The City is currently going through the most with the heat wave and we have reached the end of a hot week. Luckily, we can cool down to some cocktails and beer during the weekend as we relax, recoup, live our best lives at these hot events!
Check out our top five things to do this weekend:
16 November: Opera Scenes – Excerpts from Martha, Die Zauberflöte and Bastien und Bastienne
Join the Gauteng Opera at the Tin Town Theatre as they take Joburg on a melodic journey of Opera Scenes – Excerpts from Martha, Die Zauberflöte and Bastien und Bastienne on 16 November Tickets are available on 011 067 8001 at R150.
17 November: Beauty and the Beast
Peoples Theatre in Braamfontein brings the pages of Beauty and the Beast to life in the stage production until 23 December. Directed by Jill Girard and Keith Smith, the fairy tale revolves around a cruel young prince who is turned into a hideous beast by an enchantress. To break the spell, the Beast must learn to love another and earn her love in return before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. Beauty and the Beast’s cast features Masego Mothibakgomo as Belle and Jonathan Blaine Shore, who stars as the Beast. Tickets available on www.webtickets.co.za at R142.
17 November: One Source Live
One Source Live, a festival that celebrates African creativity, has pulled out all the stops for their second instalment this year. The festival will be bringing together artists, musicians, fashion designers and photographers in Africa and the diaspora to collaborate and co-create at Joburg’s famous No 1 Fox Street with a star-studded line-up and explosion of boundless music, art, fashion and photography. Tickets available on www.webtickets.co.za at R200
18 November: Screenings of High Fantasy
After successful screenings at major film festivals across the world, the Bioscope is proud to finally host South African screenings of High Fantasy, the latest film by local filmmaker Jenna Bass. A group of young friends on a camping trip, deep in the South African countryside wake up to discover they’ve all swapped bodies. Stranded in the wilderness, they’ll have to navigate a personal-political labyrinth if their friendship and their lives are ever to be the same again. Tickets available on www.tickets.tixsa.co.za at R50
18 November: Khona Karaoke Sundays
Johannesburg is truly the City of Lights and there’s no better time to witness the lights come to life than at night. Located on 71 Juta Street in Braamfontein, Kitchener’s is over 100 years old and has an old-fashioned bar and atmosphere. Joburg’s cool kids and old heads frequent the bar for a taste of their favourite brew and to dance to progressive music, and Sunday night karaoke – a Kitchener’s staple.
