Discover a world of imaginative performance art and musicals at these incredible stage shows. This season boasts critically acclaimed acts and visual spectacles suited for all ages.
You can expect the wonder of theatre at its finest, with classic tales reimagined, interactive performances, and local music productions that make the experience all the more immersive for the audience.
Call Me When You Get This
Playing for Cape Town audiences for the final time before debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe, Call Me When You Get This explores the complications of a love story between two people where every moment counts. Performed by writer-director Alice Viskat and actor Maya Boraine, every scene is haunted by a ticking clock that counts down as each visit starts – asking the impossibly simple question: “How do you build a future with someone you always leave behind?”
Audiences can expect a tender string of memories told outside of a traditional chronological structure, exploring what to do with love when the person it’s meant for isn’t there to receive it anymore.
Cost: R120 per person (early bird). Book now on Quicket.
When: 21 – 23 July 2026 | 8pm – 11pm
Where: The Outlore Base, 80 Hout St, Cape Town City Centre
The Cunning Little Vixen
Families enjoy a new English-language adaptation of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen at the Joseph Stone Auditorium, celebrating the cycle of life through the adventures of the mischievous Vixen Sharp-Ears. Reimagined for Cape Town Opera by Alan Olejniczak, the work places nature, imagination and renewal at its centre, culminating in a message of hope and continuity.
Cost: R80 per person. Bookings can be made on Webtickets.
When: 21 – 26 July 2026 | Shows at 11am & 2pm
Where: Joseph Stone Auditorium, cnr Protea St & Klipfontein Rd, Athlone, Cape Town
Swan Lake & Raymonda by Cape Town City Ballet
Cape Town City Ballet presents a double bill of two classical works: Swan Lake Act II, set to Tchaikovsky’s score, and Raymonda, set to Alexander Glazunov’s celebrated score with choreography attributed to Marius Petipa.
Swan Lake, first performed in Moscow in 1877 with Tchaikovsky’s score, is among the most widely performed works in the classical ballet canon. Act II centres on the lakeside scenes in which Prince Siegfried encounters the enchanted Swan Queen Odette, establishing the ballet’s defining visual language: the white tutu, the corps de ballet moving in unison, and the iconic mime of Odette’s transformation. Cape Town City Ballet has performed Swan Lake more than 18 times since the company’s origins as the UCT Ballet Company, founded by Dulcie Howes in 1934.
Raymonda, first performed by the Imperial Ballet in St Petersburg in 1898, is less frequently staged in its complete form outside of Russia. The excerpt presented here, Raymonda Pas de Dix, showcases ten dancers in the ballet’s classical grand pas sequence, highlighting Glazunov’s score and the technical demands of Petipa’s choreography; intricate footwork, grand lifts, and the romantic and heroic themes of Raymonda’s relationship with the Crusader knight Jean de Brienne.
Cost: R225 – R350 per person. Book now on Webtickets.
When: 31 July & 1 August 2026 | 7pm (Fri) | 2.30pm & 6pm (Sat)
Where: Adam Small Theatre Complex, 15 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch Central
Prima Facie
How Now Brown Cow presents the South African premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning Prima Facie, directed by celebrated theatre maker Neil Coppen, whose previous credits include Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater, Animal Farm and Tin Bucket Drum.
The production is a one-woman performance that tackles gender-based violence and the challenges survivors face as they navigate the justice system. Danica De La Rey Jones, known for Hunting Jessica Brok, Unseen and 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 profession. Tessa believes in the legal system until a brutal attack turns her world upside down, forcing her to navigate the same system she once championed.
Cost: R250 per person. Book now on Webtickets.
When: 4 – 29 August 2026 | From 8pm (Tue – Sat) | From 3pm (Saturday matinee)
Where: Baxter Studio, Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town
SA International Ballet Competition
The South African International Ballet Competition (SAIBC), billed as the largest ballet competition on the African continent, returns to the Artscape Opera House for its 13th edition. Founded in 2008 by Dirk Badenhorst, a founding member and former CEO of the South African Ballet Theatre, the SAIBC has been held annually since 2021, when the event transitioned to a digital format during the pandemic and has since continued as an annual in-person competition.
This edition features competitors from South Africa and internationally across three age categories: Scholar (9 to 12), Junior (13 to 16), and Senior (17 to 22). Disciplines include classical ballet and contemporary solos, duets, trios, group performances, and a choreographic division. The 2026 jury includes judges from South Korea, the United States, Romania/Germany, Belarus, the United Kingdom, Austria/Australia, and Russia.
Over five sessions across three days, audiences can follow competitors through category rounds and observe how classical and contemporary work is assessed at an international level. Each session runs approximately 120 minutes with short breaks between categories. Children 5 and older are welcome.
Cost: R150 – R285 per person. Book now on Webtickets.
When: 4 – 6 August 2026 | Various times
Where: Artscape Opera House, D.F. Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town
Klein Karoo Klassique
The Klein Karoo Klassique returns to Oudtshoorn for its 17th edition, presenting three days of classical music, literature, visual art, wine and food at the Civic Centre and Banqueting Hall. The programme is scheduled so that festivalgoers can attend every performance without scheduling conflicts.
Three headline concerts anchor the weekend: the Klassique Gala Concert (7 August, 7pm) with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Richard Cock and pianist François du Toit; the CPO’s first Klassique appearance in 13 years; Heimwee (8 August, 7pm), Cape Town Opera’s tribute to soprano Mimi Coertse hosted by Charl du Plessis; and the Stellenbosch University Choir (9 August, 7pm), making their festival debut as part of the choir’s 90th anniversary celebrations.
Cost: Various prices. Find out more about each event on the website.
When: 7 – 9 August 2026 | Multiple daily sessions from 8am
Where: Oudtshoorn Civic Centre and Banqueting Hall, Voortrekker Road, Oudtshoorn
The Rocky Horror Show
The legendary cult musical The Rocky Horror Show, presented by Pieter Toerien Productions in association with the Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy (LAMTA), is back in Cape Town after its successful run earlier this year. This electrifying staging by director Steven Stead promises to unleash all the wild energy, wicked humour and rock ’n’ roll rebellion that has made the show a global phenomenon for over 50 years.
The show stars an award-winning South African cast led by Craig Urbani (We Will Rock You), who reprises his role as Frank-N-Furter, with Léa Blerk (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Janet, and Robert Everson (Noises Off) as Brad.
Cost: R295 – R495. Tickets available on Webtickets.
When: 28 August – 18 October 2026 | 8pm | 4pm & 8pm (Saturdays) | 2pm (Sundays)
Where: Theatre on the Bay, Link St, Camps Bay, Cape Town
WGRUV’s Highlights: Tracing The Line
Highlights: Tracing the Line is the second production of WGRUV Dance Company’s 2026 season, following their new work Juxtapose earlier in the year. Johannesburg-based WGRUV (pronounced “W-Groove”) was founded by Holly Gruver and is registered as a non-profit company dedicated to contemporary ballet production across South Africa and internationally. The company works with South African and international choreographers, and the Cape Town run marks their return to the Star Theatre at the Homecoming Centre in District Six.
The programme brings together works by four choreographers: Jessica Lang, an internationally recognised American neo-classical ballet choreographer whose work has been commissioned by major companies worldwide; Jesse Obremski, known for physically driven movement language grounded in human connection; Michael Trusnovec, a former principal dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company celebrated for sculptural and precise movement; and WGRUV co-artistic directors Holly Gruver and Lex Gruver, who contribute collaborative choreography to the programme.
Cost: R220 – R300 per person. Book now on Webtickets.
When: 28 & 29 August 2026 | 7pm (Fri) | 3pm (Sat)
Where: Star Theatre, Homecoming Centre, cnr Caledon Street and Buitenkant Street, Zonnebloem, Cape Town
Woordfees 2026
Woordfees, the Stellenbosch-based week-long cultural festival, has a theatre programme that remains one of its strongest offerings, featuring acclaimed productions, celebrated performers, and some of South Africa’s leading directors.
Among the highlights is Grootmeisie, winner of the 2026 Reinet Nagtegaal Text Prize. Written by Rachelle Greeff and directed by Lee-Ann van Rooi, the production explores an unlikely friendship between a mathematics teacher and her former student.
Audiences can also look forward to major productions including My kind druip starring Shimmy Isaacs and Joshwin Dyson, Atropa featuring an ensemble cast led by Anna-Mart van der Merwe and Antoinette Kellermann, and An Iliad, with acclaimed comedian Alan Committie bringing one of history’s greatest epics to life.
Other anticipated productions include FAUSTX, directed by internationally renowned theatre-maker Brett Bailey; Vlindervry by Wessel Pretorius; Die ander dogter starring Sandra Prinsloo; and ’n Middel featuring Tinarie van Wyk Loots and Stian Bam.
Cost: Various prices. Tickets are available on Quicket.
When: 3 – 11 October 2026
Where: 37 Ryneveld St, Stellenbosch
Visit Drumstruck at Silvermist: Authentic African Drumming and Wine Tasting Experience
Drumstruck has performed for royalty, world leaders and celebrities from Shakira to Dolly Parton, earning a reputation as one of South Africa’s most successful cultural exports.
Today, this global success story has its home at Silvermist Organic Wine Estate, where guests can enjoy interactive African drumming, theatre, rare traditional instruments, wine tasting and a generous South African braai — all in one unforgettable experience.
Every guest receives a drum and gets to play along with the show. The Drumstruck cast guides the room with humour, rhythm and skill, turning strangers into a unified ensemble. Whether you’re musical or rhythmically challenged, don’t worry – you’ll fit right in.
The braai (lunch or dinner) is generous, delicious and full of familiar South African flavours. Flame-grilled chops, chicken, boerewors, pap and chakalaka, fresh salads and garlic bread are served as the sun sets over the Twelve Apostles. A sweet treat is served as dessert, and vegetarian and halaal options are available.
Cost:
African Lunch Experience: R930 per person, R830 for locals
Sunset Dinner Experience: R930 per person, R830 for locals
Wine Tasting & Drumstruck Show Only: R480 per person, R380 for locals
Drumstruck Show Only: R380 per person, R280 for locals
Book via website. For events, corporate bookings, or private parties, contact Warren on [email protected] or 082 901 0496.
When: Saturdays and Sundays, Selected weekdays | African Lunch Experience: 12.30pm – 3pm | Sunset Dinner Experience: 4.30pm – 7.30pm
Where: Silvermist Organic Wine Estate, Main Road, Constantia Nek, Constantia, Cape Town
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