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The Princess and the Three Princes
2018-06-02

The Princess and the Three PrincesScript by: Annebelle Smit

Directed by: Annebelle Smit

Venue:  Scaena Rehearsal Room Theatre, UFS-Main Campus

Language: English

Genre: Children's Theatre

 

Date and times:

30 May @ 11:00

31 May @ 11:00 & 15:00

1 June @ 11:00 & 18:00

2 June @ 11:00

 

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)

A long time ago, in Arcadia, a land covered with golden sand, lived a Sultan and his beautiful daughter, Princess Shumaila. On the Princess’s eighteen birthday, her father arranged for her to meet three possible suitors. The Princess was unsure of these plans but with the help of her camel friend, Jamaila and the all-knowing Genie Alim, they will help her to devise a plan to make her decision easier.

Everything doesn’t go according to plan, though, because of the jealous sorceress Mara who will do everything in her power to become queen of Arcadia. Come and join the princess and her friends to see what plan they will devise to help Princess Shumaila and save the kingdom from the evil sorceress.


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Pygmalion

Description: Pygmalion Tags: Pygmalion 

Name of production: Pygmalion
Script by: George Bernard Shaw

Directed by: Dion van Niekerk 
Venue: Wynand Mouton Theatre
Language: English 
Genre: Drama 

Date and times: 

29 – 31 March 2017 @ 19h30 

Price: R40.00 for adults / R30.00 for students & scholars / R25.00 for pensioners.
Bookings: Computicket (0861 915 8000) 

Pygmalion

The Department of Drama and Theatre Arts at UFS will be presenting a production of Pygmalion at the end of this month, in the Wynand Mouton Theatre, from 29-31 March, 19:30.

Pygmalion is one of English drama’s classic plays. Written by George Bernard Shaw in the early 1900s, the play is based on an ancient Greek myth in which a sculptor, Pygmalion, falls in love with one of his statues, which then comes to life.

In Shaw’s story, a professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins, takes a bet that he can train a poor flower girl to speak “proper” English, and pass her off as a duchess. Eliza Doolittle, the subject of this experiment, must learn to improve her manners, language and social skills. But what does she lose along the way?

Pygmalion is a gentle comedy that makes a statement about class structures and the role of women in society – it isn’t hard to draw parallels with South African social conditions. Shaw’s famous play was converted into a popular musical in the 1960s, and many people will recognize the story of Pygmalion in My Fair Lady.

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