Entertainment

BY THEATRE CORRESPONDENT : How Now Brown Cow, in association with The Market Theatre, presents the South African premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning Prima Facie, directed by celebrated theatre maker Neil Coppen (Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater; Animal Farm; Tin Bucket Drum). It will run from 17 Sept – 4 Oct 2026 at The Market Theatre. Danica De La Rey Jones (Hunting Jessica Brok; Unseen; For Colored Girls) performs the role of Tessa, a brilliant young barrister who climbs her way up from working-class origins to the top of her game: defending, cross-examining and winning. Tessa believes in the legal system, until a brutal attack turns her world upside down as she navigates the very same system she once championed. Now put on trial herself, re-trauma...

BY THE BUZ HIVE: The following afternoon brings a change of pace as Adrian & Emma-Jean Galliard return to a South African stage following acclaimed performances in the UK. September At the Whirlwind The father-and-daughter duo will present A Spring Concert with Adrian & Emma-Jean at The Whirlwind on Sunday, 20 September at 15h00, fresh from August performances in Notting Hill and Reigate that earned an enthusiastic response from British audiences. Their musical partnership began unexpectedly on Easter Sunday 2020, when Adrian and his then 11-year-old daughter uploaded a home recording of Andrea Bocelli and Céline Dion’s The Prayer to Facebook. Within days, it had attracted hundreds of thousands of views. Afte...

BY THE BUZ HIVE: Fifty years after the Soweto Uprising, South Africa’s young people are coming of age in a very different country, but many of the questions around inequality, opportunity, participation, protest and the promise of democracy remain profoundly relevant. It is against this backdrop that Drama for Life at the University of the Witwatersrand will host its 18th Drama for Life Conference and Festival, Footsteps on Fire: Reclaiming the Legacy of 1976 to Now, on 22 and 23 September 2026 at Wits University. Bringing together performance, research, public dialogue, workshops, screenings and site-specific experiences, Footsteps on Fire will examine what one generation inherits from another and, importantly, what it chooses to do with...

BY SITHA MALIWA: Johannesburg is about to become a meeting point for some of the continent’s most powerful artistic voices as BMW Art Generation Vol. IV brings together art, music, food, ideas and culture in a two-day cultural spectacle. Johannesburg will pulse with creativity this weekend as the BMW Art Generation Vol. IV throws open its doors, bringing together an extraordinary constellation of contemporary African and diasporic artists, thinkers, musicians and cultural voices. Presented by BMW South Africa in collaboration with FNB Art Joburg, the fourth edition promises to be more than an exhibition. It is an invitation to question, listen, discover and confront the stories and knowledge systems that shape how we see the world. Th...

BY SITHA MALIWA: When two of South Africa’s finest soprano voices meet on one stage, the result promises to be far more than a concert. It will be a celebration of courage, artistry and the extraordinary power of women to command space through music. This Women’s Month, acclaimed South African lyric soprano Sasa Yende joins forces with Cape Town-born lyric coloratura soprano Yolisa Ngwexana for A Fabulous Duo: Art Songs and Opera - a rare collaboration set to bring the drama, emotion and grandeur of classical music to life. The special performance takes place on Friday, 28 August 2026 at 17:00 at Inanda Sandton, Johannesburg, offering audiences an intimate encounter with two powerful voices from South Africa’s growing classical music...