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Noises Off
2018-09-29

Script by: Michael Frayn

Directed by: Thys Heydenrych

Vanue:  Wynand Mouton Theatre, UFS-Main Campus

Language: English

Genre: Comedy

 

Date and times:

26 September @ 19h30

27 September @ 19h30

28 September @ 19h30

29 September @ 19h30

 

Tickets: 

R 40.00 per person

R30.00 for students, scholars,

R25.00 for oensioners

Bookings:  Computicket (0861 915 8000) 

The British play Noises Off is bound to have you in stitches. Written by Michael Frayn, Noises Off can be considered a farce within a comedy and gives an inside look at all the antics of the theatre: the ups, downs, backstabbing, and relationships that form while a play is being produced and performed.

Noises Off follow a group of actors preparing for a cringe-worthy production called “Nothing-On.” What follows is on-stage misdirection, misunderstandings, doors that will not work, and props that aren’t there. Theatregoers are promised a glimpse of what happens backstage as the stage will literally turn. The actor’s best and worst sides are displayed, revealing their mysteries of trying to keep track of their newspapers, plants, lovers, missing cast members and a few plates of Sardines.

Noises Off will be featuring third-year students of the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts of the University of the Free State. Directed by Thys Heydenrych. It will be performed from 26 to 29 September 2018 at the Wynand Mouton Theatre, UFS campus, at 19:30. Tickets are available at Computicket.

This production is appreciated by an audience of age 15 and over because of a more … grown-up storyline.

The production is made possible with the support from Creative Kilowatt and Iewers Nice.


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Lyle the Crocodile and the House on East 88th Street

 


Title of Production:  Lyle the Crocodile and the House on East 88th Street

Genre:  Theatre for young adults (musical)

Language:  English

Directed by:  DeBeer Cloete

Based on the Books by:  Bernard Waber

Adapted for the Stage by:  Kevin Kling

Music composed by:  Richard Gray

Choreography by:  Mark Antony Dobson

Featuring:  2nd Year Drama Students

Venue:  Rehearsal Room Theatre

Dates & times:

12 March at 17:00

13 March at 17:00

14 March at 12:00

15 March at 12:00

18 March at 17:00

Prices:  R 25.00 per person / R 20.00 per person for groups of 10 or more

Bookings:   Computicket (0861 915 8000)

Press Release

“Lyle the Crocodile” is the story of a friendly crocodile who turns up in a bathtub in an apartment in New York City’s Upper East Side. Lyle becomes good friends with the people in the building, except for Mr Grumps, who hates Lyle, parades, people, and pretty much everything. However, when Lyle rescues Mr Grumps and his cat Loretta from a fire, Mr Grumps has to apologize for the way he’s treated Lyle. In the end, Lyle helps those around him learn that they should not judge other by how different they appear to be, but to love people (and crocodiles) for what they are.

“Lyle the Crocodile” is based on the beloved character created by Bernard Waber.  The play was originally adapted by Kevin Kling in 1990 and since then has become a staple for children’s theatre production houses around the world including the United States and Britain.  The production is aimed at primary school learners, students and adults alike and the adaptation features eleven original songs composed by Richard Gray. 

This production opens the 2014 theatrical season at the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of the Free State and features second year drama students under the direction of DeBeer Cloete (The Monster Under my Bed).  Tickets are available through Computicket.  “Lyle the Crocodile” runs from 12 to 18 March at the Scaena Rehearsal Room on the University of the Free State Campus.  For bookings or further information, please contact the drama department on 051 401 2160 between 08:00 and 13:00 on weekdays.

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