Aardklop National Arts Festival brings the
award winning production Sunday Morning performed by James Cunningham) to KZN in aid
of the Theatre Benevolent Fund.
From June 2 to 6, the Clover Aardklop
National Arts Festival personnel will cycle hundreds of kilometres in aid of
the Theatre Benevolent Fund (TBF).
As part of the fundraising process, Clover
Aardklop brings an award-winning play, Sunday
Morning written by Nick Warren and performed by James Cunningham, to the
Catalina Theatre in Durban as well as to the Schlesinger Theatre at Michaelhouse
in the Midlands.
The TBF is a charity organisation and was
founded 50 years ago with the vision of helping deserving arts and showbiz professionals
of every genre and every creative discipline, in their time of need. Currently
the TBF permanently cares for more than 20 aged, destitute and desperately
infirm entertainment industry professionals.
Andries Vrey, CEO of Clover Aardklop, says
the aim with the cycle tour is not only to raise money for the TBF, but it is
also a campaign to raise awareness of the TBF’s selfless work. “Without
artists, festivals won’t exist. While we create opportunities for young artists
to find their feet in the industry, we should not forget about the artists that
were part of the industry for many decades.”
Sunday
Morning has received numerous award nominations,
namely Best New South African Script and Best Actor in a Solo Performance at
The Fleur du Cap. Best Production, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Lighting
at the Naledi Awards, also winning the Fleur du Cap for Best Actor in a Solo
Performance.
It deals with a successful photographer who
has his life exactly how he likes it - ordered, neat, and beautifully composed
- until the day his girlfriend tells him she is pregnant. In an attempt to
process this disturbing information, he goes out for a run. Straying from his
regular route, he ventures into a strange part of the city where he makes a gruesome
discovery that changes everything.
Those who want to make a further
contribution can simply SMS “TBF” to 40770 until June 10. A SMS costs R20.
Sunday
Morning will have performances on:
June 6 at 19h00 at Catalina Theatre, Durban.
Tickets R80 a from Computicket on http://online.computicket.com/web/event/sunday_morning_catalina/734257209/0/54663657
June 7 at 19h30 at Schlesinger Theatre,
Michaelhouse, KZN Midlands. Tickets R80 from Angela Jonsson at email: theatre@michaelhouse.orgor
on 033 234 1314 (weekdays between 08h00 and 13h00). For more information
contact Chrizanda van Wyk on 084 831 3142.
(See
Margaret von Klemperer’s review of “Sunday Morning” for artSMart on http://news.artsmart.co.za/2012/09/sunday-morning.html)
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