Want to celebrate with the family over New Year and don’t know what to do?  There are a couple of different options:
Jozi Carnival   The 2011 theme of the annual Joburg Carnival is Jozi my Jozi 125 celebrating the anniversary of the city’s existence.  It will take place on 31 December from 12pm and leaves [...]

The New York Met Opera  live in HD is  back for the 5th season and showing at Cinema Nouveau in the Rosebank Mall (under 10 minutes from Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse). Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, starring Anna Netrebko and directed by David McVicar started showing on 4 Nov. Although the notification indicates that screenings are for one [...]

Jozi has some great theatre and live shows at the moment. Saw ‘Chilli Boy’ last week. An old play back for a re-run, but missed it last time around- very funny one-man comedy, amazing acting performance. Runs till 6th Nov. Completely different was ‘The Girl with the Yellow Dress’ (again a re-run which first opened [...]

UMOJA is back at the VICTORY THEATRE and bookings are now open for the rest of the year. Can call to book on 011 728 9603.

  To quote Kentridge’s famous line:  ‘Johannesburg, second greatest city after Paris ‘ ….  Well, we might not have the range and selection of live theatre of the West Ends and Broadways but we get a lot of really excellent productions in Jozi.  And you certainly can’t see good theatre internationally for as little as R66 (that’s what a [...]

For what’s on go to http://www.jhblive.com/events/ 

Due to public demand following the sold out once-off concert in Cape Town in August 2011, Johnny Clegg will bring his 30th anniversary concert back to Johannesburg in November 2011. The original Juluka band will be reunited for this show only, performing the hit songs of Juluka and Johnny Clegg spanning his 30 year career on [...]

Craig Higginson’s  The Girl in the Yellow Dress  returns to the Market Theatre on 27th Sept.  It is described in the press release as ‘part psychological thriller and part a State of the Nation analysis’.  The synposis continues: ‘It is set in contemporary Paris and deals with the exchanges between Celia, a beautiful English teacher in her [...]

There’s a walkabout of the group exhibition Horse, curated by Ricky Burnett, at Everard Read Gallery in Lower Rosebank at 4.30 pm Friday 16th September and then another walkabout of Ayana V Jackson’s exhibition at Gallery Momo 52 7th Ave Parktown North on Saturday 17th Sept at 11 am.   There are markets in Jozi’s inner [...]

Two French urban contemporary dance companies will present solos dealing with the issue of identity and origins: French B-Boy Junior’s Buanattitude will revisit his African roots and Zairian culture in particular, his native country; Cie Stylistik’s Entre Deux (In between) will stage a French-Senegalese performer dealing with his “dual” culture.    Sunday 4 September at Joburg [...]