‘James and the Giant Peach’s’ five magically altered human-sized, talking garden bugs, (from left) Miss Spider (Clare Mortimer), Mr Green Grasshopper (Peter Court), Earthworm (Nhlakanipho Manqele), Centipede (Lyle Buxton), and Ladybird (Belinda Henwood). Photo: Val Adamson
ESTELLE SINKINS reviews KickStArt Theatre Company’s James and the Giant Peach, which is at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at UKZN. Continue reading
Sunshine Babies, by Happy go Lucky Productions, stars Mlu Ngidi and deaf actor Sibo Masondo.
THE sixth annual Durban University of Technology Children’s Theatre Festival takes place at the DUT City Campus and the Courtyard Theatre in Steve Biko Road, Durban, from September 8 to 11. Continue reading
The cast of KickStArt Theatre Company’s Into the Woods which is running at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban. Photo: Val Adamson
Review: Into The Woods – Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
THERE is a saying ‘be careful what you wish for’, but I for one am extremely happy that my wish – that Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods would be staged in Durban one day – came true. Currently running at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, KickStArt Theatre Company has again showed what can be achieved by ambitious dreamers and a dream cast and crew. Continue reading
Illa Thompson, Mduduzi Xakaza and Peter Court.
Making Music Together: an exhibition of 30 black and white prints journaling the extensive community, education and outreach of the busy KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, will be on display at the Durban Art Gallery (DAG) until April 30. Continue reading
DURBAN’S very first Family Theatre Puppet Festival, the Nandogam EcoVillage iKHO! Festival takes place at Seabrooke’s Theatre on February 26, 27 and 28. This exciting festival, which is supported by NAC and ASSITEJ SA, runs over three days and offers a feast of local puppet theatre productions with a strong ecological awareness theme. Continue reading
PANSA KwaZulu-Natal presents the 11th Musho! International Theatre Festival from January 13 to 18 at the Catalina Theatre in Durban’s Wilson’s Wharf. The festival is dedicated to small works and the celebration of the skill of the solo or duo performer. If you have been to this festival then get down to the harbour. You won’t regret it!
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
ACTORS spend their careers playing many roles, from Shakespeare and Ibsen to fools and fops. Anthony Stonier and Darren King have spent their lives being Uglies: from Snow White’s evil nemesis to Jack’s hapless mother. But no show epitomises the Uglies like Cinderella. Continue reading
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