Show Archive

The time has come for the debut one man comedy show of Etienne Davids.We are taken on a journey growing up in the ever-changing South Africa, through the eyes of a ‘coloured’ boy who becomes a brown man. Anecdotal stories, incredible accents and crazy imitations can be expected while treated to some original music. A story teller with some stories

Tired of the same old ‘Carols by Candle-Light’ at your local church? Annoyed by Mrs. Van der Merwe harmonising at full volume three rows back? So are we.A Comical Christmas takes all your favourite Christmas Carols out the choir book and into the 21st century! We follow Daniel Geddes and Mark Tatham on a journey through all the gags, tricks

Improv Workshop by Bart Van Loon. Expert facilitator from Belgium. In this workshop, we will explore the difference between The Picture and The Frame of improv scenes: we dive into what is really important to you, your scene partner and the audience. This workshop focuses everything that comes after setting the platform: how do we build as high as we can

Join us for a culinary celebration prepared collectively by Maboneng's top food entrepreneurs. Meet and greet the people behind restaurants in Maboneng, and eat a taster from bunch of different and eclectic menus. Grab a taste from several different retailers menus all at the same long table at OPEN (just around the corner from POPArt : 4th floor of the Main Change

An irreverent look at history through the eyes of a self proclaimed historian Mojak Lehoko (with a PHD in anthropology from Trump university). A comedic journey through the ages with the mention of the odd fact. From genesis to Nkalakatha. You don't want to miss it. "You don't know where you're going until you know where you've been. Unless you a

An introductory workshop to interactive, forum and image theatre as a powerful tool for facilitation, performance and personal growth. Join this 3-day (1 day p/month) Program to experience how to realize your inherent potential by identifying and aligning the different aspects of your SELF & of your GROUP. NOTE: By joining the introductory workshop, you are not committed to attending further

For a special edition of The Box Comedy, comedian Daryl Williams presents his one man show "Too Coloured" in the second half. The first half will follow the Standard THE BOX COMEDY format. Join us for this first time ever edition… 

An irreverent look at history through the eyes of a self proclaimed historian Mojak Lehoko (with a PHD in anthropology from Trump university). A comedic journey through the ages with the mention of the odd fact. From genesis to Nkalakatha. You don't want to miss it. "You don't know where you're going until you know where you've been. Unless you a

Hot on the heels of the PopArt success of The Game 'Ohne Dich', 'Redemption' hits Jozi with more of the twisted, dark comedy that has sold out Cape Town audiences numerous times. For just four nights join legendary coach Frik Du Perez (Milton Schorr) and the giant female player Tatiana Romkova (Brendan Murray), as they face a shared secret that

 "Stories in Motion'' bringing together elements of  Indian dance theatre,  hand gestures (Mudras), emotions (rasas) and body positions this project  is a work in process which will lead to a novel way of artistically expressing a collective transcendental experience using ancient techniques that harmonizes the body, speech and emotions. The workshop is led by Srinwanti Chakrabarti , an internationally acclaimed Indian classical

This 2 hour workshop will cover the basics in the Music Industry as a Business and Brand: the tools to get your music out there, basic PR and how to conduct yourself in an interview scenario: the second hour will deal with a practical exercise simulating interviews and interview scenarios. The workshop includes discussions on:  • How to treat your music

Learn how to enter the media industry. Do you want to be a TV/radio presenter, producer, director, scriptwriter? Do you want to ace your next audition? Do you want to be a Speaker or MC?This workshop with the legendary Nimrod Nkosi & others will help you reach your goal by giving you essential backgound knowledge on the different aspects of the media industry. Tickets

It is the year 1988, Thembisa (18) is on a train travelling from the Eastern Cape to Gauteng, Pretoria in search of her aunt. Thembisa arrives in the big city, lost and confused with nowhere to go. She goes about trying to get help from people she comes across. She is in search of the address written on the small piece

Hairline aims to create a space where everyone can engage about hair and beauty politics that have been framed by Colonial and apartheid views and, in turn, have been imposed on black South Africans. In the post-apartheid and neo-colonial era which we currently live in, many black people have to continuously negotiate their identity in certain places now more than

Zethembiso Mdletshe, known professionally as ZETHE, Is now a Johannesburg based musician after pursuing a degree in music, majoring in Jazz, from the University of KwaZulu Natal and graduated in 2016.They say Dynamite comes in small packages and this is witnessed whenever this sensational afro/soul/jazz and house singer takes the stage. Her unique and powerful voice stands out and lingers

The Hillbrow Theatre (Outreach Foundation) with the support of Flying house would like to invite you to a Fund raising performance of Isaro and Tshimbila Rantsula.   Two Drama Performances That Interrogate and teach about Africa today performed by young participants of Hillbrow TheatreThe word Isaro is a Rwandan word meaning beads that have been knitted together, symbolizing unity.  The

The "I wish I could make it but"... ticket is for all those who wish they could support the theatre programs more. We understand that time is short and that it is often difficult to get out of the house. This button is for exactly that! If you wish you could be there for a show, or just more in general, hit

The System is an internationally acclaimed, multi award winning show that used physical expression, miming and dialogue to tell a story about three prisoners. Happening on an empty stage with no props the story of poverty, crime riddled communities, injustice, compassionate,betrayal, friendship and values in modern day South Africa is explored. Based on the life experiences of three young South

Facilitated by Nina Erasmus It seems like with most music videos and dance films the videographers and choreographers are thrown together for projects without much understanding about one another’s industry. This day and a half workshop creates space for understanding and experimentation: Where both parties can share their knowledge and experiences and finally, make a short dance film together! Purpose

Let’s find solutions. Ones that you and I can put our hands on. NOW. This is NOT just a show... Join me. Real life confessions. Real audience stories. Join comedian, Tats Nkonzo for a night of group comedy therapy. Audience and performers both share true life confessions that lead to a night of healing, togetherness and the best medicine... laughter.Free entrance for

From the group that brought you ZoomProv, an all new experiment in improvised storytelling: "Women's Day Event" : A what's app improv showWe invite our audience to be voyeurs in the Women's Day Event organising whats app group.The context and inciting events will be given by you...Join us on the weekend of 8/9 August as we respectfully pop into your inbox

POPArt is proud to host the Word 'n Sound Awards: Honouring excellence in the industry. Event starts from 3:30pm and booking is essential. 

After a successful season of #Skierlik, with rave reviews. This festive season, for one night only, Phillip Dikotla is back to his dirty tricks with his new show: Zero F’s Given – a Stand-up comedy experience with a twist. Developed in Collaboration with James Cairns. Its stand-up comedy done at the edge of a braking South Africa, as exciting as

Award winning performers, Godfrey Johnson and Nicholas McDiarmid will be paying tribute to women, women songwriters and poets. Enjoy an evening of cabaret featuring the music of Tori Amos, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Peggy Lee and other extraordinary women. The show will also feature the work of Dorothy Parker.

This is what happens when Phillip, a budding young comedian decides to live his dream for a day: where he is a household  name, with the funniest and biggest late night show on TV... its not stand up, it's not seat-down, it's PUNCHline to PUNCHline rib-cracking live Comedy at it’s best... So, pretend he has made it, and enjoy

An irreverent look at history through the eyes of a self proclaimed historian Mojak Lehoko (with a PHD in anthropology from Trump university).A comedic journey through the ages with the mention of the odd fact. From genesis to Nkalakatha. You don't want to miss it."You don't know where you're going until you know where you've been. Unless you a go to

Lebogang Mogashoa has never been "normal". Always the outsider, he felt great pressure to be the perfectly responsible first born son. But when he meets a charming football player at his boys' only Catholic boarding school, he is determined to have the most "normal" teen romance EVER, No pressure. Except, nothing seems to according to his meticulous plan. A reflection of love in

POPArt productions in collaboration with the Alexander Bar and the artists present POPUpstairs at the Alexander Bar this Decemberfrom 30 November - 19 December. 4 shows:"We Didn't Come to Hell for the Croissants" | "The Storytellers Series" | "Unfair Lady" | "Aquarium"  

Jemma Kahn and Lebogang Mogashoa talk storytelling, Kamishibai and general war stories from their time in the East in this Storytellers Special. Closing off our run of "We Didn't Come to Hell for the Croissants", we invite Lebogang Mogashoa (1/6th of the Writing team) and Jemma Kahn (1/2 of the performers) to the stage to share their experiences and insights on

RHODA MILLER is a devastating portrayal of a multi-personality disorder case in the contemporary universal context. It explores myriad and provocative feelings of characters around each other. The production is set in an expressive confined setting of a Cathedral, that appears as surreal, timeless, and ageless to enhance the  philosophical exploration of existentialism and a struggle with the definition of

Vuka Machel is a revolutionary comedy. We insist it's not satire. Samora Machel wakes from the dead to find his wife married to Mandela and Mozambique suffering. He challenges Mandela to all sorts of fights. The biggest mistake he makes again is to agree to a negotiation at the World Trade Centre where Mandela challenges him to a boxing match. Mandela

In 3 Acts. With 3 Directors – 3 unique visions, asking, just what does it mean to be human and just what does it mean to be a man?Act 1. Crossing - Survival or Violence? Our words catalysed into action. Actions recycled through Language. Directed by Quintin Wils. Performed by Greg Melvill-Smith.Act 2. V(i)R(us) - Viruses. In us. On us.

The show about the life and times of a young man who finished school and only wanted to be lekker. From home life, to work live to TV and 1 man in particular who help shape the madness, a story is told. Written and performed by Eric Jansen ONE NIGHT ONLY : 22 March at 8pm

Are you feeling a bit rusty as an actor? Do you want to be galvanized as a performer? Do you not have a clear process to approach a character? The Actor's Foundry technique is based on the methodologies of the greats such as Stanislavsky, Strasberg, Adler and Meissner but has been modernized with the psychology of today. You will be paired with a scene partner

Hostile Anonymous intrudes into the dark forest of terror in attempt to break out Bantu’s bondages, will he win?The play follows a journey of Anonymous who is in search of his long–lost friend Bantu. He finds him, but is then faced with a challenge of brining him back to consciousness. The play makes use of symbolism, repetitive quotes, poetry and

Story and Breath is a monthly storytelling show hosted by Baeletsi Tsatsi. Baeletsi tells stories with a different theme every month. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica} November will see Baeletsi telling stories that have made several features on her sets. Stories that she has told dearly under

Preposterous Play: A wicked workshop in BOUFFON ensemble!The bouffons observe us from a far. Sneakily, they spy on us and listen very carefully. They are starving. Devouring our dreams, swallowing our stories, consuming our contradictions and inhaling our half-truths, attempting to satisfy their never-ending hunger. Fattened up – their bodies grotesquely distorted – they travel in gangs looking for prey. Until

Meanwhile is a spoken word poetry show created and performed by Thandokuhle Mngqibisa & Nosipho Gumede, a Medical Doctor and a Metallurgical Engineer by profession respectively. The performance showcases how women have always known how to blend; that they can parallel science and art; that they can be scholars when their Meanwhile is poetry. The poetry walks the listener through a

Presented by Tebogo Malapane & Philangizwe Nxumalo JUNE 16 reminds us of how strong the youth is as they have the willful potential to right the future.'FIRST' presents freshly written monologues and poems that reflect a world were all South Africans have access to free education and its benefits.A youth's vision about the future of this country, perhaps a look

Space | Freedom | EaseLooking for a sense of release physically and mentally? Tired body, stiff shoulder, recurring injury?Feeling like you get locked into your computer/desk/work and forget all about your body? You’re your stress levels are at boiling point? Come join Caryn Katz and Alex Halligey in a two hourintroductory workshop to the Alexander Technique. The Technique, developed by

A one man stand up comedy show. For one night only. Long John is a Multi Award Winning International Comedian from Zimbabwe and standing at over 6 feet, his comedy journey continues to stretch over the African Continent and beyond. He was laughed at for being tall, dark and handsome, squint; however, his humor has been able to bring laughs

POPArt and AltEye productions proudly present a festival of Children's theatre this December. Ntombi Dreams BigAges 4 - 9Ntombi is a funky, ballet dancing, Pop-music loving 8 year old! She loves when Gogo reads stories to her at bed time, and with her own imagination acts out the next day! But what happens when Ntombi wants to audition for the role

This is a test show.

9 years! What a story it has been!!! We invite you : our friends, our audiences, our collaborators to the last event in the first POPArt space.After 9 years of championing independent theatre from our little bunker, we are talking a leap of faith and moving on. Please join us to celebrate an awesome journey by sharing a day of

It's BACK! Just in time for Valentines Day!!! And in this season, we're running for two nights to spread the love… SINGLE + ESKOM = Dating in the Dark. Well that's how it started… when the dating scene in Johannesburg was about as unpredictable and uncertain as the Load Shedding schedule, leaving all of us singles wondering how we can indeed secure

By Allan Kolski HorwitzPerformed by the Botsotso Ensemble (Thandeka Shangase, Yandisa Khwakhwa, Katlego Letsholonyana, Simphiwe Dladla and Malusi Mkhonza) Kopanong is a  medium-sized municipality. The mayor, Victor Mabaso, and his right hand woman, Gugu Dhlamini, have created a network of tenderpreneurs with whom they fleece the town’s coffers.  Bu when Faith Hlatswayo, their once servile financial manager, cracks in the face of the auditor-general  team’s relentless

POPArt in association with the Siki Kunene brings you the first SISTERS CONNECT SESSION. A space where no topic is taboo we heal, share and build each other. A dialogue between women to help inspire and grow one another in all areas of our lives . Saturday 18th May 2pm till 5pm Tickets 100 and 120 at the door.Snacks and

Three comics band together to attempt to steal Christmas before the Grinch does....will they succeed? Well the only way find out is to buy a bloody ticket!