Fame the musical
JOBURG - JOBURG Theatre will host the Festival of Fame this year from 11 to 15 March.
The festival will offer a feast of music, dance, visual arts and drama for all art lovers aged eight to 80.
The festival will feature a host of top-quality National School of the Arts (NSA) productions, with a selection of multi-nominated and award-winning professional productions curated by Assitej South Africa.
NSA’s major production is the ever-popular Fame-the Musical, a show about life and the journeys of pupils at the New York School of the Performing Arts. With its multi award-winning professional directorial team of Mark Hawkins, Janna Ramos-Violante, Nic Michaletos, Wilhelm Disbergen, Akhona Bozo and Charlie van Rooyen, and featuring professionals Jonathon Taylor, Lala Tuku, Helen Desbois and Dean Roberts as the teachers performing alongside NSA’s rising stars, this production at The Nelson MandelaTheatre in The Joburg Theatre Complex is not to be missed.
The programme opens with the enchanting classical ballet Les Patineurs which depicts a Victorian skating party on a frozen pond.
Dance Spectrum also features two stunning new works by guest choreographer Shannon Glover from The Joburg Ballet and a vibrant new Spanish piece by Julia Bonegio, accompanied by Spanish guitar maestro, Raoul Bonegio, with vignettes by Moving Into Dance Mophatong. This joyous kaleidoscope of ballet, contemporary, Spanish and African contemporary dance is also on at The Mandela.
It’s a Kinda Magic, from the NSA’s music department, features the iconic works of mega-bands Queen and ABBA.
With the support of ASSITEJ South Africa, some of the best local productions will feature on the Festival of Fame programme.
Details; 0861 670 670; www.joburgtheatre.com
