(Durban’s Vusi
Makhanya (centre) forms part of the cast)
An innovative brand new international opera – The Last Anniversary – the culmination of
creative input from five countries, will tour to Stable Theatre in Durban and
the Market Theatre in Johannesburg later this month.
The Last Anniversary
features an original score described as an eclectic combination of beautiful
operatic music, and a selection of new fusion-style African and European jazz
music in a drama that centres on the racial profiling as encountered in
immigration and travels around the world.
The Last Anniversary is the creative component of an initiative known as
the Hopes and Memories project. Over
that last two years the Hopes and
Memories project has been ongoing between performing arts groups in South
Africa, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary co-funded by the
European Union and the respective partners.
Co-artistic directors Laurent Festas (FR) and Themi Venturas
(RSA) who have teamed up to create the dramaturgy of The Last Anniversary have assembled a cast drawn from all five
countries, which includes opera singers, actor/ dancers, the musicians and a
highly skilled production team.
Durban dancers Vusi Makhanya and Mdu Mtshali team up with
Caroline Lemiere, Ikki Hoshino and Bertrand Festas from Euroculture en Pays
Gentiane in France, and Ezther Sarlos from Zero Ballet in Hungary to make up
the group of actor/dancers. Thabang Edward Phiri from Gauteng and Zenneth
Cibane from Durban team up with Till Fechner to provide the operatic voices in
the piece.
After an extensive European tour The Last Anniversary can be seen in South Africa at the Stable
Theatre in Durban on October 24 and 25 at 19h00 and at the Market Theatre in
Johannesburg from October 30 to November 2. Tickets R100 (R50 concessions)
booked through Computicket or phone on 0861 915 8000 or book online at www.computicket.com.
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