The Mail & Guardian’s weekly round-up of the country’s hot-ticket events in Cape Town .
Kirstenbosch has hosted some of South Africa’s finest music acts at its Summer Sunset Concerts. The latest act is alternative pop singer and South African Music Awards nominee Jimmy Nevis. He released his debut album Subliminal in 2012 and has since worked with musicians such as Mi Casa and Kwesta.
WHEN January 25. WHERE Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Rhodes Drive, Newlands 7700. TIME Gates open at 4pm. TICKETS Available at Web Tickets. COST R100 to R135.
Playwright and director David Kramer’s latest musical, Orpheus in Africa, tells the story of the “American impresario Orpheus McAdoo and his African-American Virginia Jubilee Singers, who visited South Africa in the 1890s. Their tour began in Scotland where Orpheus met Lady Loch, the wife of the British governor of the Cape, who invited them to Cape Town. It was here some 125 years ago that the Jubilee Singers became an unlikely overnight sensation.” Orpheus is played by tenor Aubrey Poo, who has appeared in musicals such as Marikana: The Musical and Ketekang. Orpheus’s fiancée Mattie Allen will be played by Lynelle Kenned, who appeared in the stage productions Blood Brothers and Showboat.
WHEN January 28 until February 22. WHERE Fugard Theatre. TIME Tuesday to Friday 8pm, and Saturday 4pm and 8pm. COST R130 to R220. TICKETS Available from Computicket. INFO Visit
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