THE RHUMBELOW THEATRE
Cunningham Ave Off Bartle Rd
PRESENTS
WELL I NEVER !
ACTORS CO-OP
presents
Vera Clare & Garth Anderson
FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER 2006 Show starts 8.00 pm
SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER 2006 Show starts 8.00 pm
SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER 2006 Show starts 2.00 pm
SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER 2006 Show starts 6.30 pm
(Venue opens 90 minutes before show for picnic dinner)
Durban
theatre-lovers are in for an out-of-the-ordinary treat with the advent next
month, of caffe-theatre, when the Actors Co-operative presents WELL I NEVER! at
Rhumbelow
WELL I NEVER!
stars English-trained Vera Clare, directed and ably supported by Garth
Anderson.
Two of the city’s
most well-loved and admired performers, Garth and Vera present WELL I NEVER!, a
programme of entertaining short stories by three of the world’s best writers,
on a beautiful candle-lit stage in one of Durban’s coziest and most romantic theatre
venues. The fabulously theatrical event includes comedy from the pens of
William Somerset Maugham, French author Guy de Maupassant and Hector Hugh
Monro, better-known by the pseudonym Saki. The stylish stories The Luncheon,
The Three Fat Women Of Antibes, Playing With Fire and The Lumber Room have been
chosen for their light-hearted humour and witty themes, and are perfect to
while away an enchanting spring evening. When presented at last year’s Hilton
Festival the production sold out completely.
Multi-award
winning Vera Clare boasts an illustrious stage career spanning a half a century
of comedy and drama, beginning at the age of four when she appeared for the
first time playing a little Japanese girl with two chrysanthemums to cover her
youthfully prominent ears. Since then, Vera has played all the major roles,
from George Bernard Shaw’s SAINT JOAN, the leads in all Chekhov’s plays and in
Shakespeare, Moliere, Aristophanes, Strindberg and Wilde, and in numerous
Restoration comedies, as well as in 20th Century works by John Osborn, Arnold
Wesker and Noel Coward. Well deserved winner of the Vita Best Actress Award, as
well as the Durban Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress two years running,
Vera also won the Vita Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. Last year, she was
seen on television in the BBC’s KRAKATOA, and has just completed filming Guy
Sclanders’ comedy ESCAPE FROM SHADY PALMS, playing the lead.
Director and
support actor Garth Anderson makes a welcome return to the stage after nearly a
years’ absence due to serious illness. Now completely recovered, Garth is also
no stranger to comedy, having for many years presented the wonderfully
over-the-top songs of Noel Coward in OUT IN THE MIDDAY SUN. Garth also won the
Vita Award for his comic performance in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, which
he also directed. He is the recipient of the 2006 Fools Awards Smart Lifetime
Achievement Award and the National Best Director Vita Award, achieving
international success directing Greig Coetzee’s acclaimed WHITE MEN WITH
WEAPONS. Later this year Garth will direct Greig’s THE BLUE PERIOD OF MILTON
VAN DER SPUY at the Miami Performing Arts Center in the USA.
Join us at the
Rhumbelow.
R 60-00
(BANKING ESSENTIAL)
Bring food picnic baskets.
(Braais will be available should you wish to cook
some meat)
Limited secure parking available Booking is essential.
Bar Available (Please note Alcohol may not be
brought on to the premises)
Phone or
email Roland for bookings and get that money rolling in.
H 2057602 Cell 0824998636 email roland@stansell.za.net
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