The festive month of December is to kick off with Verna Vels's
Liewe Heksie at 64 @ The Palace, Emperor's Palace, from 7 to 17 December. Director Frans Swart adapted two new
Liewe Heksie stories for the stage – Liewe Heksie En Die Tuppels and Waar Is Klein Kwaaitjie Kabouter? Heksie is played by Ana van Achterbergh. Other actors are Botha Enslin, Debre Rossouw and Patrick Shabangu.
Next comes
Groet Die Grotman with Hannes Muller, at the beautiful new Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria – on 13 and 14 December. Hannes Muller has been performing in more than 900 Grotman productions over the past six years – and still attracts full houses everywhere, every time. Koos Kombuis translated and adapted Rob Becker's Defending
The Caveman into Afrikaans, and the play is directed by Sandra Prinsloo.
Groet Die Grotoupa, featuring Ben Kruger, will be doing its thing at 64 @ The Palace, Emperor's Palace, from 14 to 17 December 2011. Grotoupa is the first original Afrikaans Cave play, written by Lizz Meiring, who is also the director. The Grotoupa will make you laugh out loud ... sometimes in a sad sort of way.
Lefra Productions has also managed to bring Europe's super-group, Boney M, to South Africa from 16 to 20 December, as part of the Boney M Christmas Special World Tour. Boney M will be performing at Sun City on 16 December. The Carnival City show which is to take place on 17 December is sold out, but Lefra Productions and Carnival City have managed to schedule an extra concert for 18 December. And then the tour ends at the Grand West Arena, Cape Town. The exciting young twins, the Colletts, will be doing the pre-show.
Frans Swart, CEO of Lefra Productions, says that it is highly exciting to put on so many productions in December. "People like being entertained in December. Not everyone can go on holiday in December these days, but they still want to do fun things. That is the reason it is so important to us to provide the catching entertainment they want."
Bookings can be made at Computicket on 011 340 8000 or
www.computicket.com. Groups of more than 10 can get discount prices by calling Zena Kannemeyer on 011 815 3000 or sending an e-mail to
[email protected]. More information at
www.lefra.com.