Years
2019 2018
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)

Media Release

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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OSM Opening Concert 2016

OSM Opening Concert 2016 with Stefan Temmingh (recorder), Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord) and the OSM Camerata with conductor Xavier Cloete

Description: OSM Opening Concert 2016 Tags: OSM Opening Concert

The annual OSM Opening Concert will feature two brilliant South African musicians – world renowned recorder player, Stefan Temmingh, and harpsichordist, Erik Dippenaar.  Temmingh and Dippenaar will present the first half of the recital with works by Corelli, Roman and Geminiani.

For the second half the musicians will collaborate  with  the OSM Camerata (OSMC) under the baton of Xavier Cloete for the world première of the Concerto per Flauto Dolce, Clavicembalo e Orchestra (2016) composed by esteemed South African composer Hendrik Hofmeyr (*1957).  The concerto was commissioned for Temmingh and Dippenaar by the SAMRO Foundation (2015).

Stefan is residing in Germany and forms part of a new young generation of world-class recorder players often compared to the legendary Frans Brüggen.  Erik is currently serving as the artistic director of Camerata Tinta Barocca and has performed as a solo organist with several of SA’s leading orchestras.  He is laureate of the 2006 and 2009 RCM Music Competition.

Xavier Cloete, artistic director of the OSMC, is laureate of the Len van Zyl National Orchestral Conducting Competition (2013) and made his international debut in 2013 with the Mikkeli City Orchestra (Finland).

The OSMC was founded as a flagship chamber ensemble at the beginning of 2012 and made its international debut at the 13th International Conservatoire Festival (St Petersburg, Russia) with a programme by South African composers. In April 2013 the OSMC served as the orchestra for the world première of the Cello Concerto for an African Cellist by SA composer, Hans Huyssen, with SA cellist, Heleen du Plessis as soloist. The CD was released in December 2013 on the New Zealand Classical Music label, ODE Records.

Renowned SA composer Hendrik Hofmeyr collaborated before with Temmingh and Dippenaar when they premièred Hofmeyr's Recorder Concerto (2013) with members of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra on occasion of the 7th Cape Town International Summer Music Festival.
 
Concerto for Recorder - Hendrik Hofmeyr
1st movement (Incantato)
2nd movement (Allegro vivace)
 
OSM Camerata
Notturno Elegiaco - Hendrik Hofmeyr
The Phantom Walz

Admissions

R130 (adults), R90 (pensioners, students and learners), R70 (UFS staff), R50 (group bookings of 10+)
Tickets available at Computicket or at the door.

Enquiries 
Ninette Pretorius
Tel: +27(0)51 401 2504


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