ONE of Durban’s most recognised and respected actors, Bryan Hiles, has a busy patch ahead of him at the 26th Hilton Arts Festival in four productions with seven performances over the three day festival from 14 to 16 September
He will be front-and-centre in the gentle telling of the tale about an unusual boy named Jakob. The story is an interesting melange of mythology, folk tale and rural narration exploring Jakob’s life. Based on the short story by lighting designer, Michael Taylor-Broderick, it is brilliant and enigmatic theatre filled with riddles and questions.
The effervescent actor will be flexing his vocal cords in the three other productions, the first is the third episode of the Knotted series, this time entitled Get Knotted, where he shares the stage with Rowan Bartlett, and Darren King and the stony-faced Lola the Mannequin. The trio will be whisking you away with their forays down sordid alleyways and into neon lit harems that form the backbone of Las Vegas.
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Cardboard Carnival is an hour long cabaret show featuring Hiles and King alongside Marion Loudon and Leigh Meyer. They delve into well known, popular, tried and tested tracks that take a closer look at the life of relationships.
In his final show at the fest, Hiles will be a guest of the KZN Youth Orchestra in their production Classic Blast where he will be singing renditions of Africa, Doo Bee Doo, the Lions Sleep Tonight and the phenomenal Leonard Cohen song, Hallelujah.
Visit https://www.hiltonfestival.co.za/ for the full programme. For tickets email: tickets@hiltoncollege.com.
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