A weekly round up by the Mail & Guardian of this week’s hot-ticket events, includes these for Cape Town.
Theatre
- Bangalory’s Back, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, December 8 to January 9, 10am & 12pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays
Acclaimed director Janice Honeyman is back on stage this festive season with her production Bangalory’s Back. The show is targeted at a younger audience, aged 5 to 12, and it taps into the art of storytelling. Honeyman has written five short stories for the show, which she describes as “fast, fun, zany and sometimes even sad and touching”.
Tickets R75 from Computicket. Visit
Fine Art
- Der Heilige Berg II, Gallery Momo, Cape Town, until January 23
Jonathan Freemantle’s exhibition of mixed-media paintings. Visit - In Search of the Miraculous, Jan Joyce Gallery, Cape Town, until January 23
New sculptures by Anton Smit. Visit - Double Vision: A Fibre, Mgalakwena Gallery, 3 Church Square, Cape Town, until December 18
Double show of work by Odette Tolksdorf and Sally Scott. Visit - Stellar, Salon 91 Contemporary Art, 91 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town, December 5 to January 23
Stellar is an end-of-year group exhibition in aid of The Bookery. Visit - Summertide, The Gallery at Riebeek-Kasteel, 32 Main Street, Riebeek-Kasteel, December 6 to January 31
A group exhibition of paintings and sculptures featuring Di Johnson-Ackerman, Belinda Arde, Di McLean, Adolfo McQue, Michaela Rinaldi, Wyn Rossouw, Mind Shana, Solly Smook and Winston X. Visit - Schema, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, until January 16
This group exhibition focuses on perspective and perception and the many different ways of seeing space, depth and surface illusion. Artists include Zander Blom, Wim Botha, Edson Chagas, Moshekwa Langa, Mitchell Messina, Meleko Mokgosi, Serge Alain Nitegeka, Odili Donald Odita, Deborah Poynton, Robin Rhode, Hans Richter, Viviane Sassen and Guy Tillim. Visit
For complete listings see Mail & Guardian
