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The Bald Diva
2018-05-24

The Bald DivaName of Production: The Bald Diva

Script By: Eugene Ionesco

Directed By: Dion van Niekerk

Venue: Scaena Theatre, UFS-Main Campus

Language: English

Genre: Comedy

Date and times:

  • 24 May @ 19:30
  • 25 May @ 19:30
  • 26 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)

Photo by Luhard Potgieter.

  • Nathan De La Rey
  • René Lombard
  • Kabelo Sekhoto
  • Vuyiswa Mxasa
  • Sikhuthali Bonga
  • Kairon de Beer

The Bald Diva

A typical English family: a typical English husband; a typical English wife, and a typical English home – except for the grandfather clock that strikes any number of times whenever it feels like it! How odd! And why are all the family friends named Bobby Watson?

Not much makes sense in Eugene Ionesco’s acclaimed play, The Bald Diva, but that’s half the fun. A French maid, a fireman and two very confused dinner guests all turn a “typical” English evening into an experience that no-one is likely to forget soon.

The Bald Diva is an hour-long romp through the absurdity of language, English tradition and strained marital relationships. Directed by Dion van Niekerk, and starring a bunch of highly talented students, this classic masterpiece is not to be missed!

The Bald Diva will be playing at the University of the Free State’s Scaena theatre from the 24th to the 26th May at 19:30pm. Tickets are available at Computicket.


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Tsjechow in Yalta (A)

Text: John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow
Directed by: Gerben Kamper

Venue: Wynand Mouton theatre

Dates and times:
13 September 2012 at 19h30
14 September 2012 at 19h30
15 September 2012 at 19h30

Tickets: R 30.00 per person
R 20.00 per person (students, scholars & pensioners)

Bookings: Computicket (Mimosa Mall and Checkers)

Bookings for block bookings of 10 or more people can be done with Thys Heydenrych (072 235 3191)

Confined in his villa at Yalta by illness in April of 1900, Chekov receives a delightful visit by the Moscow Art Theatre. They have embarked on a provincial tour with the express purpose of persuading Chekov to give them his latest play. Noteworthy characters include Konstantin Stanislavski (1863 – 1938), founder member of the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898; Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858 – 1943), founder member of the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898; Olga Knipper (1868 – 1959), an actress, part of John Driver en Jeffrey Haddow the company of the Moscow Art Theatre and who married Anton Chekov at the end of his life; Maxim Gorki (1868 – 1936), die well known revolutionary Russian dramatist (The Lower Depths, 1902); and Ivan Bunin (1870 – 1953), the first Russian recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1933.

The play is criss crossed with amorous triangles, battles of ego, high spirits and melancholic languor reminiscent of Chekov’s work. This fictional comedy by John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow, was the winner of several prestigious awards including a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Distinguished Playwriting and a American Theatre Critics Citation.
 

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