THEATRE REVIEW: Into the Woods brings Sondheim’s dark, unhinged fairy tales to Cape Town

Source: Daily Maverick · 2026-10-31T13:00:00.000Z · Entertainment

By all accounts, Into the Woods is a monster of a musical. First performed in 1986 and made into a movie in 2014, it’s now playing in Cape Town’s Theatre on the Bay. Directed by Sylvaine Strike and featuring a cast of 25 students, it’s a stark raving lunatic asylum of a show.

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