MAIN FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi (Cape Town) presents
Memory
Written and
directed by Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi
Cast:
Othello Tyhulu, Nozuko Xorile, Zukiswa Xorile, Mthuthuzeli Galela
LANGUAGE: English and
isiXhosa
Performances: 12 March, 11:00,
Golden Arrow Studio; 13 March, 11:00, Golden Arrow Studio; 14 March 2013 at 11:00 – Golden Arrow
Studio; 15 March 2013 at 11:00 – Golden
Arrow Studio; 18 March 2013 at 11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 19 March 2013 at 11:00 – Golden Arrow
Studio; 20 March 2013 at 11:00 – Golden
Arrow Studio; 21 March 2013 at 11:00 –
Golden Arrow Studio; 22 March 2013 at
11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio
When you
fly all over Africa, you will see the huge stone circles that used to be the
home of our ancestors. Deep in the forests and out in the open plains, you will
see dead rotten meat, bones turning to white powder, but you will never see the
tusks. The elephant is still paying back its debt to man.
The
conflict between man and elephant has been alive since the beginning of time.
When man was on his last step of evolution, he began an adventure in
domesticating the wild beasts, from the guinea fowl, the warthog, the impala
and the zebra to the sweetest of them all, the wildebeest.
TTM Productions (Mbekweni, Paarl)
presents
The Evil Snake
Written and
directed by Thando Baliso
Cast:
Sindile Msebenzi, Sibusiso Zweni, Thando Wambi, Ayavuya Cekiso, Sydwel Klass
LANGUAGE:
isiXhosa and English
Performances: 5 March 2013 at
10:00 – Golden Arrow Studio with Jungle Theatre’s Sister Earth at 11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 6 March 2013 at 11:00
– Golden Arrow Studio with Jungle Theatre’s Sister
Earth at 10:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 8 March 2013 at 10:00 – Golden Arrow
Studio with Jungle Theatre’s Sister Earth
at 11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 15 March 2013 at 10:00 – Golden Arrow
Studio with Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s Memory at 11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio
The play
magically explores a story that every child can relate to. A young boy living a
fun-filled life is highly favoured by his peers for his good manners, until one
day when he decided to go against his mother’s will and his life changes for
ever. The boy finds himself trapped
between what’s right and what’s wrong, but all becomes well when he finally
decides to accept help from all those who care about him.
It’s
provocative and compelling theatre. It asks questions about whether moral
rehabilitation is possible, whilst telling an exciting, emotional and, at
times, humorous story.
Youth on Top (Khayelitsha) presents
How dare you?
Written and directed by
Sive Mvandaba
Cast: Somila Tayi, Sive Mvandaba
LANGUAGE:
English and isiXhosa
Performances: 5 March 2013 at 13:30 – Golden Arrow
Studio; 7 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden
Arrow Studio; 11 March 2013 at 19:00 –
Golden Arrow Studio
A father
and highly respected lawyer lives with his 13-year-old daughter, Okuhle Brain.
The father has issues bottled up about his late wife, who cheated on him. As a
result he ends up pouring out his frustrations on his daughter, who is later
surprised when she finds out that her father is not her biological father.
Sophumelela Theatre Group (Delft) presents
Achilles Heel
Written by Lwanda Sindaphi
and Mbongeni Nomkhonwana
Directed by
Lwanda Sindaphi
Cast:
Harrison Makhubalo, Nomsindiseni Rhoji
LANGUAGE:
English
Performances:
6 March 2013 at 19:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 8 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden
Arrow Studio with Artz Cousins Theatre’s A
moment when love hurts at 13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio; 14 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio
with Joey Monroe Productions’ Duet in ’n
Malhuis at 13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio
Nandi comes back to claim her soul mate, Magere, who she
thinks was taken away by her former best friend, Bianca. Nandi and Magere, who
is engaged to Bianca, are trapped in a dilemma.
A quarrel arises after they make love, and Nandi finds it hard to let
go.
Issues of betrayal, chauvinism, hate and vengeance emerge as
the dialogue continues, and many past events of lust come out. Achilles Heel is magical realism.
Future Line
Arts Academy (Khayelitsha) presents
The Playroom
Written and directed by
Thando Mzembe
Cast: Luleka Ngcenge,
Khanyiswa Mazwi, Mphathi Ngqulu, Aphiwe Livi
LANGUAGE: English and
isiXhosa
Performances: 12 March 2013 at
19:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 14 March
2013 at 10:00 – Golden Arrow Studio with Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s Memory at 11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; , 15 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden Arrow
Studio with Ubuhlanti’s Barber-man at 13:30 – Golden Arrow
Studio
Three mentally disturbed people are placed in a mental institution. At
first glance they don’t look troubled but in the playroom they go through an
experience that reveals their madness. Mzamo, the male nurse who is looking
after them, also has his skeleton in the closet that comes out at the end. When
all is revealed, friendships/relationships are formed.
Ubuhlanti (Khayelitsha) presents
Barber-man
Written and directed by
Thembalethu Zwele
Cast: Thembalethu Zwele,
Lubabalo Phuphu
LANGUAGE:
English and isiXhosa
Performances: 12 March 2013 at
13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio with the Guest Production at 12:15 – Golden Arrow
Studio; 14 March 2013 at 19:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 15 March 2013 at 13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio
with Future Line Arts Academy’s The
Playroom at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio
Zolisa is the barbershop owner and is in a wheelchair
and Lubabalo is a friend. The two friends show the world that we are all
disabled, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, verbally or spiritually.
Will Zolisa conquer his physical disability while still mentally disabled?
Jungle Theatre Company (Steenberg) presents
Sister Earth
Written and directed by Ntombifuthi Mkhasibe
Cast: Stacey Franche, Nokubonga
Jina, Cebisa Fubesi, Aphiwe Ntulo
LANGUAGE:
English and isiXhosa
Not suitable for children under 13
Performances: 5 March 2013 at
11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio with TTM Productions’ The Evil Snake at 10:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 6 March 2013 at
10:00 – Golden Arrow Studio with TTM Productions’ The Evil Snake at 11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 8 March 2013 at
11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio with TTM Productions’ The Evil Snake at 10:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 12 March 2013 at
10:00 – Golden Arrow Studio with Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s Memory at 11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 13 March 2013 at 10:00 –
Golden Arrow Studio with Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s Memory at 11:00 – Golden Arrow Studio
Jungle
Theatre Company's Sister Earth is
a coming-of-age story of a rural teenager who moves to a city to start anew.
Filled with morals, values, dignity, pride and the law of nature, she holds the
key that unlocks her
ancestors' guidelines for life. Subjected to peer pressure and
materialism, she loses herself in a city and loses her connection to the earth.
Struggling with her journey, she seeks to rediscover natural beauty and
acceptance of being oneself.
Kasi Culture (Bellville) presents
Listen to the Silence
Written and directed by
Eddie Newman
Cast: Noxolo Bodlani, Luvo
Ngubaza
LANGUAGE:
English and IsiXhosa
Performances:
5 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe Theatre;
6 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe Theatre; 8 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe
Theatre
Listen to the Silence is a play about rape and abuse. The
father is invisible, an imaginary person whom the audiences “see” and “hear”
through the dialogue and actions of the mother and her daughter. The father has
raped his daughter and abused his wife for the past ten years. They decide
together to stand their ground and fight for their rights.
Imbawula Theatre Company (Khayelitsha) presents
Ukuqhawuka kweqhina
Written by Khayalethu
Anthony
Directed by Khayalethu Mofu
Cast: Thando Mzembe ,
Andiswa Anthony
LANGUAGE:
English and isiXhosa
Performances: 11 March 2013 at
13:00 – Masambe Theatre; 12 March 2013
at 20:00 – Masambe Theatre; 13 March 2013 at 13:00 – Masambe Theatre; 14 March 2013 at 13:00 – Masambe Theatre
This play
is inspired by the hardships of what the real world brings to every young
couple out there. If fire cannot freeze, then true love cannot end. At least we
like to believe so, but the reality is that life is not a role play, it’s not
the movie.
Hendriks (Observatory) presents
Koekie and Desiree
Written and performed by
Cassandra Hendriks
Directed by Jared Kruger
LANGUAGE:
English and Afrikaans
Performances: 4 March 2013 at 19:00 – Golden Arrow
Studio; 5 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden
Arrow Studio with Youth on Top’s How dare
you? at 13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio; 13 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden Arrow
Studio, with Joey Monroe Productions’
Duet in ’n Malhuis at 13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio
Koekie is a disgraced comedienne
who comes to Cape Town to find a way to deal with her shame and the fact that
she may have taken a joke too far. Desiree is an ordinary waitress in an
upmarket restaurant in Cape Town and is facing one of the greatest dilemmas of
her life.
Joey Monroe Productions (George) presents
Duet in ’n Malhuis
Devised by the cast
Cast: Johannes Selisa,
Monray Blankenberg
LANGUAGE:
Afrikaans and English
Performances: 11 March 2013 at
13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio with Waseef Piekaan’s Wrongly Accused at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio; 13 March 2013 at
13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio with Hendricks’
Koekie and Desiree at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio; 14 March 2013 at 13:30 –
Golden Arrow Studio with Sophumelela Theatre’s Achilles Heel at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio
Two
patients are diagnosed with “Walter Mitty syndrome”. Any word can send them off
to a fantasy dream world which brings out their split personalities.
Red Light 7 (Plettenberg Bay) presents
Tussen Grafte
Written and directed by
Olivia Pika
Cast: Julian v.d.
Westhuizen, Olivia Pika, Laurence Cloete
LANGUAGE:
Afrikaans
Performances: 4 March 2013 at
13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio with Emuhle All Artist’s Anti-Christ at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio; 6 March 2013 at 13:30 –
Golden Arrow Studio with Emuhle All Artist’s Anti-Christ at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio; 8 March 2013 at 19:00 –
Golden Arrow Studio
Is there life after death? An interesting tale about two
ghosts who find themselves wandering their graves, reliving their final moments
and how they came to be. But things drastically change when a stranger comes to
their graves knowing everything of their lives and how they lived.
Artz Cousins
Theatre (Pretoria) presents
A moment when love hurts
Written and
directed by Sello Amos Maseko
Cast:
Kagiso Matlela, Mandla Mebena, Zandile Luces, Thabiso Matlela, Thulani
Ragototoane
LANGUAGE:
English and isiZulu
Performances: 5 March 2013 at
19:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 7 March
2013 at 13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio with Youth on Top’s How dare you? at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio; 8 March 2013 at 13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio
With Sophumelela’s Achilles Heel at
12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio
In the world of power, confusion, fear, hypocrisy and love
you’ll find Kagiso and Ursula, who have been stuck in a stagnant marriage for
25 years. The two face their demons while trying to work things out, but
instead things get worse as intruders come in to cause more cracks. Lizzy,
Kagiso’s concubine, is emotionally blackmailing him with the sin he committed
in the past which can compromise him in politics, so to save his political
career he chooses to neglect his marriage and attend to his concubine.
The production unlocks doors of hope to those women who have
a fear of moving on after an abusive relationship.
Bohemians (Soweto - JHB) presents
T.O. and Ma 7
Written and
directed by Malizo Mdekazi
Assistant
director: Momo Matsinyane
Cast:
Boitshoko Phokaompe, Thabiso Rammala
LANGUAGE:
English, isiZulu and Setswane
Performances: 4 March 2013 at 13:00 – Masambe
Theatre; 5 March 2013 at 13:00 – Masambe
Theatre; 7 March 2013 at 13:00 – Masambe
Theatre; 9 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe
Theatre
T.O. was
sentenced to four years in prison for something he did not do. He is released
today and later on the very same day he is arrested again.
The play is
to educate people, especially teenagers, to choose their friends carefully and
focus on the positive things in life … because in life you only get one chance
to live and if you associate yourself with bad people you might be in big
trouble for the rest of your life.
It is not
that you cannot change the life you don’t want to live; it is just that you
need to be brave and stand up for yourself, know what you want to achieve,
never rely on your friends, because sometimes if your friend sees potential in
you he or she becomes jealous and tries by all means to destroy you because he
or she is not aware that he or she is also capable of having the very same
potential.
Arch Entertainment presents
Skierlik
Written by Phillip Mdikotla
Directed by
Mpho Molepo
Cast: Phillip Dikotla
LANGUAGE:
English and South African Vernacular
Performances: 4 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe
Theatre; 6 March 2013 at 13:00 – Masambe
Theatre; 7 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe
Theatre; 8 March 2013 at 13:00 – Masambe
Theatre
It’s a
story about a young man “Thomas”, who is on a journey back home(Skierlik), to
carry the spirit of his diseased wife Anna, and his daughter Elizabeth, who
died during a racist shooting years back, to their new house in” Mazista”,
before Skierlik is demolished. But he
first has to deal with what made him leave “Skierlik”. Inspired by a true South African event.
Emuhle All Artists (Durban) presents
Anti-Christ
Written and
directed by Bongani Baai
Cast: Siyamthende Mdluli, Pretty Ncayiyane, Philile
Mbili, Nomethembe Khawula, Siphesihle Lele, Landiwe Lele, Zakithi Mavunella
LANGUAGE:
English and isiZulu
Performances: 4 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden Arrow
Studio with Red Light 7’s Tussen Grafte
at 13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio; 6 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio
with Red Light 7’s Tussen Grafte at
13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio; 7 March 2013 at 19:00 – Golden Arrow Studio
You are lost … can your God’s enemy
lend you a hand and lead you to your God’s palace? The truth shall set you free, that’s what
they say … How many true stories have you ever witnessed, heard and believed?
Only to find that they were lies, misleading, deception and propaganda … Why
did they kill Jesus Christ?
How come those who killed him help
to spread his word? Anti-Christs are Anti-Christ … they are not against God’s
will; they want to be exactly like him.
Waseef Piekaan presents
Wrongly Accused
Written and
performed by Waseef Piekaan
LANGUAGE:
Afrikaans and English
Performances: 11 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden Arrow
Studio with Joey Monroe Productions’ Duet
in ‘n Malhuis at 13:30 – Golden Arrow Studio; 13 March 2013 at 19:00 – Golden Arrow Studio
Waseef Piekaan from Vocal is Lekka fame, and now Kat and the Kings, stars in his
brand-new stand-up comedy show Wrongly
Accused. He takes the audience to a courtroom where they meet some strange
and wacky people who are accused of a crime. The show is also driven by comic
song and promises to be screamingly funny. Going to court has never before been
this much fun.
Lingua Franca
(Cape Town)
LANGUAGE:
English and isiXhosa
Cast: Anele
Kose, Babalwa Makwethu, Bongeka Qhanga, Koleka Putuma, Lerato Mokobe, Lumanyano
Unity Mzi, Lwanda Sindaphi, Mbongeni Nomkonwana, Mfundo Ntobongwana, Zama
Qambi, Lwando Bam
Lingua Franca is a poetry movement rooted in
the diverse community of Delft. This was a vision by four young poets from this
community, Mawande
Manez Sobethwa, Ncedisa Jargon Mpemnyama, Lwanda Sindaphi and Mbongeni
Nomkonwana, who to wanted help themselves and their
peers to mould and shape their gift of putting words together. This society has
now grown to extend outside the boundaries of Delft.
Performances: 13 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe
Theatre; 15 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe Theatre
INVITED PRODUCTIONS (MAIN)
Baba Yaga Theatre (Cape Town) presents
Kitchen Fables in a Cookie Jar
Written and
directed by Jori Snell
Cast: Jori
Snell
LANGUAGE:
Physical Theatre
Performances: 4 March, 10:00,
Golden Arrow Studio, 7 March, 10:00, Golden Arrow Studio; 11 March, 10:00,
Golden Arrow Studio
Kitchen
Fables in a Cookie Jar has a subtle similarity to Alice in Wonderland.
It is about a girl’s discovery in a not-quite-ordinary kitchen, where kitchen
tools and ingredients come
alive and transform themselves into
imaginary friends, or weird, sometimes grotesque, creatures of her own fantasy.
It is set in the kind of magical/realistic landscapes we get to explore in our
dreams.
This
non-verbal family performance is theatre for the senses. It creates magical
pictures of flying objects, coloured lights, enchanting sounds and delicious smells.
UKAO (Khayelitsha) presents
Worst of Both Worlds
Winner of the 2012
Best of the Zabalaza Theatre Festival
Written and
directed by Bulelani Mabutyana
Cast:
Lubabelo Nontwana, Thando Suselo
LANGUAGE:
English and isiXhosa
Performances: 11 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe
Theatre; 14 March 2013 at 20:00 – Masambe Theatre; 16 March 2013 at 20:00 –
Masambe Theatre
SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES
Tebogo Munyai (Cape Town) presents
Bandage
Choreographed
by Tebogo Munyai
Performed
by Tebogo Munyai and Christille Dreyer
Performances: 11, 12 March at 18:30
Tebogo Munyai (Cape Town) presents
Emotion
Choreographed
by Tebogo Munyai
Performed
by Tebogo Munyai and Christille Dreyer
Performances: 14, 15 March at 18:30
FRINGE FESTIVAL 9 and 16 MARCH
(Saturdays)
Stars of Tomorrow (Robertson, Nkqubela) presents
Street Kids
Written and
directed by Zukiswa Jafta
Cast:
Musawenkosi Nyamana, Mzwandile Lisiea, Mnqamlezo Nokheyo, Zandile Mabombo,
Zimasa Jafta, Shalton Dywili, Thembinkosi Ntsulele, Alicia Malgas, Ntandokezi
Madywambe, Uphile Goba, Lucia Salman, Kwanele Sbefu
LANGUAGE:
isiXhosa
Performances:
9 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio;
16 March 2013 at 12:15 – Golden Arrow Studio
Le play imalunga nabantwana ababini
abaphetheke kakubi ngu tata nomama wabo abangena xesha lemfundo,eyona nto
ibalulekileyo kulotata yimfuyo yakhe, kwaye oyena mntu ebemhloniphile lo tata
kwakuyiNkosikazi yakhe.
Nangona ibiphila nzima ngulotata,
kodwa ke isiphelo salento bebeyenza siye sibajikele sibebuhlungu kubo.
Future Line Arts Academy (Khayelitsha) presents
Championship of Dreams
Written and
originally directed by Abongile Kroza (may his soul rest in peace)
LANGUAGE: isiXhosa and English
Performances: 9 March 2013 at 14:00 – Golden Arrow Studio; 16 March 2013 at 14:00 – Golden Arrow Studio
This
production takes place in a township known as Enotshe, the notorious township
of gangsterism, drug abuse and peer pressure. This piece reveals the fear and
broken hearts of parents who have lost or are losing their children because of
the useless gang fights happening in the townships.
This piece
breaks down the awful story of the Amavato and Amavura gangs that has taken the
lives of more than 40 young people in the past five months in Khayelitsha. The piece
is told through chorus, intensive movement, and acting. This horrifying story
is performed by young children who are experiencing this situation in their
township, Kuyasa, which is situated in Khayelitsha.
Bloekombos High (Kraaifontein) presents
When the world turns against me
Written and
directed by Mongezi Magwa
Cast:
Ntlantla Qoma, Lindiswa, Asandiswa Maliti, Sqwayi Siphenathi
LANGUAGE:
English and isiXhosa
Performances: 9 March 2013 at 11:30 – Golden Arrow
Studio, 16 March 2013 at 11:30 – Golden Arrow Studio
Love is the
theme; the underlying tone is secrets and lies. The production takes a great
look in our new generation as Boitumelo spoils a nice, well-planned dinner by
her husband when she breaks the news that she is pregnant, while the man,
Olwethu, tells her that there is no way he can make her pregnant, or any other
female, for that matter. He forces her to confess about the pregnancy, but she
does not reveal the whole truth and the entire story.
Kuyakhanya (Strand) presents
Ukubuya komntu
Written and
directed by Mava
Cast:
Nosiphiwo Ntetha, Khanyiso Thakoli, Zilungile Goba, Mkhenyiseli Logo, Okuhle
Mgengwane, Sibusiso Maranxa, Luntukazi Mgengwane, Anelisa Solani, Mava Silumko
LANGUAGE:
English and isiXhosa
Performances 9 March 2013 at 17:30 – Golden Arrow
Studio; 16 March 2013 at 17:30 – Golden Arrow Studio
This is a
play about a young girl who has given her life and made many sacrifices to
bring her father from the evil world.
Sinton Knight Little Theatre (Athlone) presents
Family Chillies
Written and
directed by Armina Nordien
Cast:
Aqeedah Vardien, Alex Abrahams, Fanaaz Hassen, Mukhtar Jacobs, Lia Jacobs,
Ronan Linde, Robyn Wagner
LANGUAGE:
Afrikaans and English
Performances: 9 March
2013 at 15:30 – Golden Arrow Studio, 16 March 2013 at 15:30 – Golden Arrow
Studio
Two highly competitive Indian shopkeepers with many
years of business rivalry face their ultimate showdown! Morals, values and even customers are
compromised in the battle for self-gain.
As the heat increases, the level of respect decreases. Revenge brings
temporary satisfaction but at what price?
Family Chillies is a
light-hearted comedy that reminds us that things are not always as they seem.
Massive Productions (Mbekweni) presents
The Notebook
Written by Mthetheleli
Magqaza
Directed by
Lwando Tykolo
Cast:
Makinana Odwa, Mthetheleli Magqaza, Anele Maki
LANGUAGE:
English and isiXhosa
Performances:
9 March 2013 at 16:15 – Golden Arrow Studio, 16 March 2013 at 16:15 – Golden
Arrow Studio
In life we
date, love and share some of our precious time given to us by God with our
beautiful, handsome and smart partners. It is normal in life for people to love
and break up at a later stage. It is normal for people to move on with their
lives after a great relationship, so to say. But what happens when your partner
moves on from you, just … next to you?
The Notebook explores what can happen in life
when you take for granted those small important factors that happen in our
daily love lives.
Light of Life (Kraaifontein) presents
Inxeba lendoda alihlekwa
Written and directed by
Benny Jack
Cast: Khanyisa James,
Busiswa Mpotye, Sonwabo Mpandle, Bulelani Mananga, Wendy Mrali, Snalo Jentu,
Snawo Jentu, Zizipho Dubula, Molope Molefe, Ayanda, Zanokhanyo Salmani, Luyanda
Nodilinga, Yanga Bitumka
LANGUAGE:
English and IsiXhosa
Performances:
9 March 2013 at 14:45 – Golden Arrow Studio, 16 March 2013 at 14:45 – Golden
Arrow Studio
The play is about an unrevealed secret which is kept by Nosakhele, not
knowing it will come out. It shows that people shouldn’t forget their customs
and beliefs and that, as a man of the house, you should know the identical
similarities that the whole family have.
New Born Theatre (New Crossroads) presents
Letters
Written and directed by Mhlanguli
George
Cast: Xolani Pilco, Amtha
Mbanyaru, Nozuko Tsmiza
LANGUAGE(S):
English
Performances: 9 March 2013 at 18:15 – Golden Arrow
Studio; 16 March 2013 at 18:15 – Golden Arrow Studio
Letters is
a love story about a man who’s been in jail for years and is having an affair
with his wife’s sister. The story deals with natural feelings and created
feelings and the value of families and outsiders to the family, and also how
the secrets can be dangerous.
Bridge Town Theatre (Athlone) presents
Four Weddings en n’ Janaazah
Written by Cassiem Abrahams
Directed by Riedwaan Damon
Cast: Fowzia Khan, Shamiel
Rorich, Ilhaam Ockards, Shariefa Wagner, Wardah Salie, Zamile Majola, Meagan
Booysen, Danay Moolman, Carly Rhoda,
LANGUAGE:
Afrikaans and English
Performances: 9 March 2013 at
19:00 – Golden Arrow Studio, 16 March 2013 at 19:00 – Golden Arrow Studio
Four weddings en n' Janaazah is about what happens when a vulnerable 40-year-old woman
discovers that her breadwinning husband has married three other women whilst on
a so-called "working contract" in London. So she decides to take a
stand and claim what's rightfully hers
Janeska Rademan (Piketberg) presents
Hester se befokels
Written and performed by
Janeska Rademan
LANGUAGE:
Afrikaans
Performances: 9 March
2013 at 10:45 – Golden Arrow Studio
An amazing performance by
talented actress Janeska Rademan portraying Aunty Hester with the ups and downs
of her daily life and all the gossip of the town.
ComNet (Piketberg) presents
Kinders van die Asgat
Written and directed by
Angelo Cloete
Cast: Mario
Hess, Randall Isaacs, Juliana Boer,
Jernay Arendse, Lorenzo Samson
LANGUAGE:
Afrikaans
Performances: 16 March
2013 at 10:45 – Golden Arrow Studio
Community theatre at its
best, Kinders van die Asgat showcases
the social ills of a community and how they affect our youth. These ills are
seen through the eyes of the youth
Inferno Fusion (Knysna) presents
Nekkies
Written and directed by
Mandisa Litoyi
Cast: Nombulelo Ngaka,
Yoliswa Mbo Mbo, Pheliswa Duba, Noxolo Matlela, Thabiso Newnem, Siyabilele
Zane, Likhoza Luningo, Asanda, Lebo, Thembinkosi, Sizwe, Meli
LANGUAGE:
English
Performances:
9 March 2013 at 10:00 – Golden Arrow Studio
Nothemba is
a single parent, unemployed, and the breadwinner in her household. She feeds
her family and pays school fees from the income she gets from her little stall
at the corner of the street. The local municipality of Knysna kicks her out of
her house and shuts down her stall. A 15-year-old young girl, an orphan, from a
small farm called Joubertina, experiences city life first hand through her
mother’s friend (whom she stays within Knysna) pimping her to an older guy to
make ends meet. Mbali, the orphan, meets a friend that has different life
stories to hers. Life in a community called Nekkies in Knysna is the survival
of the fittest.
MUSIC THEATRE, OPERA,
POETRY AND HIP HOP
Cape Town Opera and Siyaya present
Popera (music theatre and opera)
The Legend of Nomkhubulwane: music by Kaylee Esterhuizen and text by Mbali
Vilakazi will be directed by Ntombi Makhutshi
Nkosazana: Staged by Bongani Magatyana, composed
by Aphiwe Menziwe with a libretto by Thando Doni
Performances:
20, 21, 22 March 2013 at 12:00 and 16:00 in the Concert Hall
Cape Town Opera has teamed up with
Nyanga-based theatre group Siyaya to encourage the creation of new short music
theatre works dealing with South African stories and heritage. This initiative
has assembled two teams of first-time music theatre creators, with guidance
from programme mentors Lara Foot and Neo Muyanga. Their new works will premiere
at the Zabalaza Theatre Festival 2013, as a double-bill of two thirty-minute
pieces. The Legend of
Nomkhubulwane, with music by Kaylee Esterhuizen and text by Mbali Vilakazi
will be directed by Ntombi Makhutshi, while Bongani Magatyana stages Nkosazana, composed by Aphiwe Menziwe
with a libretto by Thando Doni.
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