On the Boards

Orfeo: In Orfeo, its final production for the season, Cape Town Opera has brought on board a dynamic team of innovative creatives to work this adaptation of Monteverdi’s Orpheus: Jaco Bouwer (director and designer), Magdalene Minnaar (associate director), Ina Wichterich (choreographer) and Wolf Britz (lighting design). Bouwer tracks Orpheus’s descent into darkness as he combs the underworld for his wife, Euridic. Bouwer: “It is a universal human impulse to try to retrieve what is lost, to want to go back into the past and change it. But we create underworlds in our own lives, by keeping of secrets and by consigning parts of our experience to the realm of the forgotten.” The cast is accompanied by the Camerata Tinta Barocca – a Cape Town based baroque ensemble – with a core of string players with a harpsichord. Orfeo is at Artscape next Saturday and Sunday and on November 20, 23, 24 and 26. Tickets are R150-R200. Book at Computicket 0861 915 8000/ www.computicket.com or Artscape on 021 421 7695. Black Tax: The amazing Celeste Ntuli – who has become a sensation on Johannesburg’s comedy scene is bringing her new stand-up show to the Baxter Concert Hall next Saturday at 8.30pm. Tickers are R140-R165. Book at Computicket on 0861 915 8000 or online at www.computicket. com. Hashtag Lottering! Last month, Marc Lottering headlined the Cape Town Funny Festival edition in London. He is back on home ground, at the Baxter Theatre from Tuesday, to December 3. May the silly season begin. Tickets are R75-R120. Book at Computicket 0861 915 8000 or www.computicket.com – Robyn Cohen

@TheCapeRobyn