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Stockton Revealed
2018-03-04

Stockton Revealed

4 March 2018

Odeion

16:00

Stockton Revealed is an unique concert with a variety of Classical and Jazz compositions by well known celebrated composer and pianist, Noel Stockton.

Noel Stockton has established a wide reputation as a leading arranger, composer, performer, teacher and Jazz educator. He has been involved in all spheres of music for over fifty years.

Born in Benoni, Noel was a member of many well known South African bands in his youth, and broadcast extensively during the fifties and sixties. Subsequently he has conducted, arranged and composed, and performed for jazz ensembles, symphony orchestras and wind bands.

SAMRO commissions (compositions) include Manguang Suite (premièred and conducted by Dr F Fennell, USA), Concerto for Stageband premièred in 1994, by the Cape Town Jazz Orchestra Conversation Piece (Suite for String Quartet and Clarinet), Sol Y Sombra (Suite for String Quartet, Castanets and Clarinet.). Other compositions include Adagio for Strings, South African Folk Song Rhapsody, Invictus (orchestral prelude) for Jazz quartet and Symphony Orchestra, Gossip for Saxophone and String Orchestra and Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano.

Productions as music director/conductor include Pacofs Goes Pop, Noel Stockton Big Band Shows I and II, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Snoopy!!!!!, Die Goue Kring (also composer), Met Permissie Gesê, Romeo and Juliet, Brommer in die Boord, Nathaniel and Stockton in Concert, Grease, The Wiz, Sound of Music (for Eunice High School) and Flamenco - Jazz Fiesta.

Noel was a member of the PACOFS Symphony Orchestra and Senior Lecturer at the Musicon in Bloemfontein for 17 years, and lecturer in Jazz Studies and Theory at the University of the Free State and Pretoria University.

Musicians who will perform, include Noel Stockton (piano), the Nöthling-Strydom Duo (with Danrè Strydom – clarinet and Grethe Nöthling – piano), Francois Henkins (violin), Elspeth Neary (violin), Anna van Niekerk (viola), Anmari van der Westhuizen (cello), Tilla Henkins (cello), Geruan Geldenhuys (flute), Xavier Cloete (bassoon), Marco D’Angelo (trumpet), George Foster (tuba), Petro Engelbrecht (piano), Lesley-Ann Mathews (piano) and Jasmin Antonie (castanets).

PROGRAMME:

  • Six short pieces for Violin and Piano
  • Antiphonals for Trumpet and Piano
  • Diversions for Violin, Recorder and Piano
  • Invocation and Chant for solo V’Cello and Bembe
  • Three pieces for Clarinet and Piano
  • Sonatina for Tuba and Euphonium (Bassoon)
  • Sol Y Sombra Suite (in honour of Uys Krige)
  • Dance suite for Flute and String Quartet

ADMISSION

  • R70 (adults)
  • *R50 (pensioners)
  • *R50 (UFS staff)
  • *R40 (students, learners and block bookings of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket or online at http://online.computicket.com/web/

*Please note that tickets for pensioners, students, learners and UFS staff can only be purchased at a Computicket outlet (Shoprite Checkers) or at the doors since a valid card or ID has to be presented to qualify for the above mentioned discount.

ENQUIRIES

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)


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Jollie Patrollie

Description: 2018 Jollie Patrollie Tags: 2018 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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