Spier celebrates 10 years
2006-01-12
THE Spier Arts Trust Summer Season, now in its tenth year, is currently presenting a programme that showcases top quality productions.
* Cape Town City Ballet presents Queen At The Ballet, choreographed by Sean Bovim and conducted by Michael Hankinson, from 24-28 and 31 January and 1 February.
The popular Luciano Zuppa and Duncan Royce perform Freddy Mercury’s vocals and the show also stars Zanne Stapelberg and Aviva Pelham.
Gavin Rajah and Malcolm Kluk, amongst others add to the set design with a visually striking array of costumes.
* From ballet, the programme moves to the DDK Lyric Festival, with the lyric group Dimpho Di Kopane performing in their new venue, at the Lynedoch Eco Village.
This vibrant, passionate cast will blow you away with three productions, Ikumkanikazi yeKhephu (The Snow Queen) a South African version of the Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale, Yiimimangaliso (The Mysteries) and Ibali looTsots (The Beggar’s Opera) 24-28 January, 31 January-4 February.
* The Spier Arts Trust presents the Spier Open Air Poetry Festival curated by Antjie Krog on 3 and 4 February. This is a new, emotional rhetoric part of the programme and incorporates many established as well as new poets and writers.
Audiences can expect to hear the best English and Afrikaans poetry, spine-tingling Xhosa praise poems and rap. Poets will perform with bands and bands will use poetry in this mind-challenging festival.
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