Hello & Goodby feat. Mpilo May (AKA Daniel Richards)

Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am UTC+02:00

20 Alma Rd, Rosebank, 7700 Cape Town, South Africa | Cape Town

The Alma Cafe
Publisher/HostThe Alma Cafe
Hello & Goodby feat. Mpilo May (AKA Daniel Richards)
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Daniel Mpilo May Richards is an award-winning storyteller, musician and live performer whose work sits at the crossroads of music, theatre and lived experience. He is based in London and is doing a one-night only performance in Cape Town. HELLO AND GOODBYE — an intimate evening of original music and storytelling, shaped by a wide-ranging career across solo performance, ensemble theatre and international stages.
Sun 1 February
Tickets R160
18h00 for 18h30 (kitchen orders close at 18h30)
Live Music Starts when Dinner Service is completed
Dinner, Dessert and Drinks available
Fully Licensed, BYOB not permitted
Card / Cash Payment
15% Service Fee Charged
More about Dan:
Trained as an actor and musician, Daniel’s foundation is firmly rooted in live performance. He has appeared in award-winning one-man shows, large-scale musicals and Shakespearean theatre, developing a performance language that moves fluidly between spoken word, character and song. His solo work is known for its immediacy and emotional clarity, using music not as an accompaniment but as a narrative engine — weaving melody and story into a single expressive form.
Alongside his work on stage, Daniel is a writer and producer whose stories have been commissioned and performed at major venues including the Baxter Theatre and Artscape Theatre, and presented internationally at festivals such as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Adelaide Fringe and the Melbourne Comedy Festival. He writes and performs his own music, drawing audiences into stories that are personal yet expansive, intimate yet resonant.
Daniel is also the Creative Director of the Ruben Richards Foundation, a South African non-profit organisation using art, dialogue and storytelling as tools for healing and social connection. He is a trained facilitator with Men’s Circle, and regularly leads creative workshops in schools through Performing International Plays and Dash Arts in the UK. In addition, he works with CMT, supporting communication, presence and storytelling through performance-based training, bringing theatrical tools into professional and educational spaces.
More on the Show:
HELLO AND GOODBYE reflects Daniel’s varied live performance practice: part concert, part theatre, part conversation. Joined on the night by a special guest performer, the show embraces collaboration, spontaneity and connection. Set within the warmth of Alma Café, the evening invites audiences into a shared space of listening, laughter and reflection — where stories are sung, spoken and felt.
This is a night about arrivals and departures, beginnings and endings — and everything we carry in between.
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