Get ready to be entertained as the curtains rise on this season's theatrical shows! From gripping dramas to side-splitting comedies, here's your guide to what's hot and happening on the stage in Joburg.
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Dear Evan Hansen
Date: 15 March to 13 April 2025
The Teatro will host the award-winning theatrical show Dear Evan Hansen. Discover the heartwarming tale of a socially awkward high school student who unintentionally creates a significant role for himself at the heart of a tragedy. Join him as he works through this difficult circumstance; the musical examines loneliness, mental health, and the need for connection in human nature. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's stirring score enhances Dear Evan Hansen's emotionally stirring story, which audiences find incredibly compelling.
Molly Street
Date: 04 March 2025
Written and helmed by Peter Churu, Molly Street is a compelling theatrical show Lineup of love, grief, and justice beyond death. With its rich history and compelling narrative, this stirring production, which stars Patrick Tembo and the charismatic Chidochangu Jo Anne Tenga, is sure to enthrall audiences. Molly Street is based on a long-standing local legend about a young woman trapped in the harsh realities of her era and is set in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe, in the 1960s. Molly's spirit still haunts the town, seeking justice after she was killed in a crime of passion. The local government has taken a historic step by naming a street in her honor, which honors her while also defying social expectations.
Jazz in the Lights
Date: 29 March 2025
Jazz in the Lights Music Festival will return to the Johannesburg Zoo, where jazz fans can enjoy both local and foreign performances. The rich and varied history of jazz in South Africa is entwined with the intricate social, political, and cultural fabric of the nation. Younger visitors can engage with the zoo's animals and facilities, and jazz and music enthusiasts can take in the newest offerings from up-and-coming artists while savouring timeless classics from the legends. It's sure to be an exciting day for the whole family.
Alan Committie in Comedy Gold
Date: 19 February to 16 March 2025
Presenting his annual laughathon in Comedy Gold, award-winning Alan Committie returns to the Pieter Toerien Main stage, giving comedy medals to all the quirks, idiosyncrasies, ridiculous contradictions, and numerous inefficiencies that comprise contemporary life in 2024. This show will be full of all the typical wordplay, physical hijinx, and bizarre detours into new perspectives that you associate with this jester, from elections and terrible choices to Airbnbs and local WhatsApp groups, but never ignoring Olympic shenanigans and dieticians.
