Poet in a Suit
Playhouse Drama Theatre
3 June @ 19h30
Tickets: R120
The cream of the performance poetry crop from KZN and the rest of South Africa each perform for 15 minutes. Featuring Siyabonga Thwala (from Isibaya), Siyabonga Mpungose, Khumbulani Sithole, Zamoh Cofi, Zama Msibi, Sbo Ngubane and Muntle.

Battle of DaSexes
Playhouse Opera Theatre
4 & 5 June

Acclaimed stand-up comedian-turned-big-screen actor and Bollywood Star, Vir Das, brings the international smash-hit comedy, Battle of DaSexes, to the Playhouse on 4 & 5 June.

Vir Das, who is equally comfortable working on TV, film, theatre and live comedy, says Battle of DaSexes is an insightful, fun and laugh-out-loud comedy-drama all about the eternal battle between Men and Women. “It is a battle not with arms and gun powder but with bellies and eyeliner!”

The stand-up format comedy has been performed regularly in India to ovations and rave reviews. With tongues firmly placed in a multitude of cheeks, the show pits the women in the audience against the men:  “This act chronicles the differences between men and women from a scientific point of view. It begins with the sexes’ approach towards language, goes onto analysing their bodies and spots the differences between their vanities. Then it progresses into literature, music, movies and covers leadership, politics, business, crime, sex and commitment. The show is laced with scientific facts!” he explains.

Spice ‘n Stuff
Playhouse Loft Theatre
8 â€" 11 June
From 8 to 11 June, Spice ‘n Stuff will play in the Playhouse Loft Theatre. A tantalising mixture of comedy and drama, the play is set in 2006, and traces the last days of a group of Grey Street traders as they deal with escalating crime, failing businesses, friendships across racial and cultural denominations and entwined family relationships. Spice ‘n Stuff is a celebration of life, here, now, and always. Book at Computicket.

One Night Stand with Simphiwe Shembe
Playhouse Drama Theatre
9 June @ 18h30
Get ready to laugh your socks off on 9 June with Simphiwe Shembe’s one-man comedy show. Book at Computicket.

Faces of Environmental Success
Playhouse Opera Theatre
9 â€" 12 June

Faces of Environmental Success is a musical theatre production that is written, produced and directed by Atlas Duma, and will be staged in the Playhouse Opera Theatre from Thursday 9 June to Sunday 12 June.

It is a two part musical theatre production that explores themes of African heritage, tribalism, the environment and the origins of popular African-American music genres such as jazz, soul and the blues.
Showing for the second year, after being first shown in 2015 at the Durban Playhouse Loft, Faces of Environmental Success is Atlas Duma’s first major theatre production and this year promises to be bigger and better by incorporating live music performances.

“This year we are extending the duration of the musical and have also added in live music elements, which make the production much more impactful and will drive home the message that we need to be more aware of our impact on the environment” says Duma.

Guests can expect live music performances from the likes of Madala Kunene and Neil Gonsalves along with Moses Sefatsa, Jerry Kunene, Mduduzi Magwaza, Xolisa Dlamini and Mbuso Khoza. The Durban Music School Orchestra will also perform with Doc and African buskers, the Siyagiya band and the Umkhumbane Jazz Ensemble.

The major cast members of the production include Nonkululeko Mchunu, Cherise Hlengiwe Filen, Ntokozo Ngcobo and Lee Ngamlana, with music directed by Vincent Mtetwa and orchestrated by Ntuthuko Sibisi and Russell Scott who is also the conductor.

The musical is told by two main characters, ‘Mpume’ played by Nonkululeko and ‘Sindy’ played by Cherise from the Abangoni Tribe, who were the first tribe to descend from Central Africa to Southern Africa. Upon discovering the beauty of Southern Africa and its bountifulness the tribe enjoy living off the land in an environmentally sustainable way, through their own cultural practices.

After the settling of the first Western explorers in what is now known as Cape Town, in the Western Cape, the Abangoni tribe quickly find themselves being introduced to colonialism, slavery and unfamiliar agricultural and environmental practices by Westerners. The musical begins when Mpume, the daughter of an Abangoni tribesman bumping into Sindy, an ‘illegitimate’ child, born of an enslaved Abangoni tribeswoman and Western slave master.

The play will take place from Thursday, 09 June at 7pm, to Saturday, 11 June at 12pm and 7pm before closing on Sunday, 12 June at 3pm.

All primary and high schools are encourage to attend the day sessions which are held at 12pm, tickets are R40 per pupil. Tickets are R 100 for the evening sessions and are available at Computicket, Shoprite/Checkers and at the Playhouse Company.
For more bookings you can contact Dudu Mweli on (078) 047-3106 or duduvmweli@gmail.com.

Addams Family
Playhouse Drama Theatre
28 June â€" 3 July

Northcliffe High presents the hilarious Addams Family in which this crazy family are shocked when Wednesday Addams falls in love with a normal boy; an outsider. When the prospective in-laws are invited to an Addams Family dinner, the results are hilarious. Book at Computicket.

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23 May 2016
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