Art & design
Ljubljana Biennial of Design
The Ljubljana Biennial of Design is an international collaborative process in which designers and creatives question design as a creative discipline and develop alternatives to established systems. This edition’s theme is “Double Agent: Do You Speak Flower?”, examining floriography, a code hidden within flowers to transmit secret information.
Dates: Until 6 April
Venue: Rusjanov trg7 SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Spier Light Art 2025
Spier’s annual Light Art is back with a month of interactive and experimental light, sound, and video artworks from local and international artists. Sixteen site-specific art installations dot the landscape — visit at dusk, when the sun goes down and the lights go up.
Dates: 6.30pm-9pm, 21 March - 21 April
Venue: Spier Wine Farm, Stellenbosch
Tickets: Free entry
Don’t miss:
Conrad Botes’s “Raft of the Medusa” show at Kalashnikovv Gallery, Cape Town, until 29 March
Sanell Aggenbach’s “Past Lives” solo exhibition at Everard Read Cape Town, 5-26 March
Hylton Nel’s “Wel! wel! durft ge nog zoo laat op ’t pad, Pad!” ceramics exhibition at Stevenson Amsterdam, 8-29 March
Hazel Mpande, Lebogang Tlhako, Remofiloe Mayisela, and Thalente Khomo’s “Ke Rona” group show at Berman Contemporary in Joburg until 6 April
Keiskamma artists in profile at AVA, Cape Town, from 6 March to 16 April
Music
Bongi Mvuyana
Alternative soul artist Bongi Mvuyana is taking her new album, “Power”, on tour, with two intimate performances in SA.
Joburg: 15 March, Artistry
Cape Town: 29 March Youngblood
Tickets: From R275
Theatre
Life and Times of Michael K
The literary masterpiece by Nobel Prize and Booker Prize-winning South African novelist JM Coetzee has been adapted for the stage by Lara Foot in collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company. It has had a hugely successful international run with cast members Sandra Prinsloo, Andrew Buckland, Faniswa Yisa, puppet master Craig Leo, Roshina Ratnam, Carlo Daniels, Billy Langa, Nolufefe Ntshuntshe, and Nkosinathi Mngomezulu.
Dates: 27 March - 13 April
Venue: Market Theatre, Newtown, Joburg
Tickets: R198-R275
Kafka’s Ape
This one-hander, by Noma Yini Storyers, is a multi-award-winning adaptation of Franz Kafka’s A Report to an Academy and holds humanity to an ape’s mirror, with devastating effect.
Dates: 26 March - 12 April
Venue: The Baxter Studio, Cape Town
Tickets: R110 - R200
Festivals
Time of the Writer
Hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, this year’s festival is themed around “Imagination, Freedom & Accountability” and features authors such as John van de Ruit, Niq Mhlongo, Philiswa Lila, Shubnum Khan, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Zukiswa Wanner, and Sven Axelrad.
Dates: 18-23 March
Venues: Across Durban & online
Joburg Film Festival
Showcasing and celebrating African narratives, the seventh Joburg Film Festival explores the essence of connectivity through storytelling and features acclaimed movies, documentaries, and short films.
Dates: 11-16 March
Venues: Theatre on the Square, The Bioscope, Artistry, The Forge, Nu Metro
Tickets: R80-R100
