Two new musicals about to hit Seabrooke’s Theatre
Two local musicals, with all-star local casts, will hit South African stages at the end of this month.
AUDIENCES will be the first to see two brand new South African chamber musicals at Seabrooke’s Theatre at Durban High School (DHS) at the end of March.
La Familia by Ntlantla Swana and Khanyisa Sigwanda, as well as Call Me A Fool by Leah Mari, are produced by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in association with Mandela Bay Theatre Complex.
These musicals are the culmination of the inaugural Cabaret and Beyond Festival.
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An exciting line-up of creatives and cast members have been assembled in Durban, where rehearsals are currently underway. Internationally recognized playwright and director Philisiwe Twijnstra is directing La Familia.
According to the marketing director for the play, Marlyn Ntsele, “It’s a show about the pressures of being firstborn in a South African township family.”
“Mari’s musical, Call Me A Fool, is a modern-day tale about the risks of falling in love too quickly, seen through the eyes of Amy and Zara, played by Roshanda Lewis and Kaylee McIlroy,” said Ntsele.
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Project manager Roland Perold, who also musically directs La Familia, said the rehearsal period is keeping everyone on their toes, “These are one-act musicals, each 50 minutes long. The writers’ and composers’ styles are very different, so there’s great variety emanating from the two rehearsal spaces. The audience is going to get a lot of bang for their buck seeing these vastly different sounding, and looking, productions that will play together as a double bill with an interval”.
The production will run for a limited engagement at Seabrooke’s Theatre from Thursday, March 31 until Saturday, April 2 at 19:00 and Sunday, April 3 at 11:00.
Tickets for the Durban run on sale for R100 through www.webtickets.co.za
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