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Rocco de Villiers Speel Jim Muller, Hansie Roodt & Nico Carstens

7:30pm shows

Sat 29 Jan 2022

3pm shows

Sun 30 Jan 2022

Pianist Rocco de Villiers and his band makes magic with the very popular music of Jim Muller. The show also include evergreens like "Zambesi" and "Klokkiewlas" by Nico Carstens, "Warm Snare" by Hansie Roodt, Hendrik Susan, Ollie Viljoen and Taffie Kikillus. All these classics have modern arrangements for the 21st century without losing the magic of the past.

A true trip down memory lane. Don't miss this concert. Rocco and the band is well dressed, add some humour and toe-tapping music and you have a night to remember.

CD of the show, music books and socks available at the door.

R220pp

R200pp for block bookings (10+ people)

Barry Hilton

7:30pm shows

4 & 5 Feb 2022

Back at the Playhouse theatre by popular demand – South African comedy icon Barry Hilton!

His delightful knack of finding the ludicrous and the humorous turns daily situations on their head to make us laugh at life. He’s been performing for over 30 years.

His face is as funny as his repartee, with lugubrious looks tailor-made for mirth. Barry’s gregarious personality makes him a people’s person, happy to engage with the audience before and after his shows.

Enjoy non-stop laughter with this versatile and dynamic performer with his magnetic charm, deft timing, tap dancing mind, unpredictable hairline and a gaze that doesn't miss a thing.

ADMISSION

R140

Grease

March 2022 Shows

3:00pm

12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27

7:30pm

9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26

Helderberg Academy of Theatre presents GREASE the Musical!

By special arrangement with DALRO, this smash hit classic is back with the SHIRAZ band live! Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers, the musical is set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School and follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of peer pressure, politics, personal core values, and love. The score borrows heavily from the sounds of early rock and roll. ‘Summer Nights’, ‘Born to Hand Jive’ and ‘We Go Together’ are just some of the fantastic numbers you will experience in this full musical with Sandy, Danny, Rizzo and many more!

Directed by Darryl Spijkers and Jon-Paul Ruschenbaum.

Bookings open on Computicket in March 2022!

R130

R120 for block bookings (10+ people)

Playhouse Drama Festival 2022

Festival dates:

1-6 August, 2022

The sixth annual Playhouse Drama Festival will be hosted in August 2022. Co-hosted and managed by Parel Vallei High School this event has become a highlight in the local theatre calendar.

“We look forward to welcoming more and more schools as we have seen the festival grow. We have plays participate and three South African languages and would love to see this diversity grow and increase. Despite the lockdown we had 13 schools enter in 2020,” explains festival co-ordinator and Head of Culture Darryl Spijkers.

Started in 2017 by Annelie van Zyl and Yanou Pienaar, the festival allows youth to express themselves in a real theatre environment and take on the challenge of creating, acting, designing, operating and stage-managing.

The festival will take place at the Playhouse Theatre in Somerset West from 11 – 21 August 2021. The Playhouse Theatre Somerset West is a community based NPO facility known for its high standards in musicals, plays and dance shows.

The festivals’ winning plays over the past 4 years were:

2017 - Kopskoot

2018 – Too Bad

2019 – (V)LUG

2020 - Wentelkind

2021 - Hansie Slim

This year, to accommodate school entering from far and the limitations some schools have placed on their Drama departments – the festival will have both live and digital options and is open to primary and high schools. Schools can enter full-length one act plays, shorter one-person plays or monologues.

Schools can find out more about how to enter or participate by emailing dspijkers@pvallei.co.za

ADMISSION

TBA

Robin Hood

The Road to Mecca

The Sound of Music