Upcoming Performances
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Gimme Shelter - A Night Of Rolling Stones Music
The acclaimed Gimme Shelter Band, featuring Jake Gunn, Ruben Gerritz, Jean Marais and Wouter Reyneke, promises an unforgettable night of iconic rock. Following the success of their critically acclaimed unplugged production, “A Night of Rolling Stones Music”, this powerhouse quartet returns with an electrifying fully electric show that promises to be nothing short of exhilarating! Stones followers can anticipate a high-octane performance of all their beloved anthems, including “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, “Honky Tonk Woman”, “Satisfaction”, “Paint It Black” , “Wild Horses”
Audience feedback “Top class performance by top class musicians” “Most enjoyable show. A good mix between the hits and some lesser known songs” ”Don’t miss this opportunity to relive the timeless music and the spirit of The Rolling Stones.
9 July @ 7.30pm
Tickets R240 - R260 (Incl. VAT)
Duration 105 minutes -
“Jagged Little Crow” - A Tribute to Sheryl Crow & Alanis Morissette
Jagged Little Crow is a powerful live tribute celebrating the music of Sheryl Crow and Alanis Morissette, brought to you by Vanessa Van & Southern Storm—a fully live five-piece band with decades of combined musical experience. From the soulful, feel-good rock of Sheryl Crow to the fierce emotion and attitude of Alanis Morissette, this performance captures the essence of two of the most influential female artists of their era. Expect powerful vocals, authentic musicianship, and a nostalgic journey through the songs that defined a generation. Jagged Little Crow delivers a high-energy night of unforgettable music, bringing these iconic ‘90s era songs to life on stage.
26July @ 4.00pm
Tickets R280
Duration 120 minutes -
Helen Of Troyville
A poetic drama in the vein of TO LIFE, WITH LOVE, in which a former Black Sash member reflects on her life while being a victim of an opportunistic crime while trying to do good in contemporary South Africa. Television actress, Zolie Markey, performs this solo work by multiple award-winning writer, Mike van Graan (My Fellow South Africans; To Life, With Love; The Good White). Using the stages of grief as a structure - shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance - HELEN OF TROYEVILLE invites audiences to reflect on the complexities (and affirmations) of life in post-apartheid South Africa. A recent audience member, Margot Wood, responded to the play as follows 'The script is thought-provoking, demonstrating the complexities of South African life and the realities that confront everyday decisions - where you live and how you live…”
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The Time Traveler's Tease
Step into the time machine and prepare for a glittering ride through the history of tease. The Time Traveler’s Tease! follows Katja VX, a wide-eyed burlesque hopeful, as she is guided by her whimsical Fairy Godmother, Courtney de Vorst, on a dazzling journey through the eras of burlesque. With humour, heart, and high glamour, Katja learns the art of the tease while encountering iconic historical moments. From Victorian Parisian parlours to the underground speakeasies of Prohibition and the electric spirit of 1920s Harlem and beyond. Blending comedy, dance, drag, lip-sync, live singing and a touch of theatrical magic, this time-traveling spectacular celebrates the evolution of burlesque from classic to neo. Along the way, audiences are treated to show-stopping performances by the captivating Bon Bon and the sensational Betty Behave, as Katja transforms before their very eyes.
1 August @ 8.00pm
R250
90 Minutes
PG 16 Implied nudity but no nudity shown -
Any Dream Will Do - My Pad Met Webber- Andre' Swartz
Andre Schwartz se naam is lankal sinoniem met die werk van Andrew Lloyd Webber. Hy het menigte hoofrolle vertolk in Webber blyspele. Webber het ‘n inpak gehad op Andre se lewe van jongs af en ons storie begin by ‘n 12 jarige Andre. Later van tyd het Andre se verhouding met Webber hegter en sterker geword en hierdie interaksie word ontgun gedurende dié produksie. Die teks is pittig, maar ook gevul met sterk lewenslesse wat Andre langs die pad opgedoen het. Dit is merkwaardig hoe hierdie waarhede weerklank vind in Webber se musiek. Natuurlik is daar altyd iewers ‘n kinkel in die kabel. Teatersgangers kan uitsien na liedere soos Music of the Night, You must love Me, Love changes Everything, Memory en vele ander Webber treffers. Asook liedere van Sondheim en Rodgers and Hammerstein, soos onder ander andere Send in the Clowns. Wie weet – dalk is ons almal Narre?
5 Augustus @ 7.30nm
70 minute
Kaartjies R250 (BTW Ins.) -
Die Kans
Oorweeg jy dalk Trump se uitnodiging na die VSA? Dan kom kyk Die Kans. “Op 12 Mei 2025 het die eerste groep wit Suid-Afrikaanse ‘vlugtelinge’ by Dulles-lughawe, Washington DC, aangekom. Hul vlugteling aansoek – aangevuur deur Suid-Afrikaanse regsgesinde lobby groepe – is deur die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump se administrasie vergemaklik en versnel.”
In Die Kans speel Henu Baden beide Francois en Leticia - 'n fiktiewe wit Suid-Afrikaanse paartjie wat onder die eerste groep vlugtelinge was wat op 12 Mei 2025 in Washington aangekom het. Ons ontmoet hierdie paartjie êrens in die toekoms - 700 dae sedert hulle geland het, om presies te wees - 'n dag waarop 'n verwoestende emosionele waarheid op die punt staan om te val. Die Kans is geskryf en geregisseer deur Aldo Brincat.
6 - 9 Augustus
R200
60 Minute - Geen onder 16 -
DubbelSpel
In Dubbelspel bots verlede en hede in ’n skerp, emosiebelaaide kragmeting tussen twee voormalige minnaars. Wanneer die suksesvolle, maar genadelose Prof. Mara Brandt onverwags gekonfronteer word deur Blaise Breytenbach—haar eks-student en eens geliefde—ontvou ’n spanningsvolle spel van skuld, mag en manipulasie. Met geheime wat dreig om alles te vernietig, en afpersing wat stadig die oorhand kry, word die gehoor ingetrek in ’n wêreld waar niks is soos dit lyk nie. Hierdie 80-minute drama lewer rou eerlikheid, intrige en briljante spel deur Arina de Witt en Ignatius van Heerden.
Dubbelspel is ’n fyn uitgewerkte toneelstuk wat die psigologiese nagevolge van ambisie, afhanklikheid en onopgeloste begeerte ondersoek. Dramaturg Braam van der Vyver verweef ’n gelaagde teks wat geleidelik die karakters se gedeelde geskiedenis oopvlek en wys hoe mag oor tyd kan skuif en korrupteer. Regisseurs Johan van der Merwe en Marie-Heleen Coetzee bring ’n presiese, intieme fokus na die spel, waar elke blik en stilte betekenis dra. “Hierdie is ’n verhaal oor wie werklik die mag het wanneer alles op die spel is.”
Die produksie steun op emosionele realisme, met ’n tempo wat die spanning geleidelik verskerp. “Ons wou hê die gehoor moet voel soos stille getuies in ’n ruimte waar hulle dalk nie hoort nie.” Met genuanseerde vertolkings en ’n skerp teks nooi Dubbelspel gehore om lojaliteit, sukses en die prys van verlede keuses te bevraagteken.
14 Augustus om 18h00
21 Augustus om 19h30
Kaartjies R200
Geen onder 13 -
Trans/Vaal - Teater op Toer
***NALEDI WENNER – BESTE EEN PERSOON VERTOLKING***“TRANS/VAAL” is ’n aangrypende Afrikaanse dansteaterstuk deur Ignatius van Heerden wat identiteit, selfontdekking en seksuele identiteit in 1980’s Suid-Afrika ondersoek. Dit volg ’n jong Afrikanerseun se reis na selfaanvaarding binne ’n konserwatiewe, landelike konteks agter die “boeregordyn”. Deur beweging en emosionele vertelling word sy innerlike konflik en groei uitgebeeld. Dis ’n rou, asemrowende ontmoeting wat onder jou vel inklim en daar bly sit lank nadat die ligte doof. In hierdie visueel poëtiese dans-teaterwerk word ’n enkele liggaam ’n slagveld én ’n bevryding: ’n jong Afrikanerseun se soektog na identiteit ontvou met ’n intensiteit wat tegelyk intiem en universeel is. Met ’n hipnotiese samesmelting van beweging, musiek en herinnering, verander die verhoog in ’n lewende argief van stilte, erfenis en verset. Geskryf deur Wim Vorster, geregisseer deur Marie-Heleen Coetzee
12 Augustus 7.30nm / 22 Augustus 3.00nm
60 minute
R200 -
O Meno O Pouse - Teater Op Toer
‘n Rou, eerlike en skreeusnaakse kabaret wat reguit uit die hart praat: O Meno O Pouse volg Bets, ’n pas-afgetrede vrou wat uiteindelik ophou wag—vir liefde, vir toestemming, vir môre. Met skerp humor, brose eerlikheid en kragtige musiek, ontvou ’n verhaal van gemiste kanse en herontdekte drome. Hierdie intieme produksie neem gehore op ’n emosionele reis van verlies na bevryding, waar menopouse nie ’n einde is nie, maar ’n nuwe begin. Dis herkenbaar, raak en verrassend bevrydend—’n viering van stem, self en tweede kanse wat lank ná die laaste noot bly eggo.
Oorspronklik meer as 30 jaar gelede deur die legendariese dramaturg P.G. du Plessis spesiaal vir Arina de Witt geskryf, het die teks nog nooit voorheen die verhoog gehaal nie—wat hierdie debuut nie net ’n teatermylpaal maak nie, maar ook ’n diep persoonlike, volsirkel-oomblik.
Regisseur Ignatius van Heerden Orspronklike musiek deur Dewald Riegger
13 - 22 Augustus
R200
80 Minute -
Prooi - Teater op Toer
***NALEDI AWRXD WINNER / VRYSKITTER PRYS WENNER***
Prooi/Prey is ’n bekroonde, grensverskuiwende teaterervaring wat jou nie net laat kyk nie—maar laat deel word. Met aankoms word gehore in twee groepe verdeel en deur drie verweefde stories geneem: ’n jong meisie geteiken vir mensehandel, ’n seun bestem vir orgaanhandel, en die meedoënlose leier van ’n sindikaat. Hierdie roterende, meesleurende formaat plaas jou binne-in die aksie en dwing jou om te kyk waar jy dalk sou wegkyk. Met topklas vertolkings en skerpsinnige regie is dit rou, ontstellend en onvergeetlik. Prooi/Prey is an award-winning, boundary-pushing theatre experience that doesn’t just invite you to watch—it pulls you in. On arrival, audiences are divided into two groups and guided through three interwoven stories: a young girl targeted for human trafficking, a boy destined for organ harvesting, and the ruthless leader of a syndicate. This rotating, immersive format places you inside the action, forcing you to confront what you might otherwise avoid. With powerful performances and sharp direction, it is raw, unsettling, and unforgettable."Prooi/Prey is not a performance,it is a theatrical experience, one that grips you from the very first moment and refuses to let go." Bongani Nicholas Ngonane
Warning: SNLV - GBV No Under 18s/ Geen onder 18s / full nudity
MULTI-LINGUAL
13 - 22 Augustus
R200 -
Eerste vir Alles
Eeue nadat hulle uit die paradys gesmyt is, besin Adam en Eva oor die huwelik. Kyk hier, dit was nie maklik om die proto-paartjie te wees nie, hoor? Alles moes vir die eerste keer uitgepluis word: liefde, kinders en huishou. Nou dat die laatlammetjie die huis verlaat het Adam en Eva weer binnekort net mekaar vir geselskap. Sien hulle kans vir nog ‘n honderd jaar saam en sal hulle sondes hulle ontsien? Na baie goed en kwaad het Adam en Eva vir oulaas ‘n appeltjie met mekaar te skil. Twee van ons land se gedugste storievertellers span kragte saam om die oorspronklike “power couple” te vertolk ’n klassieke geval van “he said, she said.” Eva (Meyer-Rödenbeck), ’n gefrustreerde kunstenaar, kry uiteindelik ’n beurt om haar kant van die storie te vertel, die liefde en leed van die eerste moeder en huisvrou. Adam (Opperman) glo ook nie hy’t dit maklik gehad nie. Die handboek vir menswees is eers na sy tyd geskryf. Eerste vir Alles is ’n romantiese komedie oor ou bene saam maak, veral as een die ander ’n ribbebeen skuld.
27 Augustus on 7.30nm
75 minute
Kaartjies R275
Geen onder 13 -
Wat om te doen as die wêreld brand
WAT OM TE DOEN AS DIE WÊRELD BRAND is ‘n splinternuwe kabaret wat spesiaal vir die legendariese Elzabé Zietsman geskep is deur digter en skrywer Bibi Slippers. Die wêreld is aan die brand, maar die engel / orakel / demi-godin wat die kliëntedienssentrum van die kosmos eiehandig beman, is afgeboek weens uitbranding. Die groot oor van die heelal is geheel en al oor dit. Wie gaan nou na die mensdom se gesanik luister, raad gee oor verhoudings en vure doodslaan waar hulle dreig om verwoesting te saai? In hierdie kabaret vertolk Elzabé Zietsman die rol van ‘n “Vra Dr. Adri” agony aunt vir alles en almal in die universum, met vurige vertolkings van bekende treffers en ‘n pragmatiese benadering tot oorlewing in tye wat voel soos die einde van dae. Wat om te doen as die wêreld brand is benoem vir drie Kanna-toekennings by KKNK2026.
Photo Credits: Rina G Coetzee
Geskryf en Regiel - Bibi Slippers
Musiekregisseur Jody Jason Peterson
28 Augustus @ 7.30nm
R250
65 Minute -
Vrou met 27 Kinders
Vrou met 27 Kinders is ’n roerende verhaal van liefde, verlies en moederhart. Vernon, ’n beeldhouer, maak jaar na jaar houtbabas vir sy kinderlose vrou, Engel. Vir haar is dit nie net beelde nie – dis haar kinders. Ná sy dood dreig die wêreld om selfs dit van haar weg te neem. Met Petru Wessels se aangrypende vertolking en Carel Trichardt se regie neem hierdie produksie gehore op ’n emosionele reis oor verlange, herinnering en onwrikbare liefde.
Die stuk vra vrae oor wat dit beteken om ’n ma te wees, selfs sonder biologiese kinders, en hoe rou en herinnering verweef raak in die alledaagse. “Petru Wessels bring Engel só lewendig na vore, jy vergeet dis teater.” Die produksie het gehore by die KKNK 2025 aangegryp en word beskryf as “een van daardie stories wat lank by jou bly.”
Photo Credits: Hans van der Veen - KKNK
29 August om 3.00 uur
KaartjiesR180 - R230
Durasie 60 minute -
Conrad Koch's CHESTER'S GOT TALENT
CAPE TOWN! Chester Missing and ventriloquist Conrad Koch battle it out in a roller coaster ride of ridiculousness, starring a host of hilariously deranged dummies. This brand new hour of comedy is a LIVE talent show for puppets (and not the political kind) where YOU, the audience, get to be the judges. Conrad’s problem is puppets don’t listen, so who will save the show? Directed by Christon Davids
“Hilarious” Mail & Guardian “Fiercely intelligent… Frenzied Hilarity” The List UK
Catch this double International EMMY nominated comedian and Africa’s most acclaimed ventriloquist and his main puppet character, Chester Missing, who is a celebrity in South Africa in his own right.9 & 10 October 2026
Tickets R200
Duration 80 minutes -
Stuck In Dubai - Dalin Oliver
South African comedian Dalin Oliver brings his brand‑new stand‑up comedy show, Stuck in Dubai. Inspired by a four‑day layover that spiralled into cancelled flights, live missiles and an unexpected race across the world to reach Australia for performances, Dalin delivers explosive laughter and adrenaline‑fuelled storytelling in this unbelievable true tale. Get ready for a night of brilliant comedy and shared laughter with South Africa’s favourite “official unofficial international news correspondent”.
It’s a wild, true story born from an experience no traveller wants. His social media updates gained traction and Dalin unexpectedly became the “official, unofficial international news correspondent for South Africa,” earning both local and international media coverage. In classic South African style, he transformed a traumatic moment into comedy gold, finding laughter, love and lekkerness in his posts, receiving the same in return from his fellow South Africans at home and abroad.24 October @7.30pm
Tickets R200 (Incl. 15% VAT)
Duration 70 minutes
Looking for fun activities to do in and around Cape Town? Come to the Drama Factory - Somerset West’s best venue for comedy, music, magic and theatre shows!
About the Theatre
The Drama Factory is an intimate theatre space which aims to provide quality entertainment to suit a wide variety of tastes. We showcase mainstream and indy productions alongside providing creatives with an accessible environment to bring their creative ideas to life.
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Best In The West
Best in the West – A Celebration of Helderberg Talent is a vibrant showcase celebrating the outstanding performers of Somerset West and the greater Helderberg community. The event will be hosted by David Fourie, a platinum-selling artist and former Idols South Africa finalist, known for No.1 hits including On The Radio, Kaboemielies, and Hou My Vas Stywer Vas. Having launched his own career through a talent search platform, Fourie is passionate about creating opportunities for emerging performers to share their gifts with a wider audience.
Taking place at The Drama Factory on 24 April 2026, the show will feature special guest performances by local favourites alongside exciting undiscovered talent from across the region.
The project is presented by Yes-Ya-Yebo Productions, an initiative committed to supporting and developing local talent. As part of the event, finalists selected through Yes-Ya-Yebo’s Talent Search will take to the stage to showcase their abilities in a professional live production, supported by local fans and media.
Best in the West promises an inspiring evening of music, performance, and community celebration as Helderberg audiences come together to discover and support the region’s rising stars.
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Interviews with Helderberg FM & Venture Workspace
Catch our regular interview slot on Helderberg FM proudly brought to you by Venture Workspace every Wednesday at 17.40 -
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Parties
The Drama Factory would love to join you in hosting your function. Bring some platters for a get together either before or after your favourite show!
Or book the venue to dance the night away
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Gift Vouchers
What a perfect way to treat a friend or family member. Our gift vouchers are made to order. The recipient will be able to choose from our wide variety of live performances. You can add a little extra to include a cheeky glass of wine or chocolate slab! Contact Sue on 0732152290 or mail info@thedramafactory.co.za to purchase.
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Accommodation Partners
We are proud to partner with top notch guest houses in the area for those who are wanting to make a staycation out of their trip to the theatre.
Majorca House - https://majorcahouse.co.za.
Email: Lesley Coetzer info@majorcahouse.co.za
185 On Beach -
www.185onbeach.co.za
Email: info@185onbeach.co.za
The Views -
https://www.airbnb.co.za/rooms/37035236locale=en&_set_bev_on_new_domain=16230633
Email: Christine Reichenbach chris@theviews.co.za
Contact Us
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The Drama Factory
10 Comprop Sq, Henry Vos Close, Asla Business Park
Strand, Western Cape, South Africa
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073 215 2290
info@thedramafactory.co.za

