From April 15 to 20, 2018, RSG and Lefra
Productions will host the Oppiwater Arts Festival on board the MSC Sinfonia on its cruise from Durban to
Mozambique.
Festival-goers can enjoy shrimp at the
legendary Palano Hotel in Maputo, relax in bliss on a Portuguese island and
also visit Pomene, the new destination that is difficult to reach by land. A
full-blown arts festival on board the MSC Sinfonia,
offering more than 20 top Afrikaans theatre productions, is the main course
though. The Oppiwater programme was recently released.
Frans Swart, Managing Director of Lefra
Productions and organisers of the Oppiwater Arts Festival says that he is very
excited about this year’s festival programme. “Of course, it remains an annual
challenge to decide which wonderful productions will join us on our arts
cruise. It is always important for us to present our festival-goers with a wide
variety of theatre genres. There will be drama, comedy, poetry, dance, literary
art, music and singing. We realise too well that Oppiwater must primarily be a
holiday experience for our passengers – therefore there will also be delightful
deck parties for all to enjoy. Swart says that the challenge lies in having to
fit more than 20 different Afrikaans productions into that week. “It is quite a
big task for my team to stage so many productions in such a limited time and
especially such limited space. After five years of doing this, though, we have
mastered the art of providing our guests with an unbelievable arts festival”.
He also stated that Oppiwater is proud to have been nominated for a Fiesta
Award for one of the four best arts festivals in the country.
Tien
Vingers by Coenie de Villiers is probably one of
the biggest favourites at the Oppiwater Arts Festival. There is also the farce,
My Man Se Skelmpie Se Skelmpie Se Vrou;
the Boerneef tribute, Flennie Die Snare
with Chris Chameleon, Anna Davel, Johny Klein, Jaconell Mouton, Mauritz Lotz
and Riaan van Rensburg; Randall Wicomb and Hans du Plessis’s Griekwapsalms are
revived in Voete Van ’N Gemsbok. Lizz
Meiring can be seen in Met Ander Woorde
and much more.
RSG presenters Johan Rademan, Sue Pyler,
Ettienne Ludick and Fritz Klaaste will be the hosts.
Bookings for Oppiwater Arts Festival can be
made at MSC Cruises at 0860 11 44 11 or online at www.oppiwater.co.za. For more
information, contact Lefra Productions on 011 815 3000 or e-mail
info@lefra.com.
Accommodation and all meals are included in
the fees of the arts cruise. An entertainment fee is included that allows
festival-goers to book productions at very low subsidised ticket prices, which
vary from R10 to R90 per ticket.
Festival-goers are advised to book tickets
in advance at any branch of Computicket, while still in South Africa. While
tickets will be available on board the MSC Sinfonia,
festival-goers will have to pay in US dollars instead of Rand, which will of
course be much more expensive. Bookings can be made at Computicket on 0861 915
8000 or at www.computicket.com. There are branches of Computicket at all
Checkers and Shoprite outlets. To book tickets online, go to the direct link:
https://online.computicket.com/web/festival/oppiwater_kunstefees_2018/32456310.
For the full festival programme visit www.oppiwater.co.za
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