The Season begins with Dalliances on 4 October, written by Pieter Jacobs and directed by Matthew Wild.

The play is set in the mad, giddy world of young Capetonians and explores their sexuality, gay and straight, the use of drugs and dysfunctional relationships.

Wrestlers written and directed by Milton Schorr is a play about fathers and sons set against a backdrop of addiction. George Groenewald is fifty plus and wheelchair bound. He lives in a small flat in Goodwood with his wife Lilly, son David and imaginary friend Buddy. This play is about wrestling. Pro wrestling, amateur wrestling and wrestling inner demons.

Fatima Dike’s new play The Return opens on 15 October and is directed by veteran theatre personality, Roy Sargeant. It is set in a home in Langa, where Buntu Somdaka returns to South Africa and his parents, after eighteen years of exile in the United States. With him he brings his Afro-American wife, Isis. Young, high-powered professionals, they discover there is a lot of unfinished business awaiting them. Traditional African value systems do not sit well with an empowered younger generation. Two generations struggle to reconcile with each other amidst unspoken things that have to do with Buntu’s older brother, now dead. Did he die a hero of the struggle against apartheid?

On 30 November there will be two staged readings of Juliet Jenkin’s new work, Sprawl. Sprawl stretches expansively across a myriad of states, situations and sensibilities, weaving together stories of the personal and political. It is a choral drama of childhood, work, love and loss. More than these it is a terrible and beautiful paean to life in South Africa.

The Tent, written and directed by Megan Choritz will be showcased from 3 to 6 December.

In a small and conservative South African village, where everybody knows everybody yet secrets are hidden, the local petrol station is the centre of village gossip. One morning a tent appears on the open land next to the garage, and it and its occupants change the lives, alliances, relationships and futures of all in the village. The tent is a humorous and provocative play exploring how South Africans feel about themselves and others.

The last production for this year’s Season will be a showcase of Fest! The play is written and directed by Darron Araujo.

Booking for the major is productions at Computicket or Artscape Dial-A-Seat, 021-471-7695. Tickets for the staged readings and showcase productions are available at the door. For group bookings and discounted tickets call Daniel on 072 474 1079 or email springseason@mweb.co.za.