Show goes on, even after the Fest

As the Festival draws to a close, you may begin to realise that following the philosophy that “only dead fish go with the flow” has left you out of the know. Those who missed Festival favourites, fear not, as Cue has accumulated details of where they will be next:

Johannesburg will be hosting Mark Sampson Feels Funny at Montecasino in Johannesburg for seven weeks starting on 17 July. Sampson will also be feeling up the funny bones of audiences at the Theatre on Bay in Camps Bay from 2 to 19 September.

Théâtre Taliipot’s spectacular Mâ Ravan’ will be at the Market Theatre from 15 July to 23 August. Also at the Market Theatre is the stage adaptation of Fred Khumalo’s Touch My Blood from today until 23 August.

Award-winning South Africa band the Parlotones will be taking their listener-friendly tracks to TSG Fourways in Johannesburg on 12 July. So as not to leave Durban in a cultural void, they will also be playing at Sibaya Casino on 23 July.

KwaZulu Natal can look forward to the Witness Hilton Arts Festival from 18 to 20 September, where some of Grahamstown’s hottest shows will be on the programme: Wit, Tokoloshe Come Again, Beauty and the BEE, Blackout – The Adventure of Jack and Donut and Pictures of You.

Young Artist Award Winner Ntshieng Mokgoro’s the Olive Tree will be on at Pretoria’s State Theatre from 4 to 23 August.

Cape Town can expose themselves to the 40 different characters played by Jeremy Crutchley in the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife, on at the Baxter Theatre until 15 August.

If a ticket for a flight to New York is dropped into your lucky lap anytime soon, Freshlyground will be performing at Prospect Park in Bandshell, Brooklyn, on 10 July.
While you’re there, Jesse Clegg has been invited to play at the prestigious 46664 show in New York at Radio City Music Hall on the 18 July.

If you are looking for something a little closer to home − be warned, this one will still cost you millions − David Newton’s Laugh is on at the 7 Arts Theatre in Harare from 16 to 17 July