KICKSTART’S annual family pantomime, Puss in Boots, started at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban on 5 December, and will run until 11 January.
At the opening, the audience was blown away by this version, which is set on an enchanted tropical island, featuring the famous feline in footwear and a host of fabulous new characters.
Don't miss the show these school holidays, and enjoy jokes a-plenty, gorgeous costumes, sumptuous sets and toe-tapping tunes.
The show features an all-star cast of highly experienced panto performers including the charming and charismatic Rory Booth in the title role, and panto stalwarts Bryan Hiles (as Puss’s hapless surfer-dude owner, Tom) and Darren King (Tom’s outrageous mother, Dame Marzipan, the village baker).
The nasty villain is rubber-faced, treacle-voiced Peter Court, who plays a shape-shifting goblin wizard, while his nemesis, the good fairy, Calypso Honeybunch, is played with quirky style by much-loved Durban actress, Belinda Henwood. More glamour comes in the form of two beautiful ladies, Londiwe Dhlomo, who plays the adventurous Princess Miranda, and Caitlin Kilburn as a slinky feline spy, Selina Swiftclaw.
Rounding off the excellent cast is golden-voiced Lyle Buxton as a Johnny Bravo style mill owner, and Nhlakanepho Manqele as the jocular king of the enchanted island.
Tickets range in price from R120 to R220. Book through Computicket: www.computicket.co.za or 0861 915 8000.
