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Prima Facie Doesn't Let You Breathe, and That's the Point

A woman who has spent her career trusting the legal system finds herself on the other side of it, and discovers how little room that system leaves for memory, fear and trauma. This is theatre that refuses to let you settle, built around a performance that leaves you as breathless as its subject, grappling with what justice actually costs.

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Theatre on the Square, One-Person Show, Comedy Barry Morisse Theatre on the Square, One-Person Show, Comedy Barry Morisse

Ms. B-Haved: A Masterclass in Classroom Chaos

A veteran teacher sits suspended, awaiting her fate, in a solo show that finds the comedy and the quiet dread lurking in modern education. It's a funny, sharply observed hour that lands hardest for anyone who's ever sat on either side of a parent-teacher meeting. Expect real laughs, a few uncomfortable ones, and a lot of recognition.

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Sade in Hollandse Kombuise: Digging Through Your Culture’s Soil

A young woman digs through the soil of her family's past and unearths the objects buried there, each one forcing her to confront pride, discomfort, and the messy business of belonging to Afrikaans identity and culture. A generous, clear eyed hour of theatre that stayed with me long after the lights came up.

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Roland's Cave: A Reckoning in the Drakensberg

A wealthy businessman gets stranded in a Drakensberg cave with nothing but his own thoughts for company, and what surfaces is funnier, sadder and more familiar than he bargained for. A solo show about the parts of ourselves we bury to get ahead, told with warmth, humour and a distinctly South African sense of place.

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Soft Vengeance: Graham Hopkins Brings Albie Sachs to Life

At 91, Albie Sachs remains one of the most quietly extraordinary figures in South Africa's history: a man who survived a car bomb, helped write the Constitution, and chose grace over revenge at every turn. This new one-person play captures his remarkable life with warmth, lyricism, and a central performance of rare emotional honesty.

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Under the Streetlight: A Review of The Return of Elvis du Pisanie

Paul Slabolepszy's beloved classic returns to the Joburg stage in a production that is funny, heartbreaking, and ultimately, deeply uplifting. Ashley Dowds builds an entire world from nothing but a street lamp and his own extraordinary skill, drawing audiences into one of the most distinctly South African stories ever written for the theatre.

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Finding Gold in the Cracks: A Review of Beauty in the Broken

Gaynor Young's return to the stage after twenty years is a masterclass in resilience, a story not about surviving tragedy, but about choosing to live fully in its aftermath. Beauty in the Broken reminds us that the cracks in our lives, when repaired with courage and love, can become the most beautiful parts of who we are.

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