WIN: Curtain up at the Sneddon

THE newly-invigorated Young Performers Project (YPP) is re-staging a reprise of its very first production, Curtain Up! at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, UKZN, from 15 May until 2 June.

Curtain Up! has been re-written and updated by multi-award-winning actress Charon Williams-Ros who wrote the original script for the first production in 2001. The first Curtain Up! and many subsequent YPP productions were directed by the late Themi Venturas – an integral part of the YPP family over the years. This time it will be directed by multi-award-winning, Johannesburg-based actor, producer/director and choreographer, Jaco van Rensburg, a newcomer to YPP.

As always, YPP boasts a fully professional production and creative team. This year the two professional actors who will work together with the youthful cast will be Mthokozisi Zulu and Sbongiseni Shezi.

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Curtain Up! will feature show-stopping musical theatre numbers woven into a script about a diverse group of talented young performers who take shelter from the rain in a derelict theatre where, to their delight, they discover the evocative remnants of past productions. Inspired by the idea of bringing the old theatre back to life, the performers appeal to the new owner, Siyanda, to re-open as a community theatre, only to learn that the theatre is to be knocked down to make way for a casino. The passion with which the young performers fight to save the theatre leads Siyanda to the realisation of where his true values lie.

Some of the featured songs include numbers from The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors, Cats, Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver!, Rent, Les Mis, Into the Woods and a medley of South African numbers.

Booking is through Computicket outlets at Shoprite Checkers by phone on 0861 915 8000 or online at www.computicket.com.

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