Stellenbosch, South Africa.(A Sampler from the World Stage)(Advertisement)

SPIER SUMMER ARTS SEASON: Can't wait till June for those summer theatre festivals to roll around again? Try a change of hemisphere. In South Africa, the ninth annual lineup of summer performances sponsored by the Spier Arts Trust begins Dec. 10, on a scenic wine estate 30 minutes from Cape Town.

Between tastings of the local cabernet, check out resident theatre company Third World Bunfight's Big Dada, in its fifth production worldwide since 2001. Big Dada uses a blend of African pop and traditional music to tell the story of 1970s Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada, whose ...

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