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Jollie Patrollie
2018-05-16

Jollie PatrollieNAME OF PRODUCTION: JOLLIE PATROLLIE

SCRIPT BY: NICO LUWES

DIRECTED BY: NICO LUWES

VENUE: WYNAND MOUTON THEATRE, UFS-MAIN CAMPUS

LANGUAGE: AFKRIAANS

GENRE: COMEDY

Photo by Esté Strydom.
Juani Smith
Janco Pieterse
Claudia Herbst
Barend Kriel
Esmarie Booysen

Date and times:

  • 16 May @ 19:30
  • 17 May @ 19:30
  • 18 May @ 19:30

TICKETS:

  • R 40.00 PER PERSON
  • R 30.00 FOR STUDENTS, SCHOLARS,
  • R 25.00 FOR PENSIONERS

BOOKINGS: COMPUTICKET (0861 915 8000)

Nico Luwes new Afrikaans farce, Jollie Patrollie, was specially written for the talented, young third year drama students in 2018. Farce provides exceptional intellectual and physical challenges and artistic skills for actors. A typical farce depends on surprises and unexpected twists in the plot so to tell too much about the story beforehand, might give the fun away. In this crazy farce, a nerdy young bank official tries to convince his grumpy boss, Bidou von Brakel, and his prim and proper wife, Barabarossa, that he is a happily married man and the ideal husband. If he can convince them of his high morals, he might be promoted at work. His only problem is that he is not married and hired a young girl to play his so-called wife named, Jollie, for the evening. Due to various comical misunderstandings, the situation turns into a chaotic nightmare for the goodhearted Stephanus. One wonders if the grumpy old boss, Bidou, is as morally innocent as he pretends. Bidou’s wife, Barbarossa sits squarely on her poor husband’s head and does not trust Stephanus and his wife, Jollie, at all. Might Stephanus be a very kinky man with strange habits or not? She finds his wife, Jollie, is even more bizarre. Does she just play dumb or are the little pigs in her head just totally running in circles?

As in all the well-known previous farces by Luwes the comedy lies in the complex plot filled with comical characters caught up strange situations. The plot move at break-neck speed from one crisis to the other and the poor Stephanus must desperately put out fires to get out of trouble. In his typical farce style, double meanings in dialogue is driven further in that one of the characters does not understand one word of Afrikaans! Or do the characters just not have a clue about the situation they are caught in? The actors and the audience must keep their wits together to figure out who knows what, what the real situation and intentions of the characters are. The final test for a farce text and the production on stage depends on whether the audience can be convinced that this could have happened in real life. So beware! Who knows? Maybe you might one day find yourself in a similar situation! This hilarious farce can be enjoyed by the whole family and promises a good old belly laugh for all.

Performances in the Wynand Mouton Theatre take place at 7:30 on 16, 17 and 18 May. Booking at Computicket.


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Alexander Ramm (cello) & Tinus Botha (piano)

17 May 2012
Odeion
19:30

Alexander Ramm was born in Vladivostok (Russia) in 1988. He studied at the Chopin Music School until 2003, entered the Chopin College and finished in 2007 in the class of Prof. M. Zhuravleva. At present he is a student at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory under the guidance of Prof. N. Shakhovskaya. He performs in many concerts in the best halls of Russia, such as the Rachmaninoff Hall, the Small and the Great Halls of the State Conservatory and abroad. Alexander is the winner of several international and national competitions. In 2010 he took part in festivals and master classes at the Courchevel Academy and Holland Music Sessions with famous professors Philippe Muller, Maria Kliegel, Reinhard Latzko and Uzi Wiezel. He took first prizes at the following international competitions: the Young Cellist Competition (Moscow, 2003), the Cambridge International String Competition (2005), the International Romantic Music Festival (Moscow, 2006) and the National Music Competition (Russia, 2010). He also took 4th prize at the 5th UNISA International String Competition (2010) and 2nd prize in the 3rd Beijing International Music Competition (2010).

Tinus Botha received his musical training at the University of Pretoria, Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara) and Texas Christian University (Fort Worth). His teachers have included Joseph Stanford, Jerome Lowenthal, José Feghali and Harold Martina. Tinus has featured as soloist with a number of South African orchestras, including the Artium Orchestra, CAPAB, NAPOP, COSA and Pro Musica. As chamber musician he has collaborated with a number of South Africa's foremost artists, and is regularly invited to serve as official accompanist at UNISA’s international music competitions. In 2008 he received a D.Mus. (performing arts) degree from the University of Pretoria. Tinus will be the pianist during Alexander’s South African tour.

Programme:
Franck – Sonata for cello and piano
Kodaly – Finale from Sonata for solo cello
Hanmer – Elegy (A Jazzy Waltz and Simple Song)
Rachmaninoff – Sonata for cello and piano

Admission:
R120 (adults), R80 (pensioners, students and learners)
R50 (block booking of 10+)
Tickets available at Computicket.

Enquiries:
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)

 

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