KickstArt AUDITIONS Sweeney Todd and Aladdin

http://www.kickstart-theatre.co.za/

AUDITIONS!

KickstArt looking for Singers for Sweeney Todd 
and Dancers for Aladdin

Durban’s top independent theatre company, KickstArt, are holding auditions for two large scale musical theatre projects due to take place in the second half of 2014: the incredible Sondheim musical, Sweeney Todd in August, and the family pantomime, Aladdin scheduled for December.

Auditions will be held on Saturday February 15 at the Playhouse’s Mayville Studios in Ramsay Road. Sweeney Todd auditions will be held from 10am-1pm, and Aladdin auditions from 2.30pm-4pm.

“We are looking for strong, classically inclined singers for Sweeney Todd, and versatile, charismatic dancers for Aladdin,” says Steven Stead, KickstArt’s Executive Director.

Singers interested in auditioning for Sweeney Todd need to learn the whole opening number of the show, The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, and arrive at 10am to put their names on a list. The sheet music for the audition song is available from the producers: just email kickstart@letni.co.za for a copy. It is not absolutely necessary to memorise the audition song, candidates may sing from the score, but they must be totally familiar with the music and be able to act while singing. Candidates must be able to sing to a very high level and be adept at harmony work. They must also be able to speak English with a Cockney/London accent. All races and ages welcome.

Sweeney Todd will rehearse from 13 July, and run at the  Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from 7-24 August.

Dancers for Aladdin will be auditioned in a group at 2.30pm. Male and female dancers aged 18-35 may audition. Please sign in from 2pm. Please arrive warmed up, wearing appropriate dance clothing, and ladies please bring cabaret heels and ballet pumps. Being able to sing is an added advantage, but not a prerequisite.

Aladdin will rehearse from 10 November, and perform at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from 5 December -11 January.

For further enquiries, please contact KickstArt via email at kickstart@letni.co.za.

Are Your Customers Needs Being Met?

I just love this picture, sums it up so well... They say: "Too many cooks spoil the broth" totally true!

How often do we, as service providers (me in the Arts sector obviously) actually LISTEN to our client and give them what they originally wanted?


Regards,

Sandy Bigara
www.sandybigara.wix.com/onlinebio

Just Yours Bookings - WWII Romantic Drama Comedy at The Catalina this February

There are some simple steps to follow if you want to treat your special loved one, or your group of friends to something different. 

Here are the steps:

1) Meet the cast of Just Yours (Incredible bunch of actors totally bent on giving you an amazing show...) 

http://sandyramblings.blogspot.com/2014/01/just-yours-meet-cast-wwii-romance-at.html

2) Book your tickets (Tickets ARE selling yay! - exciting we know!)

 http://online.computicket.com/web/event/just_yours/796222306

3) Dress up in your best Vintage look and arrive for a night of romance and beautiful music...

CLICK TO BOOK HERE!

Visit the Catalina Theatre website! 
Visit Director, Producer Sandy Bigara's website!

Just Yours Historical Romance at The Catalina - Photo links

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#JustYours2014
Come and see this gorgeous Historical Romance, set in WWII 1943 Durban. Showing @CatalinaTheatre in #Durban this February 6th - 22nd!

(Booking with computicket) http://t.co/Uxz5HIkDY9 )
Show or Show & Meal!

Photos:
1) https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151816151296746&id=654046745&set=a.10150408267056746.347077.654046745&refid=17

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www.sandybigara.com
Regards,

Sandy Bigara
www.sandybigara.wix.com/onlinebio

Just Yours Meet The Cast - WWII Romance at the Catalina!

ROMANTIC DRAMA/COMEDY

Just Yours

"For I was born to be, just yours..." 

Directed by Sandy Bigara

THIS FEBRUARY:

At The Catalina Theatre, 18 Boatman’s Way, Wilson’s Wharf – Entrance #2

(Off Victoria Embankment)

BOOKINGS:

http://online.computicket.com/web/event/just_yours/796222306 or, simply call the theatre: 0318375999

Ada May Green – YOUNG LADY / INTERESTED IN NURSING 
Played by: Chanel Julie-Anne Meager Actress - Durban

Ada is very young and naïve, she is staying with her Mother’s friend Florence, in her quarters at the Marine Hotel (now demolished) on the corner of Gardiner and Victoria Embankment (near the theatre) Ada is very sweet and is interested in Danny, but she has no experience with men and is sometimes shocked by the boys rude and loud behaviour. She is also encouraged to stay away from Danny by Florence who lost her one true love in WWI. Must she deny Florence and follow her heart?

https://online.computicket.com/web/event/just_yours/796222306 

Daniel Barnes – YOUNG AIRMAN / FLYBOY
Played by: Arno Wagenaar Actor - Durban

Danny is like a boy at the start of the play, but is a grown man by the parting scene. 
He is friends with Barney – and their jovial antics bring humour to the show. As he becomes closer to Ada he matures, until he receives his letter for duty to St Lucia. He falls head over heels in love... and doesn't know what to do about it...

https://online.computicket.com/web/event/just_yours/796222306

Barney Becker – FRIEND TO DANNY, YOUNG AIRMAN
Played by: Christiaan du Plessis  Actor - Durban

Barney is funny, silly and gets Daniel into trouble with Ada because of their banter and humour. Barney is a true romantic under all of the bravado, and he plays a role in helping his friend find love.

https://online.computicket.com/web/event/just_yours/796222306

Florence McTavish – HOTEL WORKER / LOUNGE SINGER
Played by: Sandy Bigara Director / Producer / Actress - South Africa

Florence is in her 40’s and works at The Marine Hotel – doing a little bit of everything. She cooks, cleans, and even performs in the Marine Lounge at night. She is a lost romantic whose true love Billy died in the First World War when they were both 18. She never married or fell in love again. She lives and loves - through her music. Florence feels that the two lovebirds should not be together - as it is too risky with the war going on... She interferes... with disastrous consequences...

https://online.computicket.com/web/event/just_yours/796222306

PRESS RELEASE:

An innocent young lady, Ada May Green, arrives in Durban. It is 1943 and WWII is raging. She tries to find her place in the big city, looking for work while staying with her godmother Florence, the assistant and lounge singer at the Marine Hotel. Ada meets a handsome stranger called Daniel and the sparks fly...they can`t stand each other! Over the next few days their love grows until it is too powerful to deny, until a war-weary Florence tears them apart. Will their love endure? All before Danny is deployed to Europe, or to the 262 Squadron RAF St Lucia to fly surveillance missions in the PBY5 Catalina airplanes. 
Set in Durban and filled with the haunting love songs of the 40s `Auf Wiedersehen`, `If I loved you`, `Just yours` and incorporating a beautiful set, stylish clothes from the era and live piano, this gripping historically-based love story is set on the brink of a life changing event.

With Sandy Bigara’s familiar style of humour, this show is filled with funny and heart warming moments. Audiences will be taken back in time for a “flight of fantasy” set in familiar surroundings. This historical love story takes place in Durban, in the February of 1943, in the exact spot that the audience are sitting in 2014, 71 years later…

PRICES:

R100 - Show ONLY

R160 - Show & Dinner

SHOW DATES:

February 2014

Thurs 6^th, 13^th, 20^th - 7pm

Fri 7^th, 14^th, 21^st - 7pm

Sat 8^th, 15^th, 22^nd - 2pm and 7pm

DINNER/MEAL:

Dinner will be at John Dory's, and will be available BEFORE the show on Thursday, and BEFORE and AFTER the show on Friday and Saturday.

John Dory's is 20m from the theatre.

MENU:

• 200gr Steak
• Hake & Prawns - 2 pieces hake and 6 prawns
• Hake & Calamari - 2 pieces of hake and 125gr calamari
• Grilled Chicken Breast - 2 chicken breasts grilled with lemon & herb, peri-peri or bbq

All meals served with rice or chips, or veg, or salad.

Vegetarians: Please speak with the Manager.

Photo Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151801323696746.1073741841.654046745&type=1&l=d6bb09525e

Zuma: ANC will continue to run this government forever and ever

(Stefanie) Zuma: ANC will continue to run this government forever and ever

8 January 2014 14:09

President Jacob Zuma sings Umshini Wam at the end of his speech in the Mpumalanga township of Kanyamazane on Wednesday (January 8 2014)

President Jacob Zuma says those who think the ANC will lose votes this year are dreaming.

Zuma said the ANC would continue running the country despite what the party's detractors were saying.

There is speculation that the ANC could lose its electoral support if Zuma remained at its helm.

"We want every vote. We will continue to run this government forever and ever. Whether they like it or not," he told ANC supporters in isiZulu.

Zuma was speaking in the Mpumalanga township of Kanyamazane where the party had organised an impromptu door-to-door campaign to mark its 102nd birthday.

He said the party wanted every vote and suggested it should get more than 90% in Mpumalanga where its support stands at about 80%. He promised to return to slaughter cattle in celebration only if the ANC got more than 90% in the province.

"We are doing something unusual. After 20 years in power, liberation movements tend to falter. We are stronger than before. We will continue. We will continue running this government forever and ever. Whether they like it or not," Zuma said

"There are those who say the ANC will not win because people no longer love it. We are going to hammer them. They are dreaming while they are awake. When a person dreams while they walk it means they are unwell," he said.

The ANC will launch its election manifesto at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday, officially kicking off its 2014 election campaign.

Zuma said the party was not ashamed of its performance record as it had worked hard over the past 20 years to improve the lives of people.

"Did you see how well the children [matrics] passed? We work hard. Do you know what caused that? We saw that education needed a foundation. We built it and it will never be weak again.

"There are some people who say something has not gone right. There was something wrong with the papers. Our children are smart, they were born in the freedom era.

"They used to say a black person will never pass well. I heard a white person saying 'There should be an investigation, they can't pass like this.' They are still suffering from that old thing … that a black person is not smart," he said in an apparent reference to DA leader Helen Zille's call for a probe into the latest matric results.

He said the manifesto would outline what the ANC would do in power going forward.

Zuma said he was surprised that some people who did not fight for freedom were now talking a lot now that the country was free. He said they were free to do so as people no longer faced arrest or death for speaking out.

He suggested that people should ignore the small parties that were lobbying for their votes, saying that they would never win the elections.

"When you vote for them, you are throwing your vote," he said.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=798354043524476&set=a.178568022169751.48293.116298045063416&type=1&relevant_count=1

Taken from BKA (Boere Krisis Aksie group on www.facebook.com
Regards,

Sandy Bigara
www.sandybigara.wix.com/onlinebio

Just Yours - Romance at the Catalina Theatre!

Introducing our Lead Actress Chanel Meager, who will be playing the role of Ada May Green in this February's Romantic Drama / Comedy "Just Yours" playing at the Catalina Theatre, 18 Boatman's Way, Wilson's Wharf Entrance #2. (MAP HERE) 

Chanel Meager recently matriculated from Durban Girl's High School with 5 A's. This hardworking lady has recently completed 27 performances of the successful play "Rapunzel" this festive season. Chanel has been an avid arts student from Sherwood in KZN – She has always shown a flair for creativity and has performed in a variety of school productions. She brings with her a fresh approach, as she takes on her second biggest role yet. Chanel is the ideal "Peaches and Cream" darling of the 1940's, a modern day pin-up girl with all that it takes to have audiences falling in love with her...again.

Just Yours
"For I was born to be, just yours..." 
BOOKINGS: http://online.computicket.com/web/event/just_yours/796222306

An innocent young lady, Ada May Green, arrives in Durban. It is 1943 and WWII is raging. She tries to find her place in the big city, looking for work while staying with her godmother Florence, the assistant and lounge singer at the Marine Hotel. Ada meets a handsome stranger called Daniel and the sparks fly...they can`t stand each other! Over the next few days their love grows until it is too powerful to deny, until a war-weary Florence tears them apart. Will their love endure? All before Danny is deployed to Europe, or to the 262 Squadron RAF St Lucia to fly surveillance missions in the PBY5 Catalina airplanes.
Set in Durban and filled with the haunting love songs of the 40s `Auf Wiedersehen`, `If I loved you`, `Just yours` and incorporating a beautiful set, stylish clothes from the era and live piano, this gripping historically-based love story is set on the brink of a life changing event.

R100 - Show ONLY
R160 - Show & Dinner

Dinner/Meal is at John Dory's and will be available BEFORE the show on Thursday, and BEFORE and AFTER the show on Friday and Saturday.
John Dory's is 20m from the theatre.

Menu:
200gr Steak
Hake & Prawns - 2 pieces hake and 6 prawns
Hake & Calamari - 2 pieces of hake and 125gr calamari
Grilled Chicken Breast - 2 chicken breasts grilled with lemon & herb, peri-peri or bbq
All meals served with rice or chips, or veg, or salad.

Vegetarians: Please speak with the Manager.

Just Yours: Historical Romance Comes to Durban

ROMANTIC DRAMA/COMEDY

Just Yours

"For I was born to be, just yours..." 

Directed by Sandy Bigara

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/428053139553254231/

  THIS FEBRUARY:

At The Catalina Theatre, 18 Boatman’s Way, Wilson’s Wharf – Entrance #2

(Off Victoria Embankment)

BOOKINGS:

http://online.computicket.com/web/event/just_yours/796222306 or, simply call the theatre: 0318375999

TEASER:

An innocent young lady, Ada May Green, arrives in Durban. It is 1943 and WWII is raging. She tries to find her place in the big city, looking for work while staying with her godmother Florence, the assistant and lounge singer at the Marine Hotel. Ada meets a handsome stranger called Daniel and the sparks fly...they can`t stand each other! Over the next few days their love grows until it is too powerful to deny, until a war-weary Florence tears them apart. Will their love endure? All before Danny is deployed to Europe, or to the 262 Squadron RAF St Lucia to fly surveillance missions in the PBY5 Catalina airplanes. 
Set in Durban and filled with the haunting love songs of the 40s `Auf Wiedersehen`, `If I loved you`, `Just yours` and incorporating a beautiful set, stylish clothes from the era and live piano, this gripping historically-based love story is set on the brink of a life changing event.

Catalina Plane -  Congella 

PRICES:

R100 - Show ONLY

R160 - Show & Dinner

RAF - SA Airmen. 

SHOW DATES:

February 2014

Thurs 6^th, 13^th, 20^th - 7pm

Fri 7^th, 14^th, 21^st - 7pm

Sat 8^th, 15^th, 22^nd - 2pm and 7pm

Taken from http://www.zomato.com

DINNER/MEAL:

Dinner will be at John Dory's, and will be available BEFORE the show on Thursday, and BEFORE and AFTER the show on Friday and Saturday.

John Dory's is 20m from the theatre.

www.johndorys.co.za

MENU:

• 200gr Steak
• Hake & Prawns - 2 pieces hake and 6 prawns
• Hake & Calamari - 2 pieces of hake and 125gr calamari
• Grilled Chicken Breast - 2 chicken breasts grilled with lemon & herb, peri-peri or bbq

All meals served with rice or chips, or veg, or salad.

Vegetarians: Please speak with the Manager.