ARTSCAPE OPERA HOUSE

The Rocky Horror Show tells the story of Brad and his fiancee Janet, two squeaky clean college kids who meet Dr Frank`n`Furter by chance when ...

Cape Town Opera joins Naspers to celebrate the Mandela Centenary with two concert performances of the widely travelled Mandela Trilogy at the Artscape Opera House. ...

Pieter Toerien, David Ian and The Really Useful Group will present Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC in South Africa this year. ...

Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre's production of WEST SIDE STORY returns to the Artscape Opera House stage for one final season in South Africa ...

The world-famous Imperial Ice Stars, who have won international critical acclaim for their previous tours of THE SLEEPING BEAUTY ON ICE, THE NUTCRACKER ON ICE ...

Presented in South Africa by Pieter Toerien and David Ian, EVITA charts the rags-to-riches rise of Eva Duarte Perón (Emma Kingston), the First Lady of ...

This year's DANCERS LOVE DOGS will take place at the Artscape Opera House at 19:30 on 1 November, aiding the mass sterilisation of animals in ...

South African tenor, Levy Sekgapane, a first prize winner of Plácido Domingo's prestigious Operalia 2017 competition, will headline The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and Cape ...

Outstanding ballet will once again grace Capetonian stages when the much anticipated SAIBC INTERNATIONAL BALLET GALA takes place this September. Presented by Dirk Badenhorst, the ...

A musical tribute and live concert experience that journeys through Michael Jackson’s vast and incredible catalogue of work including his beginnings as a member of ...

This cracking new production of ANNIE, the world`s favourite family musical, stars Charon Williams-Ros (Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd) as the tyrannical Miss Hannigan and ...

A musical/comedy trip down memory lane to the disco floors and power ballads of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and now with a local live ...

“Inspirational. Transformational. Funny. Glamorous. Topical. Typically South African. Optimistic. Hopeful.” It is 2016. We are in the 22nd year of our democracy and Evita Bezuidenhout ...

Michael Williams’s staging of Bizet’s eternally popular Spanish melodrama, which played to sell-out success in 2011, is revived as the second instalment of the NASPERS ...

The CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET presents the classic The SLEEPING BEAUTY with international guest artists at selected performances Accompanied by the CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ...

Spend an exciting afternoon with the CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET cast of The Sleeping Beauty. See highlights from the production, meet the dancers and win ...

Charity meets choreography in this annual performance where dancers collaborate for the mass sterilisation of animals....

For the first time ever, the multi-award winning critically acclaimed international sensation, Slava’s Snowshow storms into Artscape later this year. This show brilliantly creates a ...

SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW is a breathtaking spectacle of beautifully crafted comic images, restoring childish wonder in people of all ages. The multi award winning international sensation, ...

MY FAIR LADY, often called “the perfect musical”, is the standard by which all other musicals are measured. Based on Shaw’s play and Pascal’s movie ...

Back by popular demand! The Greatest Love Of All – The Whitney Houston Show returns to Cape Town to once again honour and celebrate the ...

Cape Town Opera, the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, the University of Cape Town and Artscape Theatre Centre are also proud hosts of the prestigious International ...

The CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET brings back a perennial favourite in the ballet, COPPELIA, Based on the well- known story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, this is ...

An exciting collaboration of dance spearheaded by the Theatre Dance Association to raise awareness and much needed funds for the Cape Town City Ballet....

A programme that explores different aspects of human emotions, from indifference to passionate interaction between people, danced to composers as varied as Britten, Bartok, Glazunov ...

With an artist a Vert legenede in the African music world and a favorite that music people's hearts touch deep, it is no verasing to ...

This special offer is a highlight of the festival program. All the winning choirs of the ATKV / Report choir competition; HARMONY come together in ...

Cape Productions hopes to build on the Suidooosterfees's commitment to heritage arts in the 50th commemorative year of the injustice to the community of Distrik6, ...

This comedy show is a tour that Riaad started, with young and dynamic upcoming comedians....

HOME is a musical celebration through the eyes of young people, celebrating a part of our history and culture, a glimpse into a world that ...

Four of the best Cape comedians together on stage in true Cape style! Ps: The Sun View All...

David Kramer to his red veldskoens shine, the strings of consents his gaze guitar and his porkpie hat tight hug on his head, because it ...

Emo Adams is somewhat of a rare occurrence in the entertainment industry. He writes and sings songs. He writes screenplays and plays itself of the ...

From opera singers to pianists and ballet dancers come from the streets of District Six - most of whom were members of the Eoan Group, ...

A music and dance extravaganza like never before in association with Artscape and under the guidance of musiekmaestro Janine Neethling...

Artscape will play host to a number of young musicians to participate in this year’s Brass Band Extravaganza, who will participate in workshops run throughout ...

Following the resounding success of his 2014 SA Tour, legendary GRAMMY Award winning singer and songwriter, Albert Hammond, of It Never Rains in Southern California, ...

Join us for a rare opportunity to hear two of South Africa’s greatest stars in concert on home soil. Pretty Yende and Sunnyboy Dladla appear ...

Richard Strauss’ scandalously opulent 1905 setting of Oscar Wilde’s play has lost none of its power to shock and seduce. British dramatic soprano Allison Oakes ...

The Sunday Gala will showcase the SAIBC 2016 winners as well as international guest artists....

The top 5 dancers in each category will compete on this night for gold, silver and bronze medal placement and monetary prizes, showcasing their best ...

The semi finals showcase the top competitors who have made it through the three days of elimination rounds, dancing spectacular solos as they compete for ...

The preliminary rounds showcase talented dancers from around the world and South Africa, ranging in age from 12 to 28, in classical and contemporary solos, ...

The Imperial Ice Stars received standing ovations from audiences in 15 countries around the world with their first tour of SWAN LAKE ON ICE in ...

Making a splash from the moment it premiered, this sensational production of SINGIN` IN THE RAIN sold out on the West End, received unparalleled praise ...

A trip down memory lane to the disco floors and power ballads of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s with a local live band and dynamic ...

Queen It’s a kinda magic! is a theatrical tribute show authentic in every detail to the legendary rock band Queen. Stadium-type lighting, rock concert sound, ...

Donizetti and Schiller give us the greatest confrontation history never saw, that between the Virgin Queen and Mary, Queen of Scots. Banned by the Royal ...

If Comedy had a Government – this would be it. The Long Bun Fight to Freedom - This year has been witness to the most ...

A collaboration between the CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET, an 80-year old performing company, and the CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC Orchestra, for an entire evening of dance. ...

One of the most popular of all classical ballets, portraying the tragic tale of a young girl who loses her mind when jilted by her ...

The highly acclaimed New York-based Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, one of the world’s most popular global dance companies, is planning an historic return to ...

The Merry Widow of Malagawi is a light-hearted theatrical and musical exploration of diplomatic intrigue, capitalism and how people protect their wealth and self interests. ...

Perhaps the best Musical ever written – WEST SIDE STORY – explodes on to the stage in July 2015. This Eric Abraham and Fugard Theatre ...

A Spartacus of Africa takes the tale of Spartacus, the slave, and sets it firmly in Africa. It is the familiar story of one man’s ...

The internationally acclaimed St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre will return to Cape Town in May 2015 to present a full length, four act classic production of ...

An exciting collaboration of dance spearheaded by the Theatre Dance Association to raise awareness and much needed funds for the Cape Town City Ballet....

The most irresistible courtesan in opera - onstage at the Winspear for the very first time-in this lavish and lovely production from Florida Grand Opera! ...

A fun and heart-felt tribute to a true pop icon – the incomparable Whitney Houston. The Greatest Love Of All – The Whitney Houston Show ...

Because of the success of the first season of this ballet in October, 2014, it will be repeated for three performances only at the Easter ...

The CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET presents Veronica Paeper’s dramatic interpretation of the love triangle between the sultry Carmen, the dashing toreador, Escamilio, and the naïve ...

Celebrating the 50th Annivesary of the Fleur du Cap Awards, this glamorous red carpet theatre awards ceremony is interspersed with superb entertainment....

Comedian Trevor Noah makes his Artcape debut with a brand new one-man show....

In the year 2069, Earth has been destroyed by man’s neglect and climate change. One small archipelago of islands, known as Rockville, survives and is ...

Born in Moscow and raised in Israel, Shlomo Mintz made his Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra debut at the age of 14 and his Carnegie Hall debut ...

Hear the Beatles come alive again with more than two dozen tunes, including Penny Lane and Yesterday, in this Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to ...

As part of its 80th Birthday celebrations, Cape Town City Ballet brings three dance companies to the Artscape Opera stage for three performances only. In ...

An exciting collaboration of dance spearheaded by the Theatre Dance Association to raise awareness and much needed funds for the Cape Town City Ballet....

Show Boat is a musical of the old American South, rich with nostalgia, humour, love stories and well-loved melodies such as Ol’ Man River and ...

The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra is joined on stage by the internationally acclaimed violinist Midori in Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular Violin Concerto. Arjan Tien, who is no stranger ...

With a Grammy, a CBE and the Queen’s Medal for Music to his name, Bryn Terfel is one of the most sought-after opera singers in ...

As we celebrate 20 years of democracy, Credo reflects on our road to freedom and the democratic values of? our constitution. This new multimedia oratorio ...

Nyasha takes us on a mystical voyage into the realms of 24 year-old Zimbabwean refugee, Samuel Chifamba’s mind - a professional basketball player who embarks ...

The greatest of all classical ballets ever choreographed, this masterpiece embodies mystery and romance portrayed in sublime, ethereal movement. Tchaikovsky’s score transports the viewer and ...

Based on the memoirs of Maria von Trapp, The Sound of Music follows wayward postulant, Maria, who leaves the Abbey and become governess to seven ...

Cape Town City Ballet’s artistic director Robin van Wyk has choreographed a brand new ballet, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s popular fairy tale of a ...

Cape Town City Ballet presents an exquisite selection of beautiful scenes from a host of favourite ballets with the star ballerinas and danseurs of the ...

A star-studded line-up of musicians and performing artists join Jimmie Earl Perry, the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mario Verster, Hanneli Rupert, Janelle Visagie, The ...

South Africa’s only vernacular comedy show has earned glowing reviews from capacity venues across the country. It is a fast paced evening of fun delivered ...

Comedian, actor and author, Russell Brand includes Cape Town in his first ever world stand-up comedy tour. Keeping in line with his comedic style, the ...

The young internationally acclaimed South African soprano, Pretty Yende captivated opera lovers the world over when she made her spectacular recital debuts at the Teatro ...

Following an incredible demand to do a full length show in English, Afrikaans comedian Casper de Vries succumbs and goes Kakie....

Die slagvelde met die guerilla leër van Boere-soldate wat desperaat teen die krag van die Britse magte geveg het, word herskep in ‘n eerste Boere-oorlog ...

Die eerste volwaardige oorspronklike Afrikaanse Oratorium, met klassieke orkes, koor en soliste, - ‘n Viering van die Skepping. Met musiek deur Janine Neethling en teks ...

International guest artists join Cape Town City Ballet in this classic ballet. The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Graham Scott, accompanies the company at selected ...

Cape Town City Ballet presents a programme devoted to the ballerinas of the dance world to honour Women’s Day....

Wait no more, South Africa. The runaway worldwide smash hit musical, JERSEY BOYS currently playing in major cities worldwide including New York, Las Vegas, London, ...

This multi-award winning musical tells the true real-life story of how four poverty-line kids from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the ...

At eight Sarah Chang made her debut with the New York Philharmonic. At 10 she recorded her first critically acclaimed album. This violin megastar is ...

Dancers and performers join forces in this annual concert to raise funds for the mass sterilisation of animals. All the funds raised with this event ...

One of Cape Town’s best-loved ballerinas, Tracy Li, makes her triumphant return to the ballet stage! Based on Verdi’s well-known opera, La Traviata, this presentation ...

This annual showcase of various dance genres is spearheaded by the Theatre Dance Association to raise awareness and funds for The Cape Town City Ballet....

The sensational Cape Town soprano, Pretty Yende, returns to Cape Town following her triumphant debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera with this concert performance ...

In a new collaboration of unprecedented scope, six Southern Hemisphere opera companies have collaborated to create a new production of Verdi’s Otello. Lithuanian tenor Kristian ...

TAP DOGS returns! Stronger, faster, louder and more outrageous than ever before, it’s the same hard stomping, tough, pulsating dance machine but it’s re-energised, re-vitalised ...

Relive the music, rhythm and romance as the 17 year old `Baby` slips into womanhood during an eye-opening vacation at `Kellermans` lodge in the Catskills ...

This perennial favourite fairy tale ballet for the festive season brings to life the story of Clara, Fritz and their eccentric uncle Drosselmeyer. The world-wide ...

The internationally acclaimed Tygerberg Children’s choir celebrates four decades of choral music with a reunion gala concert. The choir has won every major international choral ...

When a wealthy playboy is found dead, all evidence seems to point to his eccentric butler. However, as the investigation into the murder deepens, it ...

Casper de Vries en sy vlymskerp satire keer terug na Kaapstad met sy laaste-ooit reeks vertonings van Vark In Hel. In dié vertoning steek hy ...

They conquered the World Cup of Funny in 2010. Then they broke all SA comedy records with their Victory Tour that same year. In 2011 ...

No fewer than four guest artists will grace the stage in this glamorous re-creation of Norman Furber’s masterpiece, last seen in South Africa in 1996, ...