Theatre Arts • Methodist Church Hall • Cnr Milton Road and Wesley Street • Observatory • 7925 • Cape Town

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

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What's On

Madiba Zenani

Wed 30th Jul 7pm


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Madiba Zenani

Pumla's Song and The Dung Beetle : a double bill

Fri 1st Aug 7pm
Sat 2nd Aug 2pm
Sat 2nd Aug 6pm


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Pumla's Song and The Dung Beetle : a double bill

Finding the Funny with Jayne Batzofin

Sun 3rd Aug 4pm


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Finding the Funny with Jayne Batzofin

unclear | Rooming with Shadows | Becoming Cyborg Made Me Human

Wed 6th Aug 7pm
Thu 7th Aug 7pm
Fri 8th Aug 7pm
Sat 9th Aug 3pm


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unclear | Rooming with Shadows | Becoming Cyborg Made Me Human

Poet-O-Type

Tue 12th Aug 7pm
Wed 13th Aug 7pm
Thu 14th Aug 7pm
Fri 15th Aug 7pm
Sat 16th Aug 2pm
Sat 16th Aug 7pm
Sun 17th Aug 6pm


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Poet-O-Type

The Cracked House

Tue 19th Aug 7pm
Wed 20th Aug 7pm
Thu 21st Aug 7pm


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The Cracked House

The Grab After A Doll's House

Sat 23rd Aug 2pm
Sat 23rd Aug 7pm
Mon 25th Aug 7pm
Tue 26th Aug 7pm
Wed 27th Aug 7pm
Thu 28th Aug 7pm
Fri 29th Aug 7pm


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The Grab After A Doll's House

Masiphumelele Ontogeny

Fri 5th Sep 7pm
Sat 6th Sep 3pm
Sat 6th Sep 7pm


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Masiphumelele Ontogeny

Remnant

Thu 11th Sep 7pm
Fri 12th Sep 7pm
Sat 13th Sep 2pm
Sat 13th Sep 7pm


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Remnant

Body Politic 15 : Translations

Sun 14th Sep 5pm


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Body Politic 15 : Translations

Cottonwool Kid

Tue 23rd Sep 10am
Tue 23rd Sep 7pm
Wed 24th Sep 10am
Wed 24th Sep 7pm
Thu 25th Sep 7pm
Fri 26th Sep 7pm
Sat 27th Sep 7pm


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Cottonwool Kid

Emergency Workshop!

Thu 9th Oct 7pm
Fri 10th Oct 7pm
Sat 11th Oct 7pm
Sun 12th Oct 6pm


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Emergency Workshop!

30

Jul

Madiba Zenani

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Directed and written by Jocelyne LAVEILLE | Performed by Erick ISANA and Keïla MADI

In a claustrophobic space of anger and love, two departed souls—Nelson Mandela, known as Madiba, and his great-granddaughter, Zénani — unveil their emotions, their hopes, and their vision of History. | French Language | Tickets R140 with R100 Concession

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1

Aug

Pumla's Song and The Dung Beetle : a double bill

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • PUMLA'S SONG: Written and Performed by Khanya NGCUKA | Directed by Bulelani MABUTYANA (45 mins) THE DUNG BEETLE : Written by Sbahle MAGWAZA | Directed by Thamsanqa KHUMALO | Performed by Buyani DLAMINI | Guitarist Mthokozisi NDLOVU (45 mins)

A double bill that explores two very different journeys of self-discovery - one from soldier to mother, the other from expectations of doctor to artist. Each performance is 45 mins with a 15 minute interval | Tickets R120

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2

Aug

Pumla's Song and The Dung Beetle : a double bill

  • Saturday
  • 14:00
  • PUMLA'S SONG: Written and Performed by Khanya NGCUKA | Directed by Bulelani MABUTYANA (45 mins) THE DUNG BEETLE : Written by Sbahle MAGWAZA | Directed by Thamsanqa KHUMALO | Performed by Buyani DLAMINI | Guitarist Mthokozisi NDLOVU (45 mins)

A double bill that explores two very different journeys of self-discovery - one from soldier to mother, the other from expectations of doctor to artist. Each performance is 45 mins with a 15 minute interval | Tickets R120

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2

Aug

Pumla's Song and The Dung Beetle : a double bill

  • Saturday
  • 18:00
  • PUMLA'S SONG: Written and Performed by Khanya NGCUKA | Directed by Bulelani MABUTYANA (45 mins) THE DUNG BEETLE : Written by Sbahle MAGWAZA | Directed by Thamsanqa KHUMALO | Performed by Buyani DLAMINI | Guitarist Mthokozisi NDLOVU (45 mins)

A double bill that explores two very different journeys of self-discovery - one from soldier to mother, the other from expectations of doctor to artist. Each performance is 45 mins with a 15 minute interval | Tickets R120

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3

Aug

Finding the Funny with Jayne Batzofin

  • Sunday
  • 16:00
  • CLOWN TOWN presents Jayne BATZOFIN'S clowning workshop.

A masterclass in clowning from the ineffable Jayne Batzofin | Tickets R250 with a student price of R180

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6

Aug

unclear | Rooming with Shadows | Becoming Cyborg Made Me Human

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Louise WESTERHOUT and Denise LL ONEN

An immersive, inclusive sharing from Louise and Denise | Tickets R140

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7

Aug

unclear | Rooming with Shadows | Becoming Cyborg Made Me Human

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Louise WESTERHOUT and Denise LL ONEN

An immersive, inclusive sharing from Louise and Denise | Tickets R140

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8

Aug

unclear | Rooming with Shadows | Becoming Cyborg Made Me Human

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Louise WESTERHOUT and Denise LL ONEN

An immersive, inclusive sharing from Louise and Denise | Tickets R140

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9

Aug

unclear | Rooming with Shadows | Becoming Cyborg Made Me Human

  • Saturday
  • 15:00
  • Louise WESTERHOUT and Denise LL ONEN

An immersive, inclusive sharing from Louise and Denise | Tickets R140

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12

Aug

Poet-O-Type

  • Tuesday
  • 19:00
  • Directed by Mahlatsi MOKGONYANA | Performed by Billy LANGA and Trevor LYNCH | Written by J Bobs TSHABALALA | Movement Direction by Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Produced by THEATRE DUO AND CO

Probing, two poets negotiate the illusive underworld of poetry circles | Tickets R150 with R100 for Student Concession

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13

Aug

Poet-O-Type

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Directed by Mahlatsi MOKGONYANA | Performed by Billy LANGA and Trevor LYNCH | Written by J Bobs TSHABALALA | Movement Direction by Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Produced by THEATRE DUO AND CO

Probing, two poets negotiate the illusive underworld of poetry circles | Tickets R150 with R100 for Student Concession

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14

Aug

Poet-O-Type

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Directed by Mahlatsi MOKGONYANA | Performed by Billy LANGA and Trevor LYNCH | Written by J Bobs TSHABALALA | Movement Direction by Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Produced by THEATRE DUO AND CO

Probing, two poets negotiate the illusive underworld of poetry circles | Tickets R150 with R100 for Student Concession

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15

Aug

Poet-O-Type

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Directed by Mahlatsi MOKGONYANA | Performed by Billy LANGA and Trevor LYNCH | Written by J Bobs TSHABALALA | Movement Direction by Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Produced by THEATRE DUO AND CO

Probing, two poets negotiate the illusive underworld of poetry circles | Tickets R150 with R100 for Student Concession

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16

Aug

Poet-O-Type

  • Saturday
  • 14:00
  • Directed by Mahlatsi MOKGONYANA | Performed by Billy LANGA and Trevor LYNCH | Written by J Bobs TSHABALALA | Movement Direction by Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Produced by THEATRE DUO AND CO

Probing, two poets negotiate the illusive underworld of poetry circles | Tickets R150 with R100 for Student Concession

More info

16

Aug

Poet-O-Type

  • Saturday
  • 19:00
  • Directed by Mahlatsi MOKGONYANA | Performed by Billy LANGA and Trevor LYNCH | Written by J Bobs TSHABALALA | Movement Direction by Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Produced by THEATRE DUO AND CO

Probing, two poets negotiate the illusive underworld of poetry circles | Tickets R150 with R100 for Student Concession

More info

17

Aug

Poet-O-Type

  • Sunday
  • 18:00
  • Directed by Mahlatsi MOKGONYANA | Performed by Billy LANGA and Trevor LYNCH | Written by J Bobs TSHABALALA | Movement Direction by Ernest 'Ginger' BALENI | Produced by THEATRE DUO AND CO

Probing, two poets negotiate the illusive underworld of poetry circles | Tickets R150 with R100 for Student Concession

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19

Aug

The Cracked House

  • Tuesday
  • 19:00
  • Written by Ntsikayomzi BENYA | Directed by Sibuyiselo DYWILI | Performed by Sizwe MSUTU, Dobs MADOTYENI and Nicholate L. MNGQOZA | Production Managed by Tokollo MASETLA

A home to the privileged, the forgotten and the hopeful | Tickets R120 with R100 Concession

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20

Aug

The Cracked House

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Written by Ntsikayomzi BENYA | Directed by Sibuyiselo DYWILI | Performed by Sizwe MSUTU, Dobs MADOTYENI and Nicholate L. MNGQOZA | Production Managed by Tokollo MASETLA

A home to the privileged, the forgotten and the hopeful | Tickets R120 with R100 Concession

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21

Aug

The Cracked House

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Written by Ntsikayomzi BENYA | Directed by Sibuyiselo DYWILI | Performed by Sizwe MSUTU, Dobs MADOTYENI and Nicholate L. MNGQOZA | Production Managed by Tokollo MASETLA

A home to the privileged, the forgotten and the hopeful | Tickets R120 with R100 Concession

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23

Aug

The Grab After A Doll's House

  • Saturday
  • 14:00
  • Written and directed by Morapeleng MOLEKOA | Set and music design by Smamkele MENTYISI | Performed by Bianca OOSTHUIZEN, Oliver CARNEGIE, Anathi GODLO, and Thukelo MAKA

Loosely inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic, the play follows a series of interwoven narratives across time and memory to explore the impact of buried truths, race, power, and justice in post-apartheid South Africa | Tickets R120 with R90 Student Concession

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23

Aug

The Grab After A Doll's House

  • Saturday
  • 19:00
  • Written and directed by Morapeleng MOLEKOA | Set and music design by Smamkele MENTYISI | Performed by Bianca OOSTHUIZEN, Oliver CARNEGIE, Anathi GODLO, and Thukelo MAKA

Loosely inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic, the play follows a series of interwoven narratives across time and memory to explore the impact of buried truths, race, power, and justice in post-apartheid South Africa | Tickets R120 with R90 Student Concession

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25

Aug

The Grab After A Doll's House

  • Monday
  • 19:00
  • Written and directed by Morapeleng MOLEKOA | Set and music design by Smamkele MENTYISI | Performed by Bianca OOSTHUIZEN, Oliver CARNEGIE, Anathi GODLO, and Thukelo MAKA

Loosely inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic, the play follows a series of interwoven narratives across time and memory to explore the impact of buried truths, race, power, and justice in post-apartheid South Africa | Tickets R120 with R90 Student Concession

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26

Aug

The Grab After A Doll's House

  • Tuesday
  • 19:00
  • Written and directed by Morapeleng MOLEKOA | Set and music design by Smamkele MENTYISI | Performed by Bianca OOSTHUIZEN, Oliver CARNEGIE, Anathi GODLO, and Thukelo MAKA

Loosely inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic, the play follows a series of interwoven narratives across time and memory to explore the impact of buried truths, race, power, and justice in post-apartheid South Africa | Tickets R120 with R90 Student Concession

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27

Aug

The Grab After A Doll's House

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Written and directed by Morapeleng MOLEKOA | Set and music design by Smamkele MENTYISI | Performed by Bianca OOSTHUIZEN, Oliver CARNEGIE, Anathi GODLO, and Thukelo MAKA

Loosely inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic, the play follows a series of interwoven narratives across time and memory to explore the impact of buried truths, race, power, and justice in post-apartheid South Africa | Tickets R120 with R90 Student Concession

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28

Aug

The Grab After A Doll's House

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Written and directed by Morapeleng MOLEKOA | Set and music design by Smamkele MENTYISI | Performed by Bianca OOSTHUIZEN, Oliver CARNEGIE, Anathi GODLO, and Thukelo MAKA

Loosely inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic, the play follows a series of interwoven narratives across time and memory to explore the impact of buried truths, race, power, and justice in post-apartheid South Africa | Tickets R120 with R90 Student Concession

More info

29

Aug

The Grab After A Doll's House

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Written and directed by Morapeleng MOLEKOA | Set and music design by Smamkele MENTYISI | Performed by Bianca OOSTHUIZEN, Oliver CARNEGIE, Anathi GODLO, and Thukelo MAKA

Loosely inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic, the play follows a series of interwoven narratives across time and memory to explore the impact of buried truths, race, power, and justice in post-apartheid South Africa | Tickets R120 with R90 Student Concession

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5

Sep

Masiphumelele Ontogeny

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Directed by Luxolo Rapula MBOSO | Written by Luxolo Rapula MBOSO and Abueng JUNIOR | Photography by Clive GRAY | Featuring Luxolo Rapula MBOSO, Abueng JUNIOR, Siboniso MONI, Sanele MBANA, Nosi MBILI

Here we stand 2004 to 2025. Growing, evolving. We are generations in motion | Tickets R100 with R50 concession

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6

Sep

Masiphumelele Ontogeny

  • Saturday
  • 15:00
  • Directed by Luxolo Rapula MBOSO | Written by Luxolo Rapula MBOSO and Abueng JUNIOR | Photography by Clive GRAY | Featuring Luxolo Rapula MBOSO, Abueng JUNIOR, Siboniso MONI, Sanele MBANA, Nosi MBILI

Here we stand 2004 to 2025. Growing, evolving. We are generations in motion | Tickets R100 with R50 concession

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6

Sep

Masiphumelele Ontogeny

  • Saturday
  • 19:00
  • Directed by Luxolo Rapula MBOSO | Written by Luxolo Rapula MBOSO and Abueng JUNIOR | Photography by Clive GRAY | Featuring Luxolo Rapula MBOSO, Abueng JUNIOR, Siboniso MONI, Sanele MBANA, Nosi MBILI

Here we stand 2004 to 2025. Growing, evolving. We are generations in motion | Tickets R100 with R50 concession

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11

Sep

Remnant

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Created and Performed by Kayla VAN DER MERWE and Kirsten SCHOUW | Music by Gideon BIRULI

Space meets your lungs. You exhale. But now your limbs are lost | Physical Theatre | Tickets R120

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12

Sep

Remnant

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Created and Performed by Kayla VAN DER MERWE and Kirsten SCHOUW | Music by Gideon BIRULI

Space meets your lungs. You exhale. But now your limbs are lost | Physical Theatre | Tickets R120

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13

Sep

Remnant

  • Saturday
  • 14:00
  • Created and Performed by Kayla VAN DER MERWE and Kirsten SCHOUW | Music by Gideon BIRULI

Space meets your lungs. You exhale. But now your limbs are lost | Physical Theatre | Tickets R120

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13

Sep

Remnant

  • Saturday
  • 19:00
  • Created and Performed by Kayla VAN DER MERWE and Kirsten SCHOUW | Music by Gideon BIRULI

Space meets your lungs. You exhale. But now your limbs are lost | Physical Theatre | Tickets R120

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14

Sep

Body Politic 15 : Translations

  • Sunday
  • 17:00
  • Curated by Louise WESTERHOUT

A call for life in translation | Tickets R120

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23

Sep

Cottonwool Kid

  • Tuesday
  • 10:00
  • Written by Toni MORKEL and Sylvaine STRIKE | Directed by Sylvaine STRIKE | Performed by Toni MORKEL

FINALLY ON STAGE IN CAPE TOWN! | Tickets R180

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23

Sep

Cottonwool Kid

  • Tuesday
  • 19:00
  • Written by Toni MORKEL and Sylvaine STRIKE | Directed by Sylvaine STRIKE | Performed by Toni MORKEL

FINALLY ON STAGE IN CAPE TOWN! | Tickets R180

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24

Sep

Cottonwool Kid

  • Wednesday
  • 10:00
  • Written by Toni MORKEL and Sylvaine STRIKE | Directed by Sylvaine STRIKE | Performed by Toni MORKEL

FINALLY ON STAGE IN CAPE TOWN! | Tickets R180

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24

Sep

Cottonwool Kid

  • Wednesday
  • 19:00
  • Written by Toni MORKEL and Sylvaine STRIKE | Directed by Sylvaine STRIKE | Performed by Toni MORKEL

FINALLY ON STAGE IN CAPE TOWN! | Tickets R180

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25

Sep

Cottonwool Kid

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Written by Toni MORKEL and Sylvaine STRIKE | Directed by Sylvaine STRIKE | Performed by Toni MORKEL

FINALLY ON STAGE IN CAPE TOWN! | Tickets R180

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26

Sep

Cottonwool Kid

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Written by Toni MORKEL and Sylvaine STRIKE | Directed by Sylvaine STRIKE | Performed by Toni MORKEL

FINALLY ON STAGE IN CAPE TOWN! | Tickets R180

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27

Sep

Cottonwool Kid

  • Saturday
  • 19:00
  • Written by Toni MORKEL and Sylvaine STRIKE | Directed by Sylvaine STRIKE | Performed by Toni MORKEL

FINALLY ON STAGE IN CAPE TOWN! | Tickets R180

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9

Oct

Emergency Workshop!

  • Thursday
  • 19:00
  • Marie HAHNE as Performer & Gordon EVANS as Musician

The End Is Near... Let’s Rehearse For It! | Tickets R150

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10

Oct

Emergency Workshop!

  • Friday
  • 19:00
  • Marie HAHNE as Performer & Gordon EVANS as Musician

The End Is Near... Let’s Rehearse For It! | Tickets R150

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11

Oct

Emergency Workshop!

  • Saturday
  • 19:00
  • Marie HAHNE as Performer & Gordon EVANS as Musician

The End Is Near... Let’s Rehearse For It! | Tickets R150

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12

Oct

Emergency Workshop!

  • Sunday
  • 18:00
  • Marie HAHNE as Performer & Gordon EVANS as Musician

The End Is Near... Let’s Rehearse For It! | Tickets R150

More info