SHOWBIZZ

2011 IDOLS PERFORM AT SPECIAL CHARITY CONCERT

15 Dec 2011 to 15 Dec 2011 Music, Showbizz, Theatre
South Africa’s top three Idols perform together for the first time since 2011 finals in a special charity concert at GrandWest Grand Arena.

21-year old Dave van Vuuren, 29 year-old Capetonian Mark Haze and 23-year old Crushandra Forbes, also originally from Cape Town, plan to make their first joint concert a memorable one that the audience will not forget. Joining them Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels as well as favourite Cape Town comedian Kurt Schoonraad.

ABBA SHOW – THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC WORLD TOUR

18 Jan 2012 to 05 Feb 2012 Music, Showbizz, Theatre
Performed by ABBAsolutely FABBAulous. Showtime Australia presents the best of ABBA live - all the musical memories, costumes, flares, boots and disco balls! Relive the magic that was the ‘70's and ‘80s with best loved renditions of Dancing Queen, Waterloo, Fernando, Mama Mia, I Do I Do I Do. Joburg Theatre, The Mandela, Braamfontein.

DUSTY – THE STORY

26 Jan 2012 to 19 Feb 2012 Music, Showbizz, Theatre
Featuring PJ Powers. Dusty Springfield acknowledged around the world as the best female soul singer that Britain ever produced. With her oddly erotic, throaty voice, she racked up a string of hits from the 1960's onwards. Showtime Australia is proud to bring to the stage for the first time, DUSTY – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me, a musical biography supported by a South African selected cast, and international live band. Don’t miss your chance to witness a South African legend return to the stage in the most anticipated musical event of the year! Joburg Theatre, The Fringe, Braamfontein.

ILAN SMITH – IMAGINE

22 Feb 2012 to 04 Mar 2012 Showbizz, Theatre
Magician and illusionist, master of intrigue and wonder invites you to his world of make believe. Able to amaze, mystify and enrapture, he will release you from reality; suspend your disbelief and most importantly make you dream....It’s time to start believing. Joburg Theatre, The Frings, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

Naledi Awards 2011

07 Mar 2011 to 07 Mar 2011 Showbizz
8th Naledi Theatre Awards took place at the gracious Lyric theatre in Gold Reef City last night. The foyer was awash with excitement and glamour as theatre industry luminaries showed up in their numbers, to either receive accolades or show support to those who were in the awards limelight.

PIETER-DIRK UYS

01 Nov 2010 to 31 Dec 2012 Showbizz, Theatre, Comedy
Performances at Evita se Perron every weekend. Season includes Desperate First Ladies, Icons and Aikonas, Koeksister for Zuma, Tannie Evita Praat Kaktus.

TANNIE EVITA PRAAT KAKTUS - Very funny revisionist look at history of white South Africa, from arrival in 1652 of Cactus of Separate Development on the Drommedaris, through Great Trek and Battle of Blood River, and eventually 1948 Election and arrival of National Party.

DESPERATE FIRST LADIES - First Ladies in question aren't just many wives of President Jacob Zuma, but also iconic women who have been part of Uys’s chorus-line since 1976, ranging from famous to familiar, farcical to fantastic.

ICONS & AIKONAS - Who’s in; who’s out! From Verwoerd to Mandela, from A to Z of our politics: Apartheid to Zuma, PDU presents his icons of today and remembers the aikonas of the past to celebrate the future. Show is constantly updated as today’s icon often becomes tomorrow’s aikona!