Cape Town theatre week explores what shapes us and what we believe
Anzio September in the powerrful solo performance, embodying multiple voices in a raw exploration of identity, masculinity and belonging.
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Please, Don’t Call Me Moffie
This production hits hard where it matters, stripping away the noise to sit squarely in the uncomfortable truth of identity, masculinity and belonging.
It explores what it means to grow up queer in environments that reward silence, toughness and conformity, particularly within working-class Cape Town, where survival often overrides self-expression.
Ideas of religion, shame and inherited “manhood” run through the production, shaping how the characters understand themselves and each other, often in painful contradiction.
Written and directed by Zubayr Charles and carried by Anzio September in a demanding one-man performance, the piece moves between five Cape Coloured men as they navigate the weight of expectation and lived experience.
A viral act of homophobic violence becomes the catalyst that forces buried truths to the surface. What follows is an unflinching look at toxic masculinity, queerphobia and mental health, delivered with emotional precision and no interest in easy resolution.
Where: The Artscape Theatre.
When: Runs until Saturday, June 6, at 7pm (times may vary).
Constellations
"Constellations" by Nick Payne is a quiet but powerful meditation on love, choice and the fragile unpredictability of human connection.
It explores how even the smallest decision can shift the entire direction of a life, opening up endless versions of the same relationship, each carrying its own weight of hope, heartbreak and possibility.
Marianne, a physicist and Roland, a beekeeper, become the lens through which these parallel realities unfold, with their connection constantly rewiring itself depending on timing, circumstance and chance.
Directed by Jay Pather, the production leans into ideas of quantum theory and free will, using repetition and variation to reflect how people imagine their own “what if” moments.
It captures the tension between destiny and choice, while grounding these abstract ideas in something deeply human and familiar. Moving between humour, tenderness and emotional rupture, the production ultimately reflects on how love is never fixed, but endlessly shifting across infinite possibilities
Where: The Baxter Theatre.
When: Runs until Saturday, June 20 at 8pm.
Makin’ Magic - Family Magic Show
This play is a celebration of imagination, wonder and the joy of not knowing how things work.
It leans into the idea that curiosity is powerful, especially in a world that often rushes to explain everything away.
Through illusion and playful misdirection, the show taps into themes of belief, perception and shared experience, reminding audiences how easily reality can be shifted when you slow down and look again.
Where: The School of Magic
When: Tuesday, June 6, and Wednesday, June 7, at 3pm.