The Cape Robyn, Cape Town (2026)

23/04/2026

This looks DELICIOUS!!!

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder which will be on at The Masque and Milnerton Playhouse.

I am checking with the creative team - but I don't think it has been staged yet in South Africa. Perhaps it has been staged by a college? Anyone out there - involved in staging it?

The musical won four Tony Awards in 2024, including two major awards - Best Musical and Best Book.

It is a about a man who is broke. He could inherit a family fortune. But there are others in line who will inherit before him. That means he needs to bump off eight relatives. Rave reviews include: “…morbidly hilarious” - USA Today.

Sounds yummy.

The Cape Robyn
Robyn Cohen
Christine Michele Skinner
Masque Theatre South Africa

Stage: Hit musical comedy, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Cape Town 2026 -

20/04/2026

#𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆

The fabulous Funmilayo Chesney and her New York-based Fusha Dance Company was in SA, heading up an amazing 10-day exchange in Joburg and Cape Town.

Read all about in on TheCapeRobyn:

The Cape Robyn
Robyn Cohen
Clayton Morar Media

Arts: Afrofuture In Motion, leaves lasting impact across South Africa -

20/04/2026

at Theatre on the Bay.

Review is up. Loved this production.

Hoping to go again.

The Cape Robyn
Robyn Cohen
Theatre On The Bay
LAMTA - Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy
Pieter Toerien Productions
Pieter Toerien's Montecasino Theatre & Studio

Review: Rocky Horror Show, South Africa 2026, astounding production -

17/04/2026

𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣’ 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘, 𝙖𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚, 𝙤𝙣 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 6 𝙖𝙣𝙙 7, 2026

Magically amazing news is that students and graduates of the College of Magic in Cape Town, will be performing in a razzle dazzle family magic production, Makin’ Magic, at Artscape, on June 6 and 7, 2026.

Note – there are only four performances. This annual family show, tends to sell out - so BOOK.

Makin’ Magic combines illusion, comedy and storytelling and takes place “in the eccentric laboratory of the brilliant but slightly chaotic Professor, played by Cape Town actor Matthew Baldwin.”

The Cape Robyn
Robyn Cohen
Christine Michele Skinner
Artscape
Matthew Patrick Mozart Baldwin
The College of Magic

Magic: Over 50 young magicians take the stage, Makin’ Magic at Artscape -

13/04/2026

𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 - 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 (𝗕𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗔)

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟗 – 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞, 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧.

Congrats to the Byron Bure Academy of Theatre Arts (BBATA), which is celebrating a decade on the boards in Cape Town. As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations, BBATA is staging Jason Robert Brown’s acclaimed Songs for a New World. The song cycle, was first performed in 1994. It was revived in 2018, with minor tweaks, explains director Byron Groenewald-Bure. “We're doing the 2018 version. The original had a cast of four. We are doing it with 13. We have gender-bent some roles but the overall message stays the same.”

Director: Byron Groenewald-Bure
Assistant director: Tara Macpherson
Musical director: Casey Wallace
Choreography: Jessica de Bod and Wendy Henrique
Physical theatre: Luyanda Jantjies

The Cape Robyn
Robyn Cohen
Byron Bure Academy of Theatre Arts
Catch the Wave

Stage: Songs for a New World, presented by The Byron Bure Academy of Theatre, Cape Town -

09/04/2026

Exciting!

There are two new productions for the Winter Season 2026 How Now Brown Cow Productions - in Joburg and Cape Town.

Constellations by Nick Payne

The Baxter Studio, Cape Town, June 2-20, 2026

Theatre On The Square, Johannesburg, June 23 to July 11, 2026

Prima Facie by Suzie Miller

The Baxter Studio, Cape Town, August 4-29, 2026
The Market Theatre, Johannesburg, September 17 to October 4 2026

Bravo to Producer Julie-Anne McDowell Hegarty of and to all those involved.

Yes. Two NEW productions for winter in South Africa.

Christine Michele Skinner
Baxter Theatre
The Market Theatre
Theatre on the Square, Sandton
Daphne Kuhn

The Cape Robyn

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Stage: How Now Brown Cow Winter season 2026, two new productions across two cities -

07/04/2026

#𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁, 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟴-𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

The text, based on the diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky, was written by Johnson, Lara Bye and Karen Jeynes; with musical arrangement and composition by Johnson and direction is by Lara Bye. The dark, moving and tender, Vaslav premiered in 2019 and was nominated for four Fleur du Cap awards.

It is a beautiful show -dark and complex - like Vaslav - evoked by the brilliant Godfrey at the piano and singing.

The Cape Robyn
The Cape Robyn

Stage: Milnerton Playhouse presents Vaslav, starring Godfrey Johnson -

31/03/2026

Your Perfect Life - the play.

Who has a perfect life?

Be careful for what you wish. For women it is heightened, with societal expectations that they should get married, ditch the career (or dial back at least) and have babies.

Erika Breytenbach and Faeron Wheeler are friends and colleagues in the theatre industry and drawing on aspects of their own lives, in 2019, they wrote Your Perfect Life, exploring choices and outcomes.

They also perform in the comedic play, which received two Standard Bank Ovation Awards at National Arts Festival Makhanda– one award was for a live staging (2019) and the other was for a digital iteration (2020), during the pandemic.

I have seen the play on several occasions, including one when we were still in lockdown (October 2020) and we had to wear masks and be socially distanced from each other. I look forward to the 2026 Your Perfect Life, which has been tweaked and updated. It is on at two venues - The Drama Factory (April 16-18) and the Masque (April 23 to 25).

The Cape Robyn
Robyn Cohen
Christine Michele Skinner
The Drama Factory
Masque Theatre South Africa
Faeron Wheeler
Erika Breytenbach - Marais

Quicket South Africa

See link for more:

Stage: Western Cape tour for funny, poignant award winning Your Perfect Life -

31/03/2026

The Royal Countess Zingara - review is up - the season in Cape Town, ends May 17. No worries re FOMO for Joburg audiences .

The Royal Countess will tour to Joburg to Melrose Arch at end of June.

Fabulous evening of theatre, dining and lots of fun partying after the show. It is an experience, destination theatre and dining.

The Zingara team recently received the accolade as Top Experience Journey at the Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA) Awards, which took place in Johannesburg (March 2026). Read on and you will get a sense of “Experience Journey” and the immersion of theatre, food and sideshow. So deserved.

As I note in my review - keep your eyes open for the array of Circus Sideshow such as the confession booth in the foyer.

https://thecaperobyn.co.za/review-the-royal-countess-zingara-sublime-experience-of-theatre-food-and-fun/
The Cape Robyn
Robyn Cohen
The Royal Countess Zingara
Rory Avenstrüp

Review: The Royal Countess Zingara, sublime experience of theatre, food and fun -

30/03/2026

Exciting!

Two plays by Gavin Werner will be on at Masque Theatre in Cape Town. April 8-18.

Gavin’s new play, Meeting Murphy will be staged concurrently with his acclaimed play, Spanish Steps.

Spanish Steps received the 2025 award at (The Writers Guild of South Africa), the Muse award for Best Produced play.

Bravo to Gavin for writing, staging and producing plays.

And here we have TWO of his plays in one season.

Awesome.

See 🔗 for interview

https://thecaperobyn.co.za/interview-gavin-werner-in-conversation-meeting-murphy-and-spanish-steps/

The Cape Robyn

Robyn Cohen
Christine Michele Skinner
Masque Theatre South Africa

Interview: Gavin Werner in conversation, Meeting Murphy and Spanish Steps -

26/03/2026

Review- Sin and Salvation- The Johnny Cash Story - March 25-28, 2026 Baxter Theatre

Loved this show!

The Cape Robyn
Robyn Cohen

Review: Hello, this is Johnny Cash, Sin and Salvation in Cape Town -

25/03/2026

is coming to the Baxter Theatre.

Short season April 1-4.

Love the delicious title of Wayne Mckay Entertainment & Events Management - want to eat the title up.

At its heart, Wayne says that AfriSnaaks! “is a love letter to the Cape Flats: a place where humour is survival, storytelling is currency, and every family gathering is a live comedy show waiting to happen.”

He adds: “Comedy grows as you grow. The country changes, we change, and the material evolves with it. This run at the Baxter feels like the right time to present the show in its strongest form yet.

Vulture Productions
Clayton Morar Media

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Comedy news: AfriSnaaks brings unapologetically Afrikaans laughter to Baxter -

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