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Kneedy: Janice Honeyman’s pantomime Beauty and the Beast is being staged at the Joburg Theatre. Photo: Corne du Plessis
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Pantomime: The beauty of festive storytelling

Janice Honeyman’s production brings magic to Joburg audiences

  • Keitumetse Modise
3 min read
Imagination: The Terrified Talabalushi, a theatre piece with music for children, is on at The Market Theatre in Joburg. Photo: Suzy Bernstein
ALADDIN

It is that stage of the year again ….

Put a visit to the theatre on your entertainment bucket list — and tickets would make a great gift

  • Greg Homann
3 min read
Fans cosplay in Peter Pan costumes during the Walt Disney D23 Expo in Anaheim, California on September 9, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)
JAMES BARRIE

‘Peter Pan’ is coming to the Joburg Theatre

Theatre-maker Janice Honeyman’s reimagining of the tale is set to open in November

  • Bongeka Gumede
2 min read
BEN VOSS

Joburg Theatre’s ‘Adventures in Pantoland’ is a fun mash-up-mega-mix

Didintle Khunou speaks on her panto debut as Snow White in this festive season all-star performance

  • Kgomotso Moncho Maripane
5 min read
Producer and music Supervisor Zolani Shangase getting the band and workshop cast up to speed with the music. (Photo: Madevu Entertainment)
ARTS AND CULTURE TRUST

Musical drama ‘Hlakanyana’ offers biting social comment

The theatre piece draws on folklore and an Afrofuturist world to interrogate social ills

  • Heather Dugmore
5 min read