(Pic: Barbie Meyer in “Bosman’s Veld Maiden”)Rhumbelow Theatre presents first of an annual festival.
“Everyone loves a good story and no-one wrote them quite as beautifully, insightfully and downright hilariously as Herman Charles Bosman”, says blonde Barbie Meyer with a passionate twinkle in her eye. After seeing Patrick Mynhardt transformed into Oom Schalk on the stage and hearing him tell Bosman’s intrinsically South African short stories, Barbie Meyer never quite saw the world in the same way again. “Quite simply I was hooked from an early age” she laughs. One senses that the Bosman stories that Meyer performs will be filled with hilarity, beauty, passion, irony and wit - words which Meyer constantly uses to describe his work.
Meyer has teamed up with Roland Stansell of Rhumbelow Theatre in planning what will be Durban’s own Bosman Festival. The festival will be an annual event, presented this year on the weekends of July 23 to 25 and July 30 to August 1.
In her previous shows the veld maiden herself, Barbie Meyer, has been able to bring to life and give a balanced and highly palatable assortment of Bosman’s short stories, essays and poetry. Tasty titbits about Bosman’s Bohemian and rather controversial life have been cleverly woven into each play. For Bosman fans and the uninitiated alike, the Durban Bosman Festival comes highly recommended. , All directed by Bets Basson and featuring Barbie Meyer, three different Bosman shows will be presented:
Bosman’s Veld Maiden - Meyer’s latest offering which has just played the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. Alluring Marico ghosts, countless bottles of mampoer and elusive romances – both funny and enthralling - this is undoubtedly South African storytelling at its best! (Performances on July 24, 25 and 30 at 19h30, July 31 at 14h00 and August 1 at 16h30)
Bosman’s Women: Three wives and a bohemian lifestyle – Herman Charles Bosman’s private life was decidedly thorny. Some called him a genius others called him a criminal but one certainty was that it was intoxicating being a Bosman woman – in or out of his stories! This production also features Lorna Burd. (Performances on July 24 at 16h30; July 25 at 14h00; July 29 and 31 at 19h30, and August 1 at 14h00)
Leopards & Liars: These two sassy women will delight and surprise you with the extraordinary life and works of one of South Africa’s literary masters: Herman Charles Bosman. Brace yourselves for some hilarious storytelling. This production also features Lorna Burd. (Performances on July 23 at 19h30, July 24 at 14h00, July 25 at 16h30, July 31 at 16h30 and August 1 at 19h30)
The venue opens 90 minutes before show for picnic dinner.
Tickets R100*. Take along food picnic baskets and braais will be available. There is limited secure parking and booking is essential. A cash bar is available (no alcohol may be brought on to the premises). Rhumbelow Theatre is situated in Cunningham Avenue off Bartle Road.
Booking is through Computicket or contact Roland on 031 205 7602 (h) or 082 499 8636, email roland@stansell.za.net or visit www.rhumbelow.za.net
*Package for all three shows R250 from Rhumbelow only on roland@stansell.za.net
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