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Past Productions
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One Rocco, One Piano
2022
Popular pianist Rocco de Villiers brings a selection of favourites hit tunes: BALLADE FOR ADELINE liewe hemel liewe aarde CHARIOTS OF FIRE anna aeroplane MUSIC BOX DANCER kortbroek langkouse LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING wat om te dra agter op 'n bakkie AMAZING GRACE reen kan jy nie koop nie HOE GROOT IS U kla 1 kla 2 kla 3 kla 4. And then the surprises. Maybe BEETHOVEN WITH A BEAT or even LORD OF THE DANCE? Not to be missed! ONE SHOW ONLY! ONE ROCCO, ONE PIANO, ONE SUIT - but so much more!
Barry Hilton
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.
Grease
2022
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!
The 39 Steps
2021
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have the intriguing, thrilling and unmissable comedy. The show features a notorious fugitive and a spellbound leading Lady from a London music hall all the way to Scotland's most remote highlands. Will they save Britain from a den of devious spies? A cast of four actors plays over 50 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily hilarious adventure. You'll be sure to leave the theatre entertained and in stitches.
Annie the Musical
2021
The story of the orphan Annie with all those hit numbers such as 'Tomorrow', 'Hard Knock Life', 'NYC', 'Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile' and more. As she escapes the grips of time honoured villain Miss Hannigan, she finds a new deal and a new family! The perfect pick me up!
Beautiful Beautiful Hymns - Rocco de Villiers
2021
Popular pianist Rocco de Villiers brings a soulful selection of the most beautiful hymns ever: Amazing Grace - How Great Thou Art - Blessed Assurance - The Holy City - Hallelujah - You'll Never Walk Alone - Pie Jesu - Down By The Riverside; a journey of beauty and hope in difficult times. Rocco gives a new jacket to some of these hymns, but always with the age old message still intact. Not to be missed.
Rocco merchandise at the door.
2021 School Drama Festival
2021
Dear Primary and High Schools, we are so excited to invite you to Somerset West as we partner with the Playhouse Theatre to present a 4th School Drama Festival. In 2020 our online version was successful and the winners were able to perform live once the lockdown level lifted.
Memory Lane with Simply Rudy & Friends
2021
After a sabbatical of 20 years “Simply Rudy” and Guests will be taking a trip down “Memory Lane” featuring amazing songs from the past. Enjoy a relaxing evening with us as we perform epic songs like “The Nearness of You”, “Danny Boy”, “Misty”, “Be Back Home Again”, “Mr Bojangles” and many more! Also featuring “Donvino” on sax - on the 4th only - and the “Tony Drake Band” on both evenings.
Alice In Wonderland
2021
Take a tumble down the rabbit hole and join Alice in her adventures in Wonderland; filled with mayhem, dancing, heart and lots of fun. This fantastical adaptation of the classic story we all love features a new villain out to ruin fun for everyone in Wonderland… can Alice and her friends, the Hatter and Cheshire Cat stop him? Come see for yourself at a show that will certainly keep you and the little ones happily enthralled for a day or night out.
Tonight Belongs to Us
2021
Through all these crazy times, all we want to do is entertain you. “Tonight Belongs to Us” promises to take you on a journey where you can just sit and enjoy a night of dance and so much more.
The Greatest Show
2021
Catch The Greatest Show and enjoy a variety of musicals showcased by the Helderberg Academy of Theatre's amazing musicians, singers and dancers. From the classics Les Miserable and West Side Story to more recent hits like Waitress and Dear Evan Hansen - this show is a real treat presented by Gretel Shulze-le Roux and Matthew Martin! Don't miss out.
The Purple Prickled Creature and the Deep Dark Wood
2021
Come stroll/tap along with us at FanTAPstic Tap Dancing Studios Tap Demo, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱 running at the Playhouse Theatre, Somerset West from 20 - 23 October.
This exciting Tap Dancing Show, based on the beloved book "The Gruffalo" promises to entertain young and old from start to finish. We are beyond excited that we can accommodate 100 people per show! Don't miss out!
Book your tickets at fantapstictapping@gmail.com or WhatsApp 074 886 0187.
Die Finale Uitgawe
2021
A New Season
2021
Following a successful run of “Dancing through the Seasons” in 2018, BeGraceful Studio brings you their 2nd Playhouse Theatre show, “A New Season”.
BeGraceful Studio has students from as young as 5 years old right through to 65+ years, all of which will be performing on stage in this dance showcase! They will be showcasing the many styles on offer at BeGraceful Studio, including contemporary, jazz, solo latin, hip hop, couples dancing, bhangra and more! A New Season is a joyful celebration of dance suitable for the whole family.
Happy Days Are Here Again
2021
Join a group of wonderful entertainers for a great night out!
Darryl Spijkers and Jon-Paul Ruschenbaum headline this sassy yet heartwarming little jukebox drag musical, which is presented by SCRUMPTIOUS PRODUCTIONS and HELDERBERG ACADEMY OF THEATRE!
Belinda’s Boutique in Bonnievale can’t seem to make ends meet in her aging costume shop. When an old friend and iconic performer, the much younger Scrumpy Holly pays her a surprise visit on old year’s eve – her comfort is challenged as they muse love, life and everything in-between. A fun filled one act musical that will make you laugh just a little bit more than it will make you cry!
The perfect way to celebrate the arrival of a new year! Especially with the Playhouse bar serving their amazing drinks!
The Little Mermaid, a Pantomime
2021
The Little Mermaid is a well-known story about a little mermaid, Ariel, who falls in love with a human prince, gives up her voice and tail to kiss him, and then lives her happily ever after on land. While this rendition of The Little Mermaid starts off the same, it will not end as you expect.
Ariel has eight sisters who bring sass to the stage, while trying to be the best big sisters. Her closest and most forgetful friend, Dory, tries her best to help, but often just makes things worse. Sebastian is a clever little crustacean, but can he handle Ariel's desire to make her own choices? Perhaps Scuttle's crazy ideas and love for human artifacts inspire Ariel to make the decision that get her into trouble.
This adapted story of The Little Mermaid will have you laughing, maybe crying, and sitting on the edge of your seat wondering how this story will end. What will Ariel decide in the end?
The Withered, with Nerise Malan
2020
Nog 'n Dag op Nuweland, met Reike Ferreira
2020
Three Girls in the Chair, with Memory Mhalangu
2020
(V)LUG
2020
(V)LUG was a TOP 5 National production for the ATKV Tienertoneel in 2019. The Parel Vallei High School Afrikaans production won the Playhouse Drama Festival, the PV-Pearson Exchange and the Durbanville ATKV-streeksfinaal and placed 2nd at the Durbanville High School Drama Festival. It ran 3 sold out shows at the Playhouse in August 2019.
(V)LUG is based on a true story about a boy that begins to uncover some truths in his life as teenage pressures settle in. In his mind he finds ways to cope - but facing reality is the only way he can truly move on.
Photograph, with Dylan Janse van Rensburg
2020
Wentelkind, met Juné Kruger
2020
Soetwater, with Lienke Frylinck
2020
A Streetcar Named Desire
2020
One of the most remarkable plays of our time; Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning southern drama comes to life on the Playhouse stage for its final four performances. Blanche DuBois, a faded and delicate Southern Belle, has mysteriously arrived on the doorstep of her younger sister, Stella, and her husband, the brutish Stanley Kowalski. Blanche makes herself at home in the couple's small apartment, however, her web of lies covering up her past soon begins to crumble. Her downward spiral brings her face to face with Stanley, leading to a final plea of passion and desperation that changes them both forever. 68 years after it was written, A Streetcar Named Desire is as spellbinding as ever. Don’t miss Samantha Taylor and Matthew Martin in this struggle for power and sanity as directed by Darryl Spijkers.
The Craft, with Meme Nana Takyi & Cara Pritchard
2020
People Are Living There
2020
Theatre lovers will have an opportunity to see one of Athol Fugard’s more unusual plays when People Are Living There opens at the Playhouse. This is one of only two Fugard plays that do not concern Apartheid or township life and instead focuses on four South African downtrodden white people living in the centre of Johannesburg. Fugard garnered material for the play when he and his wife stayed in lodgings in Braamfontein, when he was employed by the Johannesburg Native Commissioners courthouse. Darryl Spijkers creates the realist design of this show with immense attention to detail. Rene Frylinck, Thomas Agates, Hugo Botha and Tanya Erasmus headline this four-hand comedy drama.
Industry, with Angelique Filter
2020
Meisie in die Sequins Rok
2020
The Ugly Sisters Act
2019
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
2019
A new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice`s multi-award winning musical returns to The Playhouse Theatre for a limited run! Released as a concept album in 1969, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has become one of the world`s most iconic musicals, featuring songs that have gone on to become pop and musical theatre standards, including Any Dream Will Do and Go Go Go Joseph. The beloved show about the ability to dream has been performed hundreds of thousands of times including multiple runs in the West End and on Broadway, international number one tours, and productions in over 80 countries.
Gingerbread Man
2019
Cinderella
2019
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2019
The Hollow
2019
A Murder is coming to Somerset West this spring. Look out for Agatha Christie’s ‘The Hollow’ directed by Two Tall Ladies, Gretel Schulze-le Roux and Gillian Jones.
An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell, arguably Christie’s finest comic grande dame. Dr. Cristow, the Harley Street surgeon, is at the center of the trouble when, assembled in one place, we find his plain but devoted wife Gerda, his mistress and prominent sculptor Henrietta and his former lover and Hollywood film star Veronica. Also visiting are Edward and Midge whose romantic affections are likewise thrown into the mix. As the list of romantic associations grow so does the list of potential suspects when there is an unexpected murder. Nearly everyone has a motive, but only one of them did the deed…
Hello & Goodbye
2018
Annie Get Your Gun
2018
HHDS proudly present their end of year musical - the classic smash-hit Broadway production of `Annie Get Your Gun`. Annie Oakley (Nicoline Murray) is a poor yet spirited and happy sharp-shooting country girl who becomes the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Here she meets and falls in love with expert rifleman Frank Butler (Rory Eliot, former Plush frontman). Tough, outspoken, rough and tumble Annie is not Frank's idea of what a wife should be and the two remain at competitive odds. This fictionalized version of the life of real-life sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her romance with Frank Butler boasts a score of Irving Berlin gems including `There's No Business Like Show Business`, `I Got the Sun in the Mornin`, `Anything You Can Do,` and many more.
Showstoppers
2018
A vibrant musical review featuring all of your favourite songs from movies - performed by a cast of talented young singers and dancers, with live music by the very popular Shiraz Band, choreography by Leanne Angles (BeGraceful Studio), and directed for the HHDS by Darryl Spijkers. Featuring songs from "The Greatest Showman", "Footloose", "Sound of Music" "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" and many more!
Anne Frank
2018
One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. The author and her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two years with another family and a German dentist. Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe, she kept a diary. An all new production based on the 2016 London adaptation.
Baby with the Bathwater
2018
An absurdist, dark comedy, Baby with the Bathwater starts with new parents John and Helen staring lovingly at their baby, Daisy. The scene quickly takes a turn, however, as the couple show absolutely no knowledge of how to adequately care for their child. Needless to say, as the play continues, Daisy grows up to be quite an unstable child, with a tendency to run in front of moving objects, sleep with inordinate numbers of partners, and take thirteen years to get through his first year at university. After three hundred and seventy-seven sessions with a therapist, Daisy is told, “Pull yourself together! You’re smart, you have resources, you can’t blame them forever. Move on with it!” Somehow this reprimand is the advice Daisy finally needed to hear to move on with his life.
Absurd Person Singular
2018
A three act play about three wildly incompatible married couples who spend three consecutive Christmas Eve dinners together. The play is based on the changing fortunes of these diverse couples. Imagine that all your worst Christmases have arrived at once! A delightful comedy of errors! Alan Ayckbourn at this best!
Hansel and Gretel
2018
Do you believe in magic? We know the old story of a dark forest, bread crumbs and two children getting lost before finding the delicious trap of the sweetie house. But surely some of the details must have got jumbled over the way? Despite their parents’ warning, adventurous Gretel convinced Hansel to venture into the gloomy woods. Along their path they found Mystical and Woodland creatures and a cat and his creepy friends. And why are witches always made out to be the villain? There must be more to the story… Come and meet our fun and colourful cast and see for yourself! A musical rendition of the classic Hansel and Gretel on their journey to discover a magical house made of sweet treats. Along the way they discover some strange and wonderful creatures and of course a witch and her cat…
Private Peaceful
2017
Shrek
2017
Shrek The Musical will be proudly presented by the Hottentots Holland Dramatic Society in November 2017 at the Playhouse Theatre Somerset West! Following a record-breaking US, UK and Ireland Tour, the smash hit blockbuster is now in Cape Town – and larger than life!
Based on the story and characters from the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks Animation film, this hilarious and spectacular production turns the world of fairytales upside down in an all-singing, all-dancing, must-see musical comedy. Join Shrek (Travis Pitout), our unlikely hero, and his loyal steed Donkey (Jarred Pitout) as they set off on a quest to rescue the beautiful (if slightly temperamental) Princess Fiona (Elena Mitchell) from her tower, guarded by a fire breathing love-sick dragon. Add the vertically challenged Lord Farquaad (James Bone), a gang of fairytale misfits, and a biscuit with attitude, and you’ve got an irresistible mix of adventure, laughter and romance, guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages!
Calendar Girls
2017
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2016
Of Mice and Men
2016
Blood Brothers
2016
Further Than the Furthest Thing
2015
Grease
2015
Amadeus
2014
Annie
2014
Cupid
2014
Dracula
2013
Snow White
2013
A Slice of Saturday Night
2013
Ann Coetzee and the ever-popular Shiraz band team up to present another smash hit! It's Saturday Night at the provincial "Club A-Go-Go" and three blokes and four birds are out on the pull. The girls, chalk-faced, pale lipped and lacquered to perfection are desperate to look like Twiggy, Sandy Shaw or Dusty Springfield. The lads in their button-down collars and leather caps are all would-be Beatles or embryo Donovans. However, beneath the girls' skimpy Mary Quant and St Laurent copied dresses beat virginal Barbara Cartland hearts, while inside the lads' cool, hipster trousers lurk the impulses which have driven adolescents to distraction since the dawn of time. With names like Jarred Pitout, Sashka Petersen, Winston Gelderbloem, Jessica Matthews and more – it is bound to have you smiling and toe-tapping at every performance.
Steel Magnolias
2013
Ginger Beer
2012
Habeas Corpus
2012
Funny Money
2012
When the Reaper Calls
2012
Duets
2011
The Spare Room
2011
Are You Being Served
2011
Driving Miss Daisy
2011
Fawlty Towers
2011
Allo Allo
2010
