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Bunnicula
2018-04-11

Name of Production: Bunnicula

Script By: Deborah and James Howe

Directed By: Debeer Cloete

Venue: Scaena Rehearsal Room Theatre, UFS-Main Campus

Language: English

Genre:Children's Theatre

Date and times:

  • 11 April @ 11:00
  • 12 April @ 11:00
  • 13 April @ 11:00
  • 13 April @ 18:00
  • 14 April @ 10:00
  • 14 April @ 12:00

Price: R 25.00 per person and/or R20.00 per person for groups of 10 or more.

Bookings: Computicket (0861 915 8000)

Group Bookings: Karen Combrinck ((051) 401 2160)

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A dancing cat, a howling dog, and a vampire bunny. The perfect pet combination for any family. It is a dark and stormy night and Chester (the family cat) and Harold (the family dog) sit waiting for their owners to return home from the movies. Chester and Harold are more than just pets, they are good friends too. When the Monroes finally get home, they come bearing a surprise: they have found a bunny in the movie theatre. However, this is no ordinary rabbit … this is the extraordinary Bunnicula. When the family’s produce starts losing its juice, Chester thinks he knows what is causing the fantastic phenomenon. Bunnicula is a vampire! Or maybe Chester’s imagination is getting the better of him. Singing and dancing their way through this hilarious mystery, the furry friends find room in their hearts, and in their home, for one very unique bunny.

This unique musical Children’s theatre production is directed by DeBeer Cloete and features second-year Drama students in the South African premiere of Deborah and James Howe’s Bunnicula. The production runs from the 11th to the 14th op April at the Scaena Rehearsal Room on the UFS Campus and tickets are available through Computicket. The production is recommended for children 7 years and up and everyone young at heart.


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Hairspray. The Broadway Musical

Book by: Mark O’Donnel
Music by: Marc Shaiman
Lyrics : Scott Willman & Marc Shaiman

Director: Thys Heydenrych
Musical director: Hendri Liebenberg
Choreography: Elize Cogle
Venue: Wynand Mouton theatre

Dates & times:
29 February 2012 19h30
01 March 2012 19h30
02 March 2012 19h30
03 March 2012 14h00 & 19h30

Bookings: Computicket (Mimosa Mall, Loch Logan Waterfront, Preller Square en Checkers)

 

"If life were everything it should be, it would be more like Hairspray." —The New York Times

The Award-winning Broadway musical Hairspray is finally coming to Bloemfontein. FACTS, a local theatre company associated with the UFS Drama department, is staging this fun-filled, toe-tapping musical romp that inspires everyone who sees it to “dream big.”

Tracy Turnblad is a big girl with a big heart and even bigger hair, with one big wish - to dance. We follow Tracy as she sings and dances her way through the adversity of being ahead of her time in her own unassuming way. Along the way she finds acceptance and big romance with the teenage heart-throb Link Larkin.

The cast comprises of a mixture of seasoned professionals as well as honours and final year drama students. Some of the professionals to be seen in this production are Leendert de Jager (Edna Turnblad), Anton Smit (Wilbur Turnblad), Lezanda Visser (Velma von Tussle), Tshili Gude (Motormouth Maybelle), Quintus Aslett (Corny Collins) and Ilne Fourie (Prudy Pingleton). Making their professional debut in this FACTS production are Marnel Bester (Tracy Turnblad), Marli van der Bijl (Penny Pingleton), Heinie de Jager (Link Larkin) and Teddy Mhlambi (Seaweed J. Stubbs).

This Broadway phenomenon, that inspired a major blockbuster-film starring John Travolta, features delicious sing-along songs (under the music direction of Henri Liebenberg), breathtaking choreography (by Elize Cogle assisted by Godfrey Manenye) and spectacular vocals that will have you dancing in the aisles. Directed by Thys Heydenrych, this production promises to blow your socks off.

The show runs from the 29th of February till the 3rd of March in the Wynand Mouton Theatre. Tickets are R50 for adults and R40 for pensioners, students and scholars. Tickets are available at Computicket.

Hairspray is made possible by the generous donation from the National Lottery Distribution Fund.


 

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