On the boards

NGOKOMZEKELISO WAKHE, at the Artscape Heritage Festival, is hosting a dialogue titled Connecting Creatives on Heritage Day. As part of this platform, on Thursday September 24, 3.30pm,and September 26, at noon, the Artscape tunnel (mural area between the complex and Civic Centre parking) will become the backdrop for Ngokomzekeliso Wakhe ( In His Image) –a performance art installation by multi award winner Chuma Sopotela. She explores “the moulding of a person by using the elements of sand and water to symbolise life” and investigates “how a body can be reshaped by fire”. Admission is free. THE SUNSHINE BOYS. Neil Simon’s play, staged on Broadway in 1972 and subsequently adapted for film and television, is on at the Masque from September 4-12. It was inspired by a pair of vaudevillians who hardly spoke to each other off stage. Nigel Stevenson is directing for Fish Hoek Dramatic Society. Tickets R70/R80. Book on 021 788 1898. STAGE BY STAGE II. When West Side Story sold out, many people were disappointed by missing this superb production, starring Jonathan Roxmouth. See the brilliant Roxmouth at Theatre on the Bay (until September 5), in which he does his take on hit musicals. The first edition of this show sold out earlier this year, so do book at Computicket 0861 915 8000 or www.computicket.com Tickets R100-R170. – Robyn Cohen

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