Shows in Johannesburg

Auto and General Theatre on the Square (formerly Theatre on the Square) in Nelson Mandela Square Sandton continues under its new naming rights sponsorship as Johannesburg's most prestigious intimate theatrical venue, delivering superlative productions of South African and international drama, comedy, and music theatre to Sandton's sophisticated audiences. The theatre's remarkable history of presenting outstanding work and its extraordinary location at the heart of Africa's most economically significant urban square create a showroom of genuine Johannesburg cultural prestige.

Barnyard Theatre is South Africa's most popular and beloved family-friendly live entertainment showroom brand, with its Johannesburg venues consistently drawing some of the largest theatrical audiences in the country for their energetic mix-tape revue shows celebrating popular music from every decade. Barnyard's extraordinary formula of audience participation, outstanding performer energy, and family-inclusive programming has made it one of the most financially successful and culturally influential live entertainment companies in South Africa.

Joburg Theatre is South Africa's largest performing arts complex — a three-venue facility in Braamfontein presenting opera, ballet, musical theatre, and drama to Johannesburg audiences and serving as the city's primary home for large-scale touring productions and South African performing arts. The theatre's extraordinary scale, its central location, and its ambition to serve as the civic cultural heart of Africa's largest city create a performing arts destination of considerable national significance.

Pieter Toerien's Theatre at Montecasino is South Africa's premier destination for Broadway and West End touring productions — the country's foremost producer of major international musical theatre, having brought The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Chicago, Mamma Mia, Cats, and dozens more landmark musicals to South African audiences for the first time. Toerien's extraordinary legacy as the curator of international musical theatre for South Africa and the spectacular Montecasino entertainment complex setting create a showroom of considerable national performing arts significance.

The Market Theatre in Newtown is the most historically important showroom in South African theatrical history — the legendary Johannesburg theatre that staged Athol Fugard's most searing anti-apartheid plays during the 1970s and 1980s and served as one of the very few non-racial cultural spaces during the apartheid era, where Black and white South Africans could sit together in an audience and share a theatrical experience. The Market Theatre's extraordinary moral courage during apartheid and its continuing commitment to challenging, truthful South African theatre create a performing arts venue of remarkable national and international significance.

Theatre on the Square in Nelson Mandela Square is Johannesburg's most sophisticated intimate theatrical showroom — a 237-seat venue at the heart of Sandton that has presented some of the finest productions of South African and international theatre for over three decades. The theatre's remarkable programming quality, its central Sandton location, and its intimate scale have made it the preferred home of cerebral, challenging, and beautifully produced theatrical work in Johannesburg.