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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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Christmas Concert

Sunday 1 December 2019

Odeion ~ 16:00

Admission: FREE

Josef Rheinberger (1839 – 1901)
Suite for Organ Trio and Strings, Op. 149

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)
Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12

In the light of this year’s advent time, the Odeion School of Music in collaboration with the Free State Symphony Orchestra, will present a Christmas Concert with various soloists and mainly string orchestra. The centre piece will be the Oratorio de Noël Op. 12 (Christmas Oratorio) from Camille Saint-Saëns, composed for five vocal soloists, mixed choir, strings, organ and harp. It was first performed at the Madeleine church on 25 December 1858 in Paris. This early work of the composer resembles a distinct lyricism of 19th-century French church music. It is sung in Latin, based on texts from the Old and New Testaments, the Psalms and Gospels, as well as the Catholic Christmas liturgy. The chamber music-like instrumentation with the exclusion of wind instruments, lyrical solo parts, and a modest choral part combine to create a general pastoral mood. The Suite for Organ Trio and String Orchestra fits into this programme with its pastoral character and chamber music setting.

The initiative for this concert is not only to offer the community of Bloemfontein a classical Christmas Concert, but it also serves as an educational project in which vocal students will form the choir of the oratorio, and string students will be part of the orchestra. These students share the stage with professional singers and instrumentalist and therefore gain first-hand experience of their profession. The Odeion String Quartet will lead the string sections. The soloists of the Rheinberger Suite are Jan Beukes (organ), Anmarie van der Westhuizen (Cello) and Samson Diamond (violin). A unique combination of vocal soloists sing in the Saint-Saëns Oratorio with Kimmy Skota (soprano), Teresa de Wit (mezzo-soprano), Mariëtte Pitout (contralto), Albertus Engelbrecht (tenor) and Thesele Kemane (baritone). Both these works will be performed under the baton of Alexander Fokkens.

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