180 – R220 through Computicket or (021) 438-3300.

Running time: Approx’ 80 minutes, no interval.

Booking link:

https://tickets.computicket.com/event/uncle_marc/7184109

 

ROMANZA

 

JAMES GRACE (Guitar)

CARLI OLIVIER (Compañía Sophia Spanish Dance)

 

12 – 23 JUL THEATRE ON THE BAY, CAPE TOWN

27 JUL – 7 AUG PIETER TOERIEN THEATRE, MONTECASINO, JOHANNESBURG

 

Following sold-out seasons of RECUERDOS at both Pieter Toerien’s Theatre on the Bay in 2017 and the Pieter Toerien Theatre at Montecasino in 2018, internationally acclaimed and award-winning South African based guitarist JAMES GRACE once again joins forces with COMPAÑíA SOPHIA, directed by Spanish Dance choreographer and principle dancer CARLI OLIVIER to present their brand-new production, ROMANZA; a Spanish-inspired guitar and dance programme featuring music from Grace’s recent SAMA-winning album ANADALUZA – MUSIC OF SPAIN III, including specially arranged works by composers including Albéniz, de Falla, and José Galván with original choreography by Olivier.

 

As always, allow the sway of skirts electrified by flamenco dancers with the sounds of guitar and castanets transport you to the beauty and romance of Spain. Book now!

 

 

Praise for RECUERDOS (2018):

 

“…the grammar and vocabulary of the choreography conjures up a storm of formal Spanish dance protocol blended with a touch of utter magic.” (Robyn Sassen)

 

“…a stunning visual experience…” (Sheila Chisholm, weekendspecial.co.za)

Come join Mzansi Ballet’s spectacular and family friendly, The ABBA Show – A Cinderella Story at The Pieter Toerien Theatre at Montecasino. A modern telling of the classic tale of Cinderella set to the timeless music of ABBA. World class Choreography by Angela Revie, Xola Willie and Michael Revie.
With out-of-this-world costumes and sets designed by Fashion designer extraordinaire, David Hutt.
Featuring special guest, the fabulous Cathy Specific and a cast of world class dancers, Angela Revie, Xola Willie, Michael Revie, Aviwe November, Veronica Louw, Tsebang Sipambo and Alison Sischy amongst others.
Come dressed in your ABBA regalia to compete and be crowned on-stage as best dressed in the ball.
Do not miss out on the hottest ticket in town! 27 May – 19 June

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
By Charles Dickens
Adapted for the stage by Elizma Badenhorst
Direction by Elizma Badenhorst

Main Theatre
24 Nov – 10 Dec
Wed – Fri @ 7pm, Sat @ 3pm & 7pm, Sun @ 2:30pm

Ebenezer Scrooge’s “Bah, Humbug!” has never been more apt! After a rather tough 2023, A CHRISTMAS CAROL offers families an opportunity to experience the magical world of Charles Dickens this Holiday Season.

Introducing several ghosts and characters from his past, present and future, the play takes us on an emotional journey from the old Scrooge`s tight-fisted, miserly ways, to the new Scrooge, spreading goodwill and cheer through his generous spirit. Perfect for the entire family, this outing is bound to become a family tradition!

This classic holiday favourite will come to life as you have never seen it before, wearing a brand new jacket featuring animation and music. This production is a sumptuous banquet for the eyes, ears and imagination; a sensory delight for any tired soul.

Running Time: 60 mins
Cast: tbc
Music: Wessel Odendaal
Animation: Naret Loots