There is always great excitement when it comes time for the annual school production. First the auditions. Everybody is excited about the prospect of making the cast list and this year was no exception. Then the rehearsals; when the boys and girls need to juggle time to do homework, sport and spend most evenings in the dance studio or hall to practise.
After the runaway success of last year’s Happily Abba After, the creative team at St Andrew’s College and DSG decided to go avant garde this year. “We need to stretch the learners and give them the opportunity to experience different genres of theatre, from conceptualising through to performing,” says Bauke Snyman (head of Drama, DSG). Hermien Potgieter, dance teacher and choreographer, has put together a collage of work, titled: Magpie love(d). With a cast of close to 40 boys and girls, the phenomena of falling in (and out) of love is explored.
Sheena Stannard, Sarah Seymour and Kyle de Boer took the Greek myth of Orpheus, and through a workshop process have created a tale of lost love in Orpheus & Eurydice.
These two works will be performed as a double bill at the Rhodes Theatre. The preview performance will be on Wednesday, 26 May with the opening on Thursday, 27 May. The run will end on Saturday 29 May and tickets will be available from the SAC reception.
