The Hilton Arts Festival runs from September 23 to 25, 2022, at Hilton College in Hilton. There is a wide variety of events, many of them free.
These are the shows in the music programme: Booking is at Quicket
Father and daughter, Adrian and Emma … Jean
Galliard shot to fame after uploading a video of the Bocelli / Dion hit, The
Prayer, to Facebook on Easter Sunday ,2020.The video was an instant hit and
it quickly climbed to 6 million views.
Accidentally Viral tells the story of how their sudden and unexpected fame kicked off
a fairytale musical adventure complete with international acclaim and comical
incidents of mistaken identity. The show features favourites such as Hallelujah,
You Are The Reason and of course, the song that started it all, The
Prayer, while the duo share fascinating insights into their experiences
along the way. It will delight both young and old alike with its beautiful
music and compelling storytelling alongside the pair’s trademark banter.
Written and directed by Kirsty Galliard,
with musical direction by Kevin Greenberg.
Dates/Times: Friday 23 at 18h00; Saturday
24 at 20h00; Sunday 25 at 14h00 (running time: 70 minutes)
Venue: Music Auditorium
Tickets: R120. Booking at Quicket
Internationally-acclaimed concert pianist,
and a popular favourite at the Hilton Festival, Christopher Duigan plays a
superb programme of turbulent and dramatic classical piano music in the Hilton
College Chapel. Included are Ludwig van Beethoven’s popular Pathétique
Sonata Op. 13 and Liszt's Dante Sonata. A composition with the most
dramatic music, the Dante Sonata, inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy,
together with Sposalizio, and Sonetto 104 del Petrarca which
Duigan includes, form part of the composer's most sublime and compelling music
from The Years of Pilgrimage: Italy.
Pre-lockdown, Christopher Duigan was one of
South Africa's busiest concert artists. His performances ranged from those of
the core classical repertoire, both as soloist with orchestra and in recital to
music well beyond the classical repertoire. His strong sense of community was
shown in his active promotion of his regular Music Revival concerts across KZN
and other parts of the country. During lockdown, he reached an unprecedented
number of new audiences with a series of free to view, hour-long livestreams
from his home studio, logging up over 75,000 viewing hours on YouTube alone.
Dates/Times: Sunday 25 at 11h00 (Duration
70 minutes)
Venue: Chapel
Tickets: R150. Booking at Quicket
Fresh from earning an Ovation Award at the
2022 National Arts Festival, this tribute, starring Kerry Hiles, is at once
beautiful and tragic, the stuff legends are made of. Our heroine is a petite
blonde, so shy and unsure of her talent that she would never realise the degree
of her gift during her own lifetime. Her largest audience was a handful of
people. She died at the age of 33. But, as with all great legends, what seemed
to be the end was actually the beginning. With Fields Of Gold, Over The
Rainbow and Fever, as well as familiar jazz, gospel and blues
numbers, audiences will laugh, cry, and celebrate a singer who was discovered
too late. Guitarist, Rob Thompson, and drummer, Kristo Zondagh, complete the
trio.
Dates/Times: Friday 23 at 20h15, Saturday
24 at 14h00, Sunday 25 at 10h00 (Duration 60 minutes)
Venue: Music Auditorium
Tickets: R160. Booking at Quicket.
An ode to the lives of Ivor Novello, the
matinee idol, Noel Coward, the quintessential English gentleman and the
American playboy, Cole Porter. Think of a certain suave, urbane style that
reigned in theatre and the movies during the ’20s and ’30s. Think of
cigarettes, smoking jackets and cocktails. Think of cynical epigrams, and sexy,
witty, world-weary songs. It is sheer entertainment and might be just what we
all need right now. Starring Daniel Anderson, accompanied by Germainne Gamiet,
this little gem entails a series of vignettes round each of the Boys and, of
course the songs that made them immortal.
Dates/Times: Friday 23 at 16h00, Saturday
24 @ 16h00 (Duration 60 minutes)
Venue: Music Auditorium
Tickets: R160. Booking at Quicket
Roland Perold leads this charming trip down
memory lane as he explores hits from the Golden Age of Musical Theatre,
featuring composers like Bernstein, Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein,
Sondheim and others. The debonair Perold entertains from the piano with a new
twist on many familiar tunes that have shaped the careers of these iconic
composers. Armed with his deep love of the genre, anecdotes are shared, and
important questions asked: Why is it that characters in musicals burst into
song!? And just how do you solve a problem like Maria?
For more information visit:
https://rolandperold.com/cabaret/musical-theatre-memorylane/
Dates/Times: Saturday 24 at 10h00 and 18h00
(Duration 50 minutes)
Venue: Music Auditorium
Tickets: R140. Booking at Quicket
Jason Robert Brown’s award-winning musical The
Last Five Years is a one-act drama-comedy telling the bittersweet love
story of Catherine Hiatt, a struggling actress, and Jamie Wellerstein, an
up-and-coming novelist. This old story of love-found and love-lost is told in a
fresh and new manner. Cathy reflects on their relationship from end to first
meeting, whilst Jamie’s story moves chronologically. They meet only once, in
the middle of the show. Featured in the role of Jamie is Fleur-Du-Cap nominee,
Anthony Downing. Playing opposite him as Cathy, is Fleur-Du-Cap nominee Zoë
McLaughlin. The production is directed by award-winning director Paul Griffiths
with musical direction by Jaco Griessel. To fully realise Jason Robert Brown’s
vision, the cast will be accompanied live on stage by an ensemble of six
musicians.
Dates/Times: Friday 23 at 17h30, Saturday
24 at 14h30, Sunday 25 at 14h30 (Duration 80 minutes)
Venue: Hilton College Theatre
Tickets: R200. Booking at Quicket
Vincent van Gogh - a complex man, with a
ruthless drive to create and who desired to love and be loved. Towards the end
of his short life, Vincent, who suffered from mental illness, was treated by a
Doctor Gachet. Vincent wrote to his brother, Theo: “A great fire burns within
me, but no-one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp
of smoke.” The 37-year-old painter died, impoverished, of a self-inflicted
wound in 1890. His painting, The Portrait of Doctor Gachet, was sold,
within three minutes, for $75m.
Now a multimedia cabaret written/directed
by Amanda Bothma, with Musical Director/Pianist Germainne Gamiet; Starring
Daniel Anderson.
A Bronze Ovation Award 2022 winner.
Dates/Times: Saturday 24 at 12h00, Sunday
25 at 12h00
Venue: Music Auditorium
Tickets: R160. Booking at Quicket
Festival Entry Fee:
Please note that there is an entrance fee
of R100 per vehicle which is valid for all three days. You will be given a
ticket on entry which you will need to take to Info or BoxOffice (both clearly
marked). When you have paid you will be given an exit pass, valid for the
duration. This income will assist cover the costs of Festival infrastructure
For more information, click on the Hilton Arts Festival logo to the right of this article which will link you to the festival website.
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