KickstArt has a lot lined up
THEATRE producers KickstArt have four productions scheduled for 2018 – a comedy, a musical, a children’s show, and its endof-year family pantomime – set to be staged at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre.
The comedy, The Play that Goes Wrong, will take place from April 6 to 29.
Described as Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off, it is about an amateur dramatics company that puts on a 1920s murder mystery, The Murder at Haversham Manor, in a similar vein to the acclaimed The Mousetrap, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong does!
Even before the play starts, the audience sees the backstage staff doing last-minute adjustments to the set, including trying to mend a broken mantelpiece and to find a dog that has run off.
The accident-prone luckless Thespians battle against the odds to make it to their final curtain call with the set still standing.
The Play that Goes Wrong stars James Cuningham, Liesl Coppin, Bryan Hiles, Michael Gritten, Daisy Spencer, Mthokozisi Zulu and Adam Dorè.
Camelot will be staged from May 18 to June 3.
It explores the inspiring tales of
King Arthur, his wife Guinevere, and the famed knights of the Round Table.
It stars Steven Stead as Arthur, Jessica Sole as his queen, Guinevere, and Lyle
Buxton as Sir Lancelot. It is not suitable for children under 8 years old.
The Roald Dahl family show, The BFG, about the adventures of a big, friendly giant, and Sophie, a little orphan he befriends, will be staged from June 21 to July 8.
It features quirky and inventive puppetry. The cast includes Bryan Hiles, Belinda Henwood, Clare Mortimer, Daisy Spencer, Straw Nzimande and Lyle Buxton.
Finally, the family pantomime Cinderella will be staged from December 7 to January 6.
It is directed by Steven Stead, designed by Greg King with choreography by Evashnee Pillay. It stars Darren King and Bryan Hiles as the Ugly Sisters, Mthokosizi Zulu as Buttons, Nathan Kruger as the Prince, Lyle Buxton as Dandini and Anne-Marie Clulow as the Fairy Godmother. Cinderella will be played by newcomer, Roshanda Lewis.
For enquiries, e-mail kickstart@ letni.co.za The Play that Goes
Wrong.