ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE Important Telephone Numbers 1 DF Malan Street, Foreshore, Switchboard | 021 410 9800 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE Cape Town 8001 Fax | 021 421 5448 PO Box 4107, Dial-a-Seat | 021 421 7695 QUARTERLY EVENTS CALENDAR Cape Town 8000 Box Office Enquiries | 021 421 7839 December 2017 to February 2018 Tel | 021 410 9800 Arts Café | 021 410 9852 Fax | 021 421 5448 Fine Music Radio | 021 401 1013 e-mail | [email protected] Artscape Theatre Centre Booking Info @ArtscapeTheatre ARTSCAPE Box Office, Artscape Theatre Computicket outlets and credit @ArtscapeTheatre card telephone bookings Tel | 021 421 7695 Mondays to Fridays: 09:00 – 17:00 Saturdays: 09:00 – 12:30 www.artscape.co.za 23 NOVEMBER – 10 DECEMBER 2017 28 NOVEMBER – 2 DECEMBER 2017 The Magic Flute Unmute ArtsAbility Festival With an enchanting blend of visual ARTSCAPE THEATRE wizardry and whimsical comedy, South Africa’s premier Integrated Arts Platform, the Unmute ArtsAbility Festival, will Matthew Wild’s dream-like staging in present a display of collaborative artistic works by artists with mixed abilities and Michael Mitchell’s poetic designs gives from mixed genres. The festival’s theme is ABILITY. new expression to Mozart’s fable about the power of music. Protected by the TORDRE magic of their enchanted flute, Tamino and Pamina discover that only music TORDRE opens rather mischievously with can lead them ‘through death’s dark music from Funny Girl, William Wyler’s Imbert ©Patrick night’. A young cast of outstanding 5 December 2017 @ 19h30 American musical film. Two dancers singers from Cape Town Opera and the 7 December 2017 @ 19h30 come charging onto the stage and, as University of Cape Town Opera School, they do so, we smile at the sweeping usher in summer with Mozart’s most 9 December 2017 @ 18h00 body beautiful archetypes, which lay joyful and uplifting masterpiece. 10 December 2017 @ 15h00 behind so many Broadway fantasies. Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Choreographer Rachid Ouramdane R200 | R275 • Block Bookings of 10 or more: 10% discount Librettist Emanuel Schikaneder Founded by French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) • Scholars (5 – 18) with valid proof of Director Matthew Wild • Block Bookings of 10 or more: less 20% and Alliance Française du Cap and produced by status: 10% discount Choreographer Joshua Beamish • Pensioners and Students: 50% discount CCN2-Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble • Pensioners and Students with valid proof Decor Design & Costume Design Michael on R275 and R200 tickets for 5, 7 and 28 November 2017 @ 19:30 | R100 of status: 10% discount Mitchell 10 December performances Lighting Design Patrick Curtis • Scholars (2 – 18 years): 50% discount on R275 and R200 tickets only for 5, 7 and ACCESS ME THEATRE 10 December performances Unmute Dance Company presents 23 November 2017 @ 19h30 Terms & Conditions apply ACCESS ME – a new performance work 25 November 2017 @ 18h00 ± 2 hours 45 minutes created in response to a photo story around the theme of accessibility by Darkroom Contemporary & 27 NOVEMBER – 9 DECEMBER 2017 Photographer, Oscar O’Ryan. 29 November 2017 @ 19:30 | R50 Nice Coat (Lekker Jas) ABILITY Unmute Dance Company presents a fun Soli Philander’s Nice Coat is about – as and exciting performance to celebrate he puts it – his Cape Town. Born out of a the International Day for Persons with desire for a narrative about Cape Town – Disabilities. This performance gives South the place of his birth, his youth, his heart African learners and dancers with mixed – that didn’t serve a political agenda; abilities (disabled and able-bodied) wasn’t an exercise in attracting tourists; an integrated platform through the and did not disregard the daily, stark Author Soli Philander performing arts. realities that so many Capetonians trying 1 December 2017 @ 12:00 | R50 to survive have to embrace daily. ARENA Philander is adamant about the unique 27 – 30 November 2017 @ 19:30 ‘sound’ of Cape Town – ‘there is a rhythm 1 – 2 December 2017 @ 19:30 UNMUTE & FRIENDS to it, a beat’ – that he maintains is the 2 December 2017 @ 14:00 Unmute & Friends is a showcase essence of being Capetonian. In his of professional works that creates conversations about; his criticism of; and 5 – 9 December 2017 @ 19:30 friendships beyond the borders that his tribute to Cape Town, he seamlessly 9 December 2017 @ 14:00 separate us. plays with word and intonation, idiom | and phrase, rhyme and reason, to R120 2 December 2017 @ 19:30 R50 engage mind, memory and emotion in a ± 65 minutes (without interval) delicately-humoured, hour-long rhyme. • Scholars (7 – 18) with valid proof of status: R25 • Pensioners and Students with valid proof of status: R25 2 BOOK NOW Information correct at the time of going to print Information correct at the time of going to print BOOK NOW 3 2 DECEMBER 2017 – 7 JANUARY 2018 9 – 23 DECEMBER 2017 Evita The Frog Prince With more than 20 major awards to A long time ago a handsome young its credit, and an Oscar-winning film Prince rode off to seek his fortune. version starring Madonna and Antonio Tired and thirsty, he stopped at a Banderas, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd well for some water. At the well, the Webber’s musical, Evita, is iconic and friendly Frogs warned him that the known the world over. well belonged to a Witch and that she would turn him into a Frog if he drank Featuring some of the best loved the water! But he did not listen! songs in musical theatre, including Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, On This The Prince drank the water and turned Night Of A Thousand Stars, You Must into a Frog – and only the kiss of a Love Me, and Another Suitcase In Beautiful Princess would be able to Another Hall, Evita charts the story break the spell. 9 December 2017 @ 10:30 of Eva Perón – wife of former Join us and help the Prince and Argentine dictator, Juan Perón Princess outwit the Witch. 11 – 16 December 2017 @ 10:30 – from her humble beginnings (16 December: dress-up parade) through to the extraordinary Librettist Shirley Greek wealth, power and status, which Director Cheryl Abromowitz 18 – 23 December 2017 @ 10:30 ultimately led to her being R90 heralded the 'spiritual leader of THEATRE FOYER • Block Bookings of 20 or more: 10% the nation'. ± 1 hour discount on full prices Producers Pieter Toerien and David Ian OPERA HOUSE 20 – 23 DECEMBER 2017 2 December 2017 @ 15:00 & 20:00 3 December 2017 @ 17:30 Hartklop 5 – 8 December 2017 @ 20:00 9 December 2017 @ 15:00 & 20:00 Hoe kan ‘n mens tussen die lewe en jou liefde kies ... as die keuse om lewe 10 December 2017 @ 14:00 & 17:30 ... of dood gaan? Die boeiende stuk is 12 – 15 December 2017 @ 20:00 All discounts end on Saturday 30 December 2017 gebaseer op ‘n ware verhaal soos aan Jan vertel is deur die hartchirurg, Only at Computicket, Artscape Dial-A-Seat 16 December 2017 @ 15:00 & 20:00 Dr Susan Vosloo. • Family package: R2 400 for 5 tickets / 17 December 2017 @ 14:00 & 17:30 R2 880 for 6 tickets (on top price only) for Marlo Minnaar en Tessa Denton, albei 19 – 22 December 2017 @ 20:00 Wedneday & Thursday at 20:00 gevierde Suid-Afrikaanse akteurs, • Fanatic Club Members (on top price only) vertolk die uitdagende hoofrolle 23 December 2017 @ 15:00 & 20:00 on all performances: R405 per ticket in Hartklop. Christo Davids, die 26 – 29 December 2017 @ 20:00 on Tuesday at 20:00 or Sunday at 17:30 bekende akteur, Errol in 7de Laan, wie Lighting Design Jan Groenewald & and R450 for all other performances verlede jaar die hoofrol in Hartklop 30 December 2017 @ 15:00 & 20:00 Christo Davids (Maximum 6 tickets) in Johannesburg vertolk het, doen 31 December 2017 @ 18:00 • Pensioners with valid proof of status (top 3 nou die regie. Jan Groenewald van ARENA Foxwood is die skrywer en vervaardiger 2 – 5 January 2018 @ 20:00 prices only) on all performances: R175 per ticket for all performances on Wednesdays van hierdie produksie. 20 – 23 December 2017 @ 20:15 6 January 2017 @ 15:00 & 20:00 at 20:00 or Sundays at 14:00 This year the world celebrates 50 years R120 Only at Artscape Box Office 7 January 2017 @ 14:00 & 17:30 of heart transplants. The writer uses • Block Booking of 10 or more: R90 per ticket • Students with valid proof of status: this opportunity to create a sensitive | | | | • Pensioners and Students with valid proof of R100 R150 R200 R250 R300 R150 per ticket (only after 14:00 on day portrayal of two young people who of performance) status: R90 per ticket R350 | R400 | R450 | R500 love one another deeply, and the • Scholars (2 – 18) with valid proof of status: • Block Bookings of 20 or more: choices they are faced with … Contact Mike de Beer at Pieter Toerien R90 per ticket Productions on 021 438-3301 or Author Jan Groenewald ± 65 minutes (without interval) ± 2 hours 20 minutes [email protected] Director Jan Groenewald 4 BOOK NOW Information correct at the time of going to print Information correct at the time of going to print BOOK NOW 5 15 – 24 DECEMBER 2017 28 – 31 DECEMBER 2017 The Nutcracker A perennial favourite for the festive season, the traditional version of this fairytale ballet brings to life the story of Clara, Fritz and their eccentric uncle, Drosselmeyer. Author/Composer Tchaikovsky Director E Triegaardt Choreographer V Vynonen Decor Design C Petersen THEATRE 15 – 16 December 2017 @ 19:30 | R150 | R200 16 December 2017 @ 14:00 | R120 | R150 Nama Jazz Series 2 17 December 2017 @ 15:00 | R120 | R150 Well-known Cape Town based band, ARENA TOPDOG SA, will be taking you on an 20 December 2017 @ 15:00 | R120 | R150 28 – 30 December 2017 @ 19:30 indigenous journey with their second 20 December 2017 @ 19:30 | R150 | R200 instalment of the Nama Jazz Series.