(Khanyisani Kheswa & Shona Johnson. Pic by Val
Adamson)
Roll up, roll up! The circus is back in town! The colourful
children’s show The Fantastical Flea
Circus returns to Durban from October 6 to 11 2014 with a sparkling new
cast…
First staged in 2011 at the Catalina Theatre, this hugely
popular production scooped all awards in the Children’s Category at that year’s
Durban Theatre Awards. Since then, its Small Top antics have been seen by
thousands of delighted youngsters, playing at schools and venues throughout the
province.
A jolly mix of song, dance, rhyming verse and clever tricks,
The Fantastical Flea Circus is written and directed by Clinton Marius,
creator of the much-loved radio soapie, Lollipop Lane. The production
stars award-winning actress Shona Johnson as world-renowned opera singer,
Duchess De Nunu, and talented newcomer Khanyisani Kheswa as her travelling
companion and Professor of Fleaology, Dr Khanyisani.
Together, the high-spirited duo present a merry band of
fleas that perform an exciting line-up of circus acts, including a high-wire
routine, car races, a cannonball and bull’s eye stunt, a high-dive act, a
strong-o-mometer contest, and a disappearing hand-trick.
The Fantastical Flea Circus forms part of the
inaugural Durban Children’s Festival set to run at the Catalina Theatre at
Wilson’s Wharf from 6 to 11 October 2014. Making time for the little ones this
holiday, Catalina Theatre will play host to an array of productions, artists
and workshops aimed at entertaining and enlightening children.
The line-up features some of Durban's finest production
houses doing their best to keep theatre alive by developing the imaginations of
our future theatre makers and audiences. All-day fringe entertainment is on the
cards for both children and adults, as they wait for the shows to start.
Performance times of The Fantastical Flea Circus are
as follows: Monday 6 October at 14h00; Tuesday 7 October at 14h00, Wednesday 8
October at 16h00, Thursday 9 October at 12h00, Friday 10 October at 10h00 and
Saturday 11 October at 12h00. Pre-booked tickets at R60 are available through
Computicket at 0861915800 or online at www.computicket.com
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