Dust in the Wind

Ihlumelo Foundation

Highlighting the roots of social ills in communities

Life of a Taxi Driver

Walter Sisulu University - BCC

Taxi life!

DON’T STARE

University of Fort Hare Drama Society and Start Art Academy

Emotional thrilling stories of Autism.

The Run For Life

Phoenix College of Johannesburg

Tackling social maladies through Edutainment

SECOND HANDS

Rhodes University Drama Department

Five individuals drink to escape their realities and secrets

HAIROLOGY

Rhodes University Drama Department

The politics of hair in post-apartheid South Africa.

“Mora”

Hupenyu Creative Initiatives

How does the world re-create a space for a hopeless boy-child?

IMIZWA (Feelings)

Sondiya Music & Luyandza Academy

A musical journey through life's experiences

Missing

Stirling High School

An unsettling night during the Depression in South Africa.

The Sister’s Ugly

Twist in the Tale Productions

The Cinderella Story from the Ugly Sister's perspective

Can’t Stand Still

The Outlore

Upbeat, toe-tapping dance production

Faces

Refined Image Studio in partnership with Creative Arts Department UNIZULU

A story of emotional and psychological scars

Happy Days

Wela Kapela Productions

A search for happiness and meaning within this hopeless condition

Asinamali

North West Development Agency

#Asinamaliwomen

STOP! #ArtistsAgainstGBV Musical

Salamende Ntsomi Foundation

The stories of those who have been forgotten and silenced

NALEDI (THE SINGING STAR)

Baitsanape Arts Foundation

The life of Naledi

SWARTWATER

Nama Khoi Productions

A profound exploration of grief and resilience

Shadrack

Struu Artzz Entertainment

An exploration of the absence of fathers, and life before 1994

I BLEACHED MY PUNANI

Jika Performing Arts College

The politics and policing of the multimillion dollar black hair industry

WOZA ALBERT

NDLONDLO PRODUCTIONS

Two Blacks wait for Morena to save them from Apartheid oppression

Passion of The Curry

Pillay Time

Jaryd Pillay returns with a spicy comedy show!

The King of Broken Things

Theatresmiths

An adventure into the rehabilitation of broken things, hearts included

CONFLICT

Sondiya Music & Luyandza Academy

A music & movement drama

Temperance

Wits University

A roller coaster of emotions to reconnect to self

Rain Song

The TX Theatre Production

Incest, greed, and betrayal are the main ingredients in this story

Bonolo

Achievers theatre company

The life of a woman and her mother-in-law.

Eva’s Apple

Gender Equity Unit, University of the Western Cape

Women's bodies and food became commodities for survival

I am still here

Wela Kapela Productions

None of them is perfect but somehow, they hang in there

Elton Adams

Wela Kapela Productions

Elton is shy but when he sings, he transforms into a super hero!

Gandzelo

University of Venda

A greedy and selfish husband

MODIMO-NGAKA

IKHUTSENG ARTS FOUNDATION

Healing Through Story Telling

Guluva

Botho Theatre Cooperative

The troubled soul of a child who has seen too much

THE PRINCE OF SOVENGA- a South African Oedipus Rex

UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO

The consequences of defying an order

Vincent

A musical picture of a complex man

Damsel in Distress

Wela Kapela Productions

Funny, lighthearted with a twist in the tail

2Lovers

Fool's Errand

A tragi-comedy about love

GHOST TWERKERS

UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO Performing Arts Centre

Three exotic dancers begin to find their freedom from GBV

Beauty’s Hair Salon

Legae Arts Institution

The life of a hairdresser who carries a burden of pain

Pumla – Rest

KEEN VISUALS PTY/LTD

Will the sacrifices of love be worth it all?

MADHOUSE (the last hour)

Sondiya Music & Luyandza Academy

A last opportunity to prove that creativity will always prevail

Mamlambo

WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY

"One day the world will come to an end"

Legendary Queer Sisters

Emmanuel "È'mma" Rattle

The impact of the LGBTQI+ community

Amagrootman

Places and Faces Theatre Productions

A hard-hitting and highly energetic masterpiece

Azania was my woman

Nyathela works

Between sanity and insanity

Ibuhlungu le ndawo

Sibongakonke Mama

A poetic meditation on dis-ease, home, belonging and inheritance

Mad About the Boys

Wela Kapela Productions

Stylish entertainment at its best!

The Hymns of A Sparrow

MagentaPro

A comedy with a touch of drama

Theatre Think Tank: Jefferson Tshabalala

MARKET LAB

An exploration of merchandising for Performance Artists

Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars | SBYA THEATRE

THEATRE DUO WITH MARKET THEATRE

A must-see interdisciplinary collaboration!

The Story of Eva Cassidy

Wela Kapela Productions

A singer who was discovered too late

NEXT!!!

Wela Kapela Productions

Auditions aren't for the faint of heart!

Julie Andrews – Uncut

Wela Kapela Productions

The fascinating history of an icon from the golden age of Hollywood.

Play Things

SPARK IN THE DARK

A bouquet of performances

Jakob

Theatresmiths

An engaging tale about a strange little boy

The Great Big Enormous Turnip

Theatresmiths

A 40 minute romp through woods and warped minds!

Flame In The Snow

Theatresmiths

The unfolding of a gripping and devastating love affair

4:59

AFDA Johannesburg

Two strangers meet and begin an unlikely relationship

This is us (Ke rona)

DT Entertainment

Black Socio-Economic Life

Adventure of Who

Macbob Productions

Whimsical characters and hidden secrets

A Vegan Killed My Marriage

Macbob Productions

A new lifestyle has consequences!

KiDDING

Market Theatre Laboratory

Catch the brilliant work of JHB's top theatre-training institution - The Market Theatre Laboratory.

The Agents

Robaby Productions

Absurd, satirical comedy in all its grotesque glory.

Fish out of H2O

EnJay Productions

Acting, singing and dancing with comical and serious script

Elite of 1952 in Duncan Village

Gompo Arts Centre

The true story of Sister Aidan Quinlan

Spanish Steps

Two unlikely companions. Trapped in a basement. Catastrophe or Epiphany?

Whistleblowers

Verity Productions

Anger and frustration at the situation of women in this country

The last supper

Judah arts Foundation

A triangle of love, betrayal, and pain

I.N.C.O.K.O

Ezinyaweni Zam

An exploration of missed conversations and how they change the future

MAMGCINA

N/A

An adaptation of Cry Freedom

ABANGONI

Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts

A wake-up call from amathonga

The House of Cards

Performing Arts Collaborative Organization

An experimental one-man piece

Across The Border

Ladimash Productions

Untold anecdotes about South Africans who lived in exile

Dakie Vuka Emaqandeni

Ahumba

This is our wake-up call

WOMANDLA

Drama Queens

A depiction of the reality of black women in SA

Pen(t)s Down Haha!

RU Drama Department

A lifestyle influencer gets swallowed by addictions

Iingoma Zomngqungqo – On a Road with Yakha Mlali

Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts

A sacred gift of music to the Afrikan people

Land of Nonesi

Isomi Creative Arts Space NPC

No land was lost without a fight. None

Ripe ‘n Ready

A solo drag-cabaret-burlesque extravaganza

Nkgo Ya Mosadi

NA

Dance, music and story telling

I am from Reykjavik

SONJA HUGHES

A complex unfolding as someone claims space

Afrika Sings!

Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts

A vibrant and colourful musical celebration leaves you wanting more!

The Stories We See

NA

Luthando takes us through a journey of the stories she sees

ZemQadini

Moving Acts Productions

What happens when a body is not fit to hold memories?

Be Arielle

Simon Senn

The unexpected entanglements between technology, representation, gender, and law

STIVOVO THE PUPPETEER

Department of Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation

A strained relationship forces a choice

Dude! Wa’s my Bakkie?

Vulture Productions

With his bakkie stolen, Dean recollects the experiences attached to those wheels

Emsini

Thapelo Tshite Art's Development

EMSINI strikes savagely at a sore point in post-apartheid South Africa

Lentsoe” Voice of the Voiceless

Bapala Creative Arts and Services

A tree that enlightens people

How to Hold the World

Three Words

Fun, imaginative, and immersive!

Baked Shakespeare Presents: As You Like It

Baked Shakespeare

Shakespeare...with a 420 twist

Castaways

Daniel Buckland and The Cirk

A desperate dance for survival by the company that brought you Urban Circus!

May I Have This Dance

The Outlore

An exploration of co-dependence, communication, love and loss

Hold Still

BAXTER THEATRE

A family shaped by generational traumas

Death Postponed

Isomi Creative Arts Space NPC

Based on the life of a former MK combatant

Ends in Tears

Tubatse Creations

Fight Against Gender-Based Violence

Ntyilo Ntyilo (Umhlengikazi)

University of Zululand Creative Arts Department

There’s trouble in the land and then there's us.

Île

Spark in the Dark

Beneath paradise, a volcano is still waiting to erupt.

Shrek The Musical JR

Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts

Beauty is in the eye of the ogre!

Bucket List

Amaciko KwaZulu Art Project

Welcome to Paul's Bucket list

Bed News

Me4u Talented Studios

Relationships, sex and betrayal

Not Falling

Three Words

About falling, and how important it is not to.

GOING TO FETCH AHMED KATHRADA

Retsaletswe House Production

Ahmed Kathrada is home

Dear Tata: What Makes a Man a Man?

Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts

Dance, music and poignant story telling

The Orange Dress

House Of MUPODAVI & Amandla Dança Teatro ZA

Below scars we are beautiful

Text Me When You Arrive

POPArt Productions

A powerful exploration of the plight of the everyday South African woman

Droomwerk

Pieter Odendaal

An exploration of heritage that speaks to inherited trauma

Roots

MAABARA

A journey exploring intergenerational trauma and the possibilities of healing

Umkhondo

Emasimini Productions

The value of ritual in healing of self and community

dSimon

SIMON SENN

Meet dSimon, an AI born out of Tammara Leites interest in GPT

Aalaapi

Laurence Dauphinais

A hybrid project, combining the creations of both theater and radio

Dog Rose

Spark in the Dark

A tumultuous mother daughter relationship exploring Autism Spectrum Disorder

What Falling Feels Like

Nicola Pilkington and Joe Young

A story of obsession, depression, and an albatross

BRYAN SCHIMMEL: MORE THAN A HANDFUL

Everyone has a story. This is Bryan’s… a unique mix of musicality, masterful storytelling and quirky comedy

Kamphoer

Sandra Prinsloo returns in her latest hit production, ‘Kamphoer – die verhaal van Susan Nell’

Inkciyo: The Remains

A reimagining of the creative history production, Ukuzazi/Princess Emma