(Pic
by ©Dee-Ann Kaaijk)
A sheer delight from start to finish.
(Review by Ralph Lawson)
This production by the Market Theatre
Foundation's brand new theatre company, Kwasha!, The Little Prince is a sheer delight from start to finish.
An
adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic French fable, it is brought to
life by a talented, energetic cast of five in a brilliant fusion of
story-telling, simple, highly effective props, music and delightful choral
song, that is engagingly original.
The story of the boy who leaves the safety
of his own little planet to travel the universe where he comes face to face with
the bizarre behaviour of adults is enhanced by a subtly invoked South African
setting and the excellent stage design by Wilhelm Disbergen, lighting by
Sibusiso David Ndumndum and choreography by Daniel Buckland. Direction by Clara
Vaughan and Mwenya B. Kebwe is spot-on and captures the spirit of the original
and its observations about life and human nature with commendable economy.
A collaboration between the French
Institute of South Africa, the Market Theatre Foundation, Mazars and the KZN Arts Trust, who helped to bring The Little Prince to Durban, the
production marks the 75th anniversary of the world's most translated book
(outside of religious works) and is a perfect tribute to the original. - Ralph
Lawson
(“The
Little Prince” has one more performance at the DUT’s Courtyard Theatre in
Durban tonight (November 3, 2018) at 19h00. Tickets R80 (R60 for Alliance
Francaise de Durban members and OAPs; R40 scholars and students with student
ID) available at the door. The tour wraps up at the Ramloao Makhene Theatre at
the Market in Johannesburg this month).
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