THE MARKET THEATRE

by Stephi Wild - July 19, 2024

This August, renowned South African theatremaker Andrew Buckland reprises his iconic one-man show, The Ugly Noo Noo for Johannesburg audiences, with a run at The Market Theatre and a special HOW | Showing the Making at The Centre for the Less Good Idea.  ...

by Faeron Wheeler - February 17, 2024

EXPELLED is a brand-new play from Rosalind Butler, and it deals with just how damaging social media can be for all ages. The characters in the play and the story feel incredibly relatable as many of us spend time questioning how much we live our lives through social media....

by Stephi Wild - November 07, 2023

Rosalind Butler's new South African play EXPELLED premieres at the Baxter Theatre and transfers to The Market Theatre in 2024 and bookings are now open!...

by Stephi Wild - June 15, 2023

SET IN MOTION is a theatre dance production that investigates the internal and external forces that pulls us in various directions and sometimes even hinders our ability to live life to the fullest. 'A body in motion will stay in motion, and a body at rest will stay at rest. Unless an external force...

by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2023

In what promises to be one of the most thrilling theatre highlights of the year, the stage production of Damon Galgut's Booker Prize-winning novel, THE PROMISE, will have its world premiere in Cape Town this September....

by Stephi Wild - March 07, 2023

Before the Second Advent is a play in four acts (Conquest, War, Famine and Death) that tells the story of familial trauma, illness, and religious fervor. ...

by Faeron Wheeler - March 06, 2023

It's not often I get to talk about theatre happening up in Joburg. However, last year I met Daphne Kuhn - owner and artisitic director of Theatre on the Square - and have seen some of the amazing work done there. This year, I chatted to Daphne about her theatre, the challenges they've faced over the...

by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2022

Acclaimed playwright Nadia Davids and director Jay Pather, once again team up for the world premiere of her latest play, Hold Still, at the Baxter Flipside, for a limited season, from 7 to 19 November 2022, at 7pm, with Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. ...