Theatre Arts is a buzzing independent theatre in Observatory, Cape Town, that presents work that is fresh, experimental, innovative and diverse. Something for everyone including the very young. Plan your week/end theatre with us.

Theatre Arts is located at the Methodist Church Hall, cnr Milton Road and Wesley Street, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town

082 752 1376 | caroline@theatrearts.co.za



What's On

Ballingskap | Elubhacweni

Fri 1st May 7pm
Sat 2nd May 2pm
Sat 2nd May 7pm


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PerspekTIEF

Mon 11th May 7pm
Tue 12th May 7pm
Wed 13th May 7pm


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SCHLENTER & CHAFF

Thu 14th May 7pm
Fri 15th May 10am
Fri 15th May 5pm
Sat 16th May 11am
Sat 16th May 5pm


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The Old Man Who Thought He Had a Dog

Mon 18th May 7pm
Tue 19th May 7pm
Wed 20th May 7pm


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Akrasia

Fri 22nd May 7pm
Sat 23rd May 2pm
Sat 23rd May 7pm


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Soapboxing

Sun 24th May 7pm


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The Blue Album

Tue 16th Jun 7pm
Wed 17th Jun 7pm
Thu 18th Jun 7pm
Fri 19th Jun 7pm


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1

May

Body Politic: Access/Praxis (Embodiment, Memory, Food and Queer Futurity)

  • Friday
  • 10:00
  • Facilitated by Dr. Wanelisa XABA | Sanelisiwe NYABA

Embodiment, Memory, Food and Queer Futurity is a participatory art workshop that uses music, memory work, storytelling and food to dream of queer futures. | Tickets R100 - R150 pay-as-you-can

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May

Body Politic: Access/Praxis (Pushing Hands Archives)

  • Friday
  • 12:30
  • Facilitated by Ching SHU and Di

Emerging from the broader queer Asian collective St1ckyr1ce in Brussels, the Pushing Hands Collective borrowed a lens of “against diaspora” from Sinophone Studies, taking the practice of pushing hands (tui shou) as an alternative linkage of our heritage. We are seeking the ways to build solidarity beyond ethnic hegemony and essentialism. | Tickets pay-as-you-can at the door.

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May

Body Politic: Access/Praxis (The Sound Cauldron)

  • Friday
  • 14:00
  • Facilitated by Jair MONTES

The Sound Cauldron is a sonic experience, like a cauldron of sound, where speculative stories are told, crafts can be held, rest is a focus, intention is care and non-normative engagement is a constant search. | Tickets R100-R150 pay-as-you-can

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May

Ballingskap | Elubhacweni

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Aangebied deur AFDA Kaapstad | Presented by AFDA Cape Town | MET | WITH Lerato Sotshinga, Naesha Samuels, Asakhe Zibi, Lusiwe Zungu, Megan Smith, Tumelo Gwanzura-Durand, Sibahle Mhlongo, Tameryn van Wyk, Funeka Zondi, Ngcali Jafta, Thalia Mason, Amahle Mazibuko, Zoë Jeniker & Lea van der Merwe TEKS | WRITER Khanya Ngcuka CHOREOGRAFIE | CHOREOGRAPHY Kayla van der Merwe & geselskap | cast | REGIE | DIRECTORS Khanya Ngcuka & Kayla van der Merwe

14 individuals with histories, collide in an exile they must call home | Tickets R50 - R100

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2

May

Ballingskap | Elubhacweni

  • Saturday
  • 14:00
  • Aangebied deur AFDA Kaapstad | Presented by AFDA Cape Town | MET | WITH Lerato Sotshinga, Naesha Samuels, Asakhe Zibi, Lusiwe Zungu, Megan Smith, Tumelo Gwanzura-Durand, Sibahle Mhlongo, Tameryn van Wyk, Funeka Zondi, Ngcali Jafta, Thalia Mason, Amahle Mazibuko, Zoë Jeniker & Lea van der Merwe TEKS | WRITER Khanya Ngcuka CHOREOGRAFIE | CHOREOGRAPHY Kayla van der Merwe & geselskap | cast | REGIE | DIRECTORS Khanya Ngcuka & Kayla van der Merwe

14 individuals with histories, collide in an exile they must call home | Tickets R50 - R100

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2

May

Ballingskap | Elubhacweni

  • Saturday
  • 19:00
  • Aangebied deur AFDA Kaapstad | Presented by AFDA Cape Town | MET | WITH Lerato Sotshinga, Naesha Samuels, Asakhe Zibi, Lusiwe Zungu, Megan Smith, Tumelo Gwanzura-Durand, Sibahle Mhlongo, Tameryn van Wyk, Funeka Zondi, Ngcali Jafta, Thalia Mason, Amahle Mazibuko, Zoë Jeniker & Lea van der Merwe TEKS | WRITER Khanya Ngcuka CHOREOGRAFIE | CHOREOGRAPHY Kayla van der Merwe & geselskap | cast | REGIE | DIRECTORS Khanya Ngcuka & Kayla van der Merwe

14 individuals with histories, collide in an exile they must call home | Tickets R50 - R100

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6

May

A double bill of Scene In The City (urban intimacies) : Gauteng (for Ebenheizer) and Ndijongiwe/ I'm Being Looked At

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Gauteng (for Ebenheizer): Written by Melusi MOLEFE | Directed by Qondiswa JAMES | Performed by Melusi MOLEFE and Qondiswa JAMES | Music by Asher GAMEDZE, Masello MOTANA and Nobuhle ASHANTI | Composition by THREE | Ndijongiwe/I'm Being Looked At: Created and directed by Mthuthuzeli 'Blaze' ZIMBA | Performed by Siphesihle NKATINI, Melusi MOLEFE, Zolani BONGO, Fezekisa NDWE, Sipho KALAKO, and Mthuthuzeli 'Blaze' ZIMBA

A double bill of Gauteng (for Ebenheizer) and Ndijongiwe/I'm Being Looked At: An altercation between two spaces | Tickets: R200

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7

May

A double bill of Scene In The City (urban intimacies) : Gauteng (for Ebenheizer) and Ndijongiwe/ I'm Being Looked At

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Gauteng (for Ebenheizer): Written by Melusi MOLEFE | Directed by Qondiswa JAMES | Performed by Melusi MOLEFE and Qondiswa JAMES | Music by Asher GAMEDZE, Masello MOTANA and Nobuhle ASHANTI | Composition by THREE | Ndijongiwe/I'm Being Looked At: Created and directed by Mthuthuzeli 'Blaze' ZIMBA | Performed by Siphesihle NKATINI, Melusi MOLEFE, Zolani BONGO, Fezekisa NDWE, Sipho KALAKO, and Mthuthuzeli 'Blaze' ZIMBA

A double bill of Gauteng (for Ebenheizer) and Ndijongiwe/I'm Being Looked At: An altercation between two spaces | Tickets: R200

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8

May

A double bill of Scene In The City (urban intimacies) : Gauteng (for Ebenheizer) and Ndijongiwe/ I'm Being Looked At

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Gauteng (for Ebenheizer): Written by Melusi MOLEFE | Directed by Qondiswa JAMES | Performed by Melusi MOLEFE and Qondiswa JAMES | Music by Asher GAMEDZE, Masello MOTANA and Nobuhle ASHANTI | Composition by THREE | Ndijongiwe/I'm Being Looked At: Created and directed by Mthuthuzeli 'Blaze' ZIMBA | Performed by Siphesihle NKATINI, Melusi MOLEFE, Zolani BONGO, Fezekisa NDWE, Sipho KALAKO, and Mthuthuzeli 'Blaze' ZIMBA

A double bill of Gauteng (for Ebenheizer) and Ndijongiwe/I'm Being Looked At: An altercation between two spaces | Tickets: R200

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9

May

A double bill of Scene In The City (urban intimacies) : Gauteng (for Ebenheizer) and Ndijongiwe/ I'm Being Looked At

  • Saturday
  • 16:00
  • Gauteng (for Ebenheizer): Written by Melusi MOLEFE | Directed by Qondiswa JAMES | Performed by Melusi MOLEFE and Qondiswa JAMES | Music by Asher GAMEDZE, Masello MOTANA and Nobuhle ASHANTI | Composition by THREE | Ndijongiwe/I'm Being Looked At: Created and directed by Mthuthuzeli 'Blaze' ZIMBA | Performed by Siphesihle NKATINI, Melusi MOLEFE, Zolani BONGO, Fezekisa NDWE, Sipho KALAKO, and Mthuthuzeli 'Blaze' ZIMBA

A double bill of Gauteng (for Ebenheizer) and Ndijongiwe/I'm Being Looked At: An altercation between two spaces | Tickets: R200

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11

May

PerspekTIEF

  • Monday
  • 19:00
  • Writer: Gerard VAN ROOYEN | Director: Gerard VAN ROOYEN | Performer: Gerard VAN ROOYEN | Graphic Designer: Lara CLUCAS

PerspekTIEF is an irreverent Afrikaans retrospective revue of modern quandaries such as dating, social posturing, AI, and the mental toll that these things take on us. | Tickets: General R200 Students: R165, Block Booking 10+: R165

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12

May

PerspekTIEF

  • Tuesday
  • 19:00
  • Writer: Gerard VAN ROOYEN | Director: Gerard VAN ROOYEN | Performer: Gerard VAN ROOYEN | Graphic Designer: Lara CLUCAS

PerspekTIEF is an irreverent Afrikaans retrospective revue of modern quandaries such as dating, social posturing, AI, and the mental toll that these things take on us. | Tickets: General R200 Students: R165, Block Booking 10+: R165

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13

May

PerspekTIEF

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Writer: Gerard VAN ROOYEN | Director: Gerard VAN ROOYEN | Performer: Gerard VAN ROOYEN | Graphic Designer: Lara CLUCAS

PerspekTIEF is an irreverent Afrikaans retrospective revue of modern quandaries such as dating, social posturing, AI, and the mental toll that these things take on us. | Tickets: General R200 Students: R165, Block Booking 10+: R165

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14

May

SCHLENTER & CHAFF

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Theatre Group: VIGILANTE THEATRE | Directed by Martin GRENDELE | Performed by Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI | Written by Martin GRENDELE, Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI

‘Awe, my bru, what kind eksê, hoooowzit! Are you a gang-affiliated professional in need of a choice legal indaba? Well, we’re the gents for you! Schlenter and Chaff is Joburg South's premier, and only, criminal law firm. So don't you wait. Contact us today... or else.’ | Tickets: General Admission: R120, Concession: R100, Block Booking: R100

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15

May

SCHLENTER & CHAFF

  • Friday
  • 10:00
  • Theatre Group: VIGILANTE THEATRE | Directed by Martin GRENDELE | Performed by Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI | Written by Martin GRENDELE, Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI

‘Awe, my bru, what kind eksê, hoooowzit! Are you a gang-affiliated professional in need of a choice legal indaba? Well, we’re the gents for you! Schlenter and Chaff is Joburg South's premier, and only, criminal law firm. So don't you wait. Contact us today... or else.’ | Tickets: General Admission: R120, Concession: R100, Block Booking: R100

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15

May

SCHLENTER & CHAFF

  • Friday
  • 17:00
  • Theatre Group: VIGILANTE THEATRE | Directed by Martin GRENDELE | Performed by Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI | Written by Martin GRENDELE, Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI

‘Awe, my bru, what kind eksê, hoooowzit! Are you a gang-affiliated professional in need of a choice legal indaba? Well, we’re the gents for you! Schlenter and Chaff is Joburg South's premier, and only, criminal law firm. So don't you wait. Contact us today... or else.’ | Tickets: General Admission: R120, Concession: R100, Block Booking: R100

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16

May

SCHLENTER & CHAFF

  • Saturday
  • 11:00
  • Theatre Group: VIGILANTE THEATRE | Directed by Martin GRENDELE | Performed by Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI | Written by Martin GRENDELE, Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI

‘Awe, my bru, what kind eksê, hoooowzit! Are you a gang-affiliated professional in need of a choice legal indaba? Well, we’re the gents for you! Schlenter and Chaff is Joburg South's premier, and only, criminal law firm. So don't you wait. Contact us today... or else.’ | Tickets: General Admission: R120, Concession: R100, Block Booking: R100

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16

May

SCHLENTER & CHAFF

  • Saturday
  • 17:00
  • Theatre Group: VIGILANTE THEATRE | Directed by Martin GRENDELE | Performed by Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI | Written by Martin GRENDELE, Oliver CHÉ & Themba DLAMINI

‘Awe, my bru, what kind eksê, hoooowzit! Are you a gang-affiliated professional in need of a choice legal indaba? Well, we’re the gents for you! Schlenter and Chaff is Joburg South's premier, and only, criminal law firm. So don't you wait. Contact us today... or else.’ | Tickets: General Admission: R120, Concession: R100, Block Booking: R100

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18

May

The Old Man Who Thought He Had a Dog

  • Monday
  • 19:00
  • Writer Angelique FILTER | Director Angelique FILTER, Jeanne-Marié KOEKEMOER, and Merwe VAN GENT | Performers Merwe VAN GENT and Angelique FILTER | Stage Manager Jeanne-Marié KOEKMOER | Stage Hand and Marketing Manager Chrizelle STRYDOM

Prepare for a journey brimming with laughter, introspection and the extraordinary. | Tickets: General R120, Students R90

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19

May

The Old Man Who Thought He Had a Dog

  • Tuesday
  • 19:00
  • Writer Angelique FILTER | Director Angelique FILTER, Jeanne-Marié KOEKEMOER, and Merwe VAN GENT | Performers Merwe VAN GENT and Angelique FILTER | Stage Manager Jeanne-Marié KOEKMOER | Stage Hand and Marketing Manager Chrizelle STRYDOM

Prepare for a journey brimming with laughter, introspection and the extraordinary. | Tickets: General R120, Students R90

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20

May

The Old Man Who Thought He Had a Dog

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Writer Angelique FILTER | Director Angelique FILTER, Jeanne-Marié KOEKEMOER, and Merwe VAN GENT | Performers Merwe VAN GENT and Angelique FILTER | Stage Manager Jeanne-Marié KOEKMOER | Stage Hand and Marketing Manager Chrizelle STRYDOM

Prepare for a journey brimming with laughter, introspection and the extraordinary. | Tickets: General R120, Students R90

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22

May

Akrasia

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Director: Kristen FICHARDT | Writer: Kristen FICHARDT & Shannon HENDRY | Starring: Heinrich WENTZEL & Ancois BODENSTEIN | Stage Manager: Shannon HENDRY | Assistant Stage Manager: Sonja LOUW | Set designer: Kristen FICHARDT & Shannon HENDRY | Costume designer: Kristen FICHARDT | Lighting designer: Kristen FICHARDT | Sound designer: Kristen FICHARDT

The Young Professionals presents a Stellenbosch University production. Akrasia. Noun | uh-krey-zhee-uh | The act of knowing you shouldn’t be doing something but doing it anyway. | Tickets R120 with R90 Concession

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23

May

Akrasia

  • Saturday
  • 14:00
  • Director: Kristen FICHARDT | Writer: Kristen FICHARDT & Shannon HENDRY | Starring: Heinrich WENTZEL & Ancois BODENSTEIN | Stage Manager: Shannon HENDRY | Assistant Stage Manager: Sonja LOUW | Set designer: Kristen FICHARDT & Shannon HENDRY | Costume designer: Kristen FICHARDT | Lighting designer: Kristen FICHARDT | Sound designer: Kristen FICHARDT

The Young Professionals presents a Stellenbosch University production. Akrasia. Noun | uh-krey-zhee-uh | The act of knowing you shouldn’t be doing something but doing it anyway. | Tickets R120 with R90 Concession

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23

May

Akrasia

  • Saturday
  • 19:00
  • Director: Kristen FICHARDT | Writer: Kristen FICHARDT & Shannon HENDRY | Starring: Heinrich WENTZEL & Ancois BODENSTEIN | Stage Manager: Shannon HENDRY | Assistant Stage Manager: Sonja LOUW | Set designer: Kristen FICHARDT & Shannon HENDRY | Costume designer: Kristen FICHARDT | Lighting designer: Kristen FICHARDT | Sound designer: Kristen FICHARDT

The Young Professionals presents a Stellenbosch University production. Akrasia. Noun | uh-krey-zhee-uh | The act of knowing you shouldn’t be doing something but doing it anyway. | Tickets R120 with R90 Concession

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24

May

Soapboxing

  • Sunday
  • 19:00
  • Curated by Natalie FRASER

If you’re looking for a low-stakes, high-fun performance event, you’ve found it! | Tickets: R100

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16

Jun

The Blue Album

  • Tuesday
  • 19:00
  • Director Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Writer and Performer Vuyelwa MALULEKE | Lighting Designer Linda Mangena | Set Designer Nelly SAMBO

Home is a wound you inherit. | Tickets R120

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17

Jun

The Blue Album

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Director Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Writer and Performer Vuyelwa MALULEKE | Lighting Designer Linda Mangena | Set Designer Nelly SAMBO

Home is a wound you inherit. | Tickets R120

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18

Jun

The Blue Album

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Director Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Writer and Performer Vuyelwa MALULEKE | Lighting Designer Linda Mangena | Set Designer Nelly SAMBO

Home is a wound you inherit. | Tickets R120

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19

Jun

The Blue Album

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Director Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Writer and Performer Vuyelwa MALULEKE | Lighting Designer Linda Mangena | Set Designer Nelly SAMBO

Home is a wound you inherit. | Tickets R120

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27

Jun

Three Modes of Movement: A Three-Part Physical Theatre Workshop Series

  • Saturday
  • 09:00
  • Facilitated by Kayla VAN DER MERWE and Kirsten SCHOUW

Rediscovering the body as an expressive instrument. | Full Series: R850, Drop-In: R350 per session

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4

Jul

Three Modes of Movement: A Three-Part Physical Theatre Workshop Series

  • Saturday
  • 09:00
  • Facilitated by Kayla VAN DER MERWE and Kirsten SCHOUW

Rediscovering the body as an expressive instrument. | Full Series: R850, Drop-In: R350 per session

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11

Jul

Three Modes of Movement: A Three-Part Physical Theatre Workshop Series

  • Saturday
  • 09:00
  • Facilitated by Kayla VAN DER MERWE and Kirsten SCHOUW

Rediscovering the body as an expressive instrument. | Full Series: R850, Drop-In: R350 per session

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30

Jun

I Think I'm No Longer An Artist

  • Tuesday
  • 14:00
  • Conceptualized and Performed by Tsholo4elo

A 24-Hour Durational Performance / Living Installation | Tickets R200 and Student/Concession R100

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