The television adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s The Smeds and the Smoos has won the International Emmy for Best Kids’ Animation, holding off the likes of Finnish TV favourite Moominvalley.
The Smeds and the Smoos was produced by Magic Light Pictures and co-directed by South Africans Daniel Snaddon and Samantha Cutler. Dan was also a director on Zog, which won the International Emmy in 2020.
Global sensation Blippi makes a special stop for the first time in Johannesburg.
Blippi will delight audiences for the first time in South Africa in an all-new live show, this December at the Theatre of Marcellus, Emperors Palace.
Blippi: The Wonderful World Tour, brings the vivacious, energetic, and educational antics of global sensation Blippi to the Theatre of Marcellus at Emperors Palace, in Johannesburg on the 1st to 10th December 2023.
The most beloved children’s theatre, Peoples Theatre, proudly presents another series of timeless tales in their popular Storybook Theatre, which includes The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea and other fabulous fairytales . In this year’s magical production of Story Book Theatre, running from Wednesday, 20 September to Sunday, 8 October, children of all ages will fall in love with their favourite bookshelf classics all over again when they experience the enchanted world of books come to life, which dynamic duo Jill Girard and Keith Smith will creatively bring to stage.
The annual pantomime is a time-honoured tradition for Joburgers, letting us know that a fun-filled festive season is just about ready to get under way. And while each year’s pantomime has something special to offer, Janice Honeyman’s Adventures in Pantoland – a “mash-up-mega-mix of pantomimes” – promises to be particularly spectacular…
Treat your youngsters these school holidays! The Peoples Theatre is proud to be staging the endearing crowd pleaser Mr Hare Meets Mr Mandela for a limited season at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre & Studio, currently on stage until Sunday 9th October 2022.
Childhood cancer is a frightening reality that too many families across South Africa have to deal with daily. Alongside little warriors fighting on the frontline, parents are facing the most challenging battle they will ever have to encounter. But luckily, no-one has to stand alone. And that’s where you come in.
South African animation studio Triggerfish’s third animated feature, Seal Team, made a splash on Netflix’s global Top 10 films in the first week of January. With subscribers having watched over 10-million hours, it’s become the ninth most-watched film on Netflix in 27 countries.
There was a collective shoulder-sag across Joburg when last year’s annual pantomime was postponed as a result of the pandemic. Which is why this year’s production will be an extra special one, as we celebrate the comeback of a time-honoured Johannesburg tradition with the ultimate in pomp and circumstance.
A children’s picture book celebrating South Africa’s diversity nabbed first place at the 2021 SA Book Awards. Here’s why that’s significant for parents.
A Kenyan judge’s declaration that a house wife deserves compensation for her work is all of the validation that stay-at-home moms needed this week. But we still have a long way to go before everyone is on-board when it comes to recognising the unpaid labour of mothers.
Women in the 2020s have never been louder, bolder, more insistent or more confident. Fourth-wave feminists have shouted #MeToo, raged against inequality and marginalisation, and fought to bridge the gender gap, the wage gap and now… The Orgasm Gap.
Popular parenting blogger AfroDaddy might be afro-less by the end of the week. That is, if he raises enough money to send five children to school for a year. Can he do it?
Considering that flexibility and the ability to operate remotely has long been a power struggle between parents and their employers, the new wave of work-from-home culture can be seen as a blessing in disguise, for working parents in particular. But now that many of us have the flexibility we always craved, is working from home working for us?
Your kids might be on Easter vacay, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t entitled to a little bit of downtime this week. From supervised kids’ crafts to bookish entertainment for your little word nerds, The Great Equalizer has you covered. And if you’re looking to make some memories, we’ve spotted an old-school drive-in that makes family time fun and easy-peasy.
It’s been a year since the last season of Workin’ Moms aired to save us from lockdown despair and our internal binge-clocks are ticking. For any readers who may be die-hard fans of the Netflix hit, here is what we know about Workin’ Moms Season 5…
Everyone’s favourite Cape Town-dwelling Joburger Tali ‘Tali Babes’ Shapiro is back. And this time, she’s having a baby. Were it not for the dogged creatives hitting the writers’ room during lockdown, South Africa may just have lost its funny bone.
After a traumatic first birth experience, Sam Herbst had high hopes for her second. She assumed that she’d be a lot more prepared, armed with knowledge and fully aware of what she was heading into. Until Covid-19 hit. Here is her story about being pregnant in a pandemic.
“Reading at home with children – from the age of zero upwards – is critical to their educational, language and social development,” says Kaathima Ebrahim, director of the Cape Town-based NPO. Here’s why…
Like many mothers juggling work, home and the motherload, Charlene Armstrong came head to head with a version of herself she didn’t quite recognise. Once Covid19 hit local shores, she was formally diagnosed with depression. Here is her story, and why she’s calling BS on “balance”.
