WeekendSpecial

5 days ago | weekendspecial.co.za | Karen Rutter

South African theatre company KickstArt Theatre, in association with the Baxter Theatre, is bringing its pantomime magic to Cape Town for the first time this winter, with Jack and the Beanstalk running from 3 to 27 July 2025. After enchanting Durban audiences for nearly three decades, KickstArt Theatre is ready to spark a new family tradition in the Mother City.

6 days ago | weekendspecial.co.za | Karen Rutter

To commemorate her 20 year-anniversary on the SA music scene, Simphiwe Dana (pictured left) will be exploring the many amazing songs from her repertoire in Simphiwe Dana: 20 Years of Song at the Baxter Theatre Concert Hall on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 June 2025. This show will be an opportunity for Dana to explore the various textures of her work to date: an intuitive, multi-layered effort from a mature artist at the top of her creative powers.

1 week ago | weekendspecial.co.za | Jane Mayne

Cape Town’s Northern suburbs is getting its first major culture showcase, dubbed the Kultura Festival! While it’s a suburb, people here lovingly refer to it as the “town”. A town with a fresh water well that was sunk by the VOC in the 1600s; which was inhabited long before then by the Khoisan; which has Cape Dutch buildings in streets named after Oxford and the queen.

1 week ago | weekendspecial.co.za | Jane Mayne

REVIEW: The 6th South African Conductors’ Competition, held on Sunday, 4 May, 2025, at Hugo Lamprechts Music Center. Finalists: Stuart Martin, Damian Philander and Jason Atherton (Winner). Guest Conductor: Liam Burden. ALBERT COMBRINK comments. The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra concluded the 6th national South African Conductors’ Competition (formerly the Len van Zyl Conductor’s Competition).

1 week ago | weekendspecial.co.za | Karen Rutter

The little festival with a big heart. That’s one way of describing the unique Journey to Jazz experience in Prince Albert, which had both artists and audiences aglow with a feeling of cultural and emotional connection. KAREN RUTTER was swept up in the joy:For the third time in as many years, the Journey to Jazz festival was held in Prince Albert, this past weekend, running from 1 to 4 May.