(Rory Booth & Bryan Hiles)
At last the time of
year approaches for family fun and frolic! And what makes the holiday season in
Durban even more feel-good and festive? The annual KickstArt pantomime! With
all its popular songs, extravagant sets, sumptuous costumes and rib-tickling
humour, it is as a guaranteed uplifting bonding experience for the whole
family.
Directed by Steven
Stead and designed this year by Peter Court, KickstArt presents its very own
swashbuckling version of the classic fairy tale Puss in Boots, featuring the charming and charismatic Rory Booth in
the title role.
It’s also a welcome
back to panto stalwarts Bryan Hiles (as Puss’s hapless surfer-dude owner, Tom)
and Darren King (Tom’s outrageous mother, the village baker Dame Marzipan).
Every good panto needs a nasty villain, and rubber-faced, treacle-voiced Peter
Court makes a meal of the dastardly Grimsby Withergood, a shape-shifting goblin
wizard, while his nemesis, the good fairy, Calypso Honeybunch, is played with
quirky style by much-loved Durban actress, Belinda Henwood.
More glamour comes
in the form of two beautiful ladies, Londiwe Dhlomo, who plays the adventurous
Princess Miranda, and Caitlin Kilburn as a slinky feline spy, Selina Swiftclaw.
Rounding off the excellent cast is golden-voiced Lyle Buxton as a Johnny Bravo
style mill owner, and Nhlakanepho Manqele as the jocular king of the enchanted
island.
Puss in Boots runs
in the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from December 5 to January 11. Booking is through
Computicket: www.computicket.co.za or by phoning 0861 915 8000. For block
bookings and information on group discounts, contact Ailsa Windsor of Going
Places on 083 250 2690 or email editor.goingplacessa@gmail.com
For more
information about KickstArt Theatre or to join their mailing list, visit www.kickstarttheatre.co.za or follow on Facebook: KickstArt Theatre Productions and Friends of
KickstArt. Twitter: @KickstartProd1
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