This week’s pick: Foxwood House Genre: Suburban TheatreWhat: Hidden amongst the homes of Houghton stands an intimate theatre – Foxwood House. This space seats a small audience of 100 and its far-from-mainstream programmes include top shows, their drag performances are highly rated. This is the Cinema Nouveau of theatre. The owners, both involved in the [...]

Shows can be booked through www.computicket.com or contact the theatre directly.  Great World Cup fare coming up
 
SHOWING AT JOBURG THEATRE www.showbusiness.co.za  Boys in the Photograph 
A passionate musical dealing with the power of soccer to heal rifts and bring a fractured community together. Set in Belfast, Ireland, the game of soccer is recreated on stage with some [...]

FNB DANCE UMBRELLA 2010 presented by First National Bank in association with the National Arts Council and The Market Theatre, runs from 27 February to 14 March 2010 with performances at various Johannesburg theatres:

 the Wits Theatre complex in Braamfontein
the UJ Centre for the Arts in Auckland Park
The Dance Factory
The Market Theatre Main Theatre and [...]

With the urban renewal that has taken place in Joburg over the last 10 years, there are an increasing number of really interesting and good quality eateries that have opened up. So venture ’south of the ridge’ and explore Braamfontein, Newtown and the inner city itself. You will be more than pleasantly surprised.  See  Barbara Ludman’s [...]

… with thanks to the November issue of House and Leisure (page 140).  Of the ten reasons  to visit Johannnesburg, seven are in the Greater Rosebank Region. The other 3 are:  Joburg CBD, including Arts on Main, and the Cradle of Humankind.  The 7 in the Rosebank Region are listed by House and Leisure (with different numbering) [...]

Except for Sunday evening, Ami is open everyday for lunch and dinner. So … one of the few restaurants open on a Monday evening.  The menu has also been changed so light salad lunches and sandwiches are now on offer – all very reasonably priced. The dinner menu is varied and reflects the expertise of the [...]

A bronze sculpture of a lone man seated on a chair and holding his precious saxophone, was unveiled on 25th September.  
Located outside the ‘original’ Kippies Jazz club in Newtown, and designed by Guy Du Toit and Egon Tania, a second empty chair encourages the spectator to sit next to the figure of Kippie Morolong Moeketsi [...]

Giles restaurant and pub (4 blocks from Liz at Lancaster at corner Grafton and Buckingham Aves in Craighall Park) has become the latest meeting spot to unwind on a Friday after the week’s work. Cars line the streets in all directions (from lunch time onwards) and the pub and deck are packed with patrons overflowing  onto [...]

Here is a post from a friend of mine David Graham, who, through his business International Trade Projects, has a lot of overseas business clients. Accordingly, he compiled this list of party places mostly in the northern suburbs, for those international business travellers who want to work hard and play hard.
He writes:
Please note that most bars are very [...]