STEPHEN Sondheim’s iconic musical, Sweeney Todd, opens at the Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town on February 19 following a hugely successful run in Johannesburg.
Presented by Pieter Toerien and KickstArt Theatre Company, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street until April 9. Continue reading
Lyle Buxton and Jessica Sole in a scene from KickStArt Theatre Company’s Shrek The Musical. Photo: Val Adamson
Ralph Lawson and Clare Mortimer in A Voice I Cannot Silence at the 2015 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. The play, directed by Greg Homann, is based on the life, stories and poems of Alan Paton. (Photo: CuePix/Sithasolwazi Kentane)
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2015 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards especially Greg King and Stephen Stead of KickStArt Theatre Company, the gifted talent that is Neil Coppen and exceptional actress, Clare Mortimer. Continue reading
IF Rory Booth is considering auditioning for CATS at some point in the future he should simply send some image of himself as the title character in KickStArt Theatre Company’s delightful pantomime, Puss in Boots. Continue reading
WHILE KickStArt Theatre Company walked off with the lion’s share of the prizes at The Mercury Durban Theatre Awards at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on Monday, November 23, this year’s event also saw a host of new talent picking up awards.
Shona Johnson is nominated for her performance in B!#ch Stole My Doek
The 13th annualThe Mercury Durban Theatre Awards will take place on November 23, at 7.30 pm at The Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Howard College campus. Continue reading
Rory Booth as Puss in Bots. Photo: Val Adamson
KickstArt presents their annual festive family panto, Puss in Boots, at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Howard College campus in Durban from December 5 to January 11, 2016. Continue reading
Darren King, Rory Booth and Bryan Hiles star in Puss in Boots. Photo: Val Adamson
KickstArt Theatre Company presents its annual festive family panto, Puss in Boots, at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus in Durban from December 5 to January 11. Continue reading
Jonathan Roxmouth stars in Sweeney Todd.
Pieter Toerien and KickstArt present Steven Sondheim’s iconic musical thriller Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre until November 29.
This dark 1979 Tony Award-winner for best musical features music and lyrics by Sondheim and is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.
The story centres on Sweeney Todd, whose real name is Benjamin Barker. He uses his new alias to resume work in his barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s struggling pie shop after being wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment by the corrupt Judge Turpin.
After swearing vengeance against the judge that tore his family apart, Todd and Lovett plot a unique plan that helps them both and leads them down a dangerous, thrilling path with deadly consequences.
Featuring sublime theatrics, a thrilling, chilling story, suspense, passion, deliciously dark humour, with a score and lyrics that have taken on iconic status, directed and designed by the award-winning KickstArt team of Steven Stead and Greg King, and starring Jonathan Roxmouth and Charon Williams-Ros, it doesn’t get any better than Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd!
Tickets cost R350, R250, R150 and R100. Booking is through Computicket at 011 340 8000 or Theatre Box Office at 011 511 1818.
Performances: Wednesday to Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 4 pm and 8 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm.
Jacobus van Heerden in Catch!
Multi talented Durban actor, Jacobus van Heerden, will present his quirky, family-friendly one-man rollicking adventure, Catch!, at the 2015 Glenwood Community Festival, at the Glenwood Preparatory School Hall on Friday, September 4 at 7 pm. Continue reading
Snoopy!!! stars (from left) Caitlin Kilburnais Peppermint Patty, Katy Moore as Sally Brown and Carol Trench is Lucy. Photo: Val Adamson
IF you haven’t yet booked tickets to see Snoopy! The Musical at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal then get your skates on now. This fabulous KickStArt Theatre company show enters its final weekend THIS WEEKEND. Continue reading
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