Years
2019 2018
Hoe speelgoed regtig-egtig word
2018-09-22

Script by: Karen Combrinck
Directed by: Debeer Cloete
Venue:  Scaena Rehearsal Room Theatre, UFS-Main Campus
Language: Afrikaans
Genre: Children's Theatre

Date and times:
19 September @ 11:00
20 September @ 11:00
21 September @ 11:00
21 September @ 18:00
22 September @ 10:00
22 September @ 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)

“There once was a Velveteen Rabbit, and in the beginning, he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a Rabbit should be; and for at least an hour the Boy loved him”.

Hoe speelgoed regtig-egtig word is a brand-new theatre script from the pen of Karen Combrinck based on Margery Williams’ beloved tale of the Velveteen Rabbit.  The production tells the tale of a shy toy rabbit who wants nothing more than becoming real.  One day the toy rabbit ends up on a heap of Christmas gifts.  Along with the other toys, old and new, the velveteen rabbit goes on a journey of discovery during which he realizes that it is not what you can do or what you look like that matters, but that being loved by someone else makes you real. 

DeBeer Cloete (Bunnicula, Lyle the Crocodile and A monster under the bed) directs this production that showcases the talents of the second-year drama and theatre arts students. 

The production opens on Wednesday 19 September at the Rehearsal Room at the Scaena Theatre Complex on the UFS campus. 

Tickets are available through Computicket and are priced between R20 and R25. 

Showtimes are as follow:  19 - 21 September 11:00, 21 September 18:00 and 22 September 10:00 and 12:00.   


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The Mesh

By Keith Armstrong

Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, Sasol Library

Exhibition closes:  Friday 11 August 2017

Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 08:30 – 16:30.

The Mesh is an interactive, experiential solo exhibition by Australian artist Keith Armstrong. The five artworks on exhibition each investigate how the ‘mesh' of environmental, social and cultural ecologies form our worlds, asking how might we re-imagine our place and actions within those networks as ‘refuturing’ (i.e. concerted actions that help increase time left in the future). 

Retrospective works are shown together with international premieres. These include a sculptural text-based work O Tswellang, arising from collaborations with 'change agents' in the informal townships around Bloemfontein. Another of the five works, the international premiere of Eremocene (Era of Loneliness), allows the viewer to interact with faintly glowing fibre optic forms that travel ethereally through a darkened tank accompanied by dynamic sounds, suggesting an naturalised/artificially intelligent form, ambiguously isolated at the edges of fluid consciousness. The exhibition also sees the re-development of innovative video installations such as Shifting Dusts, originally commissioned for the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA) London in 2006 and Seasonal

Audiences navigate these works non-linearly, encountering kinetic light works, telescopic tunnels of ethereal imagery and sound and gently pulsing, ambiguous surfaces. Overall The Mesh seeks to shine a light upon the silent, shadowy barriers of cultural misunderstanding that prevent us from re-inventing ourselves as a future-sustaining species.

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