Mzansi Fela 2011 Festival

The Annual Mzansi Fela Festival will once again take place at the SA State Theatre.
This fun, exciting and entertaining arts extravaganza event of the year is getting bigger and better. Since its inception in 2007, the festival is regarded as the training ground for upcoming artists as well as a platform for established artists. Mzansi Fela Festival is getting stronger every year and is testimony to the festive spirit of Tshwane. The festival features music, dance, theatre, poetry and comedy performed only by local artists.

The two week long festival will kick off on 1 December with a march from the Union Buildings to the State Theatre where the official opening will take place with various free performances at Lillian Ngoyi Square. DJ Cleo will be spin the discs until late.

The Parlotones will take on the Opera stage on 2 December, followed by Thandiswa Mazwai on 3 December and Lira on 9 and 10 December.

Comedians such as Kedibone Molaudzi, Donovan Goliath, Roni Modimola, Justice Kubheka, Jacques Barrett (Australia) and Carl Joshua Ncube (Zimbabwe) will take on the Drama stage on 1 December, followed by Judith Sephuma and Mathapelo on Jazz on Sunday, 4 December.

Theatre lovers will be able to watch productions such as Money Maker, by Julian Seleke-Mokoto, Love at First Fight presented by Follow Spot Productions, Lime Lights on Rites, presented by Ntsoana Contemporary Dance and Rhetorical, directed by The State Theatre’s Resident Director, Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom. Theate performances will take place between 2 and 12 December.

Moving Into Dance Mophatong will present a four dance piece on Inception, Silent Departure, Inside and Fractured 2 from 9 to 11 December.

Rock bands will include the likes of Outside The New, Son of 1000, The Christian Heath Band, NeVaMe and Chiba Fly, on 9 December.

On 8 December, Kgafela Oa Magogodi, Lefifi Tladi, Natalia Molebatsi and Afurukan will present poetry.

Hip Hop lovers will be entertained by Black Coffee on 9 December.

Community Theatre groups will also showcase their works during the day from 2 to 9 December.

The festival ends on 12 December, 2011.


Tickets are available at Computicket from R10 to R220

For more information, photographs and interviews please call:

Anton van Rensburg on 072 192 8311
Mixael de Kock on 083 651 4424
Lia Church on 011 646 8501
e-mail: ops.mavhold@mweb.co.za

Sleeping Beauty at the State Theatre

This very special 10th Anniversary production of teh SA Ballet Theatre's Sleeping Beauty is absolutely a must. Now on at the State Theatre. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDOPu1NJxLQ&feature=youtu.be

Godfrey Johnson's Season in the Sun

Fleur du Cap winner, Godfrey Johnson will be presenting Season in the Sun,
a musical celebration with a healthy dose of comedy and pathos.
The show will include songs by Jacques Brel, Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Madonna, Kurt Weill
and new material by Godfrey Johnson.
In 2007, Johnson won The Fleur du Cap Award for best performance in a cabaret and has been nominated twice for his one man shows, "Flirting with Coward" and "The Shadow of Brel",
both directed by Sanjin Muftic in Cape Town.
In 2010 he performed with Pieter-Dirk Uys in the award-winning "Bambi Sings the FAK and other struggle Anthems" at The Fugard Theatre and was also responsible for the musical arrangements.

Johnson has performed over 20 one-man shows and has appeared at every arts festival in South Africa as well as performing in Montreal, Amsterdam and recently performed at The Jermyn Street Theatre in London with Claire Watling in "Kissed by Brel".
He has starred in numerous films, television programmes and musicals; as Riff Raff in “The Rocky Horror Show" and as Noel Coward in "Noel and Marlene" opposite Pieter-Dirk Uys.
Most recent film credits include the lead in David Moore's, "Once Upon a Road Trip" and Robert Silke's "The Satyr of Springbok Heights". He also directed the musical "The Cape Town Show"
in 2010 and 2011.

What the press have said about Johnson.

"His interpretations are from the heart, with deep understanding." - Meganshead
"Casts a spell that you never want broken." - Zane Henry - Argus Tonight

There are special group bookings discounts
- and on Tuesdays nights tickets are two for the price of one!

Fundraisers and dinner show packages as well as school group outings and can also be arranged.
Performances will take place from Tuesdays – Friday at 8.15 and Saturdays at 6pm and 8.30 pm

Bookings can be made by calling the theatre on tel. 011-883-8606
or the Call Centre on 0861 22 5598
or book online – www.strictlytickets.com or www.theatreonthesquare.co.za

The MOUSETRAP - 60th anniversary!

Official celebrations for the 60th anniversary of The Mousetrap are well underway in London’s West End. To celebrate they are licensing 60 professional productions of the play all over the world during the anniversary period (1st September 2011 to 31st December 2013) to mark this historic milestone, and our South African production is one of their Diamond 60!

Starring Clare Marshall, Ashley Dowds, Mark Rayment, Robert Fridjhon, Bronwyn-Leigh Gottwald, Matthew Lotter, Clyde Berning, and Sarah Richard, The South African production is Directed by Award-Winning Director Alan Swerdlow.

Please find attached pics of the cast in rehearsals.

Pieter Toerien presents
Agatha Christie’s
THE MOUSETRAP
From 18 Jan 2012
At Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre
Performances: Wed – Fri @ 8pm, Sat @ 5pm & 8pm, Sun @ 3pm
Tickets: R150, R100, R75
All bookings at the theatre and Computicket (011) 511 1818

SECUNDA GROUP IS THE BEST OF THE BEST

Two days of nail-biting theatre productions came to a thrilling end on Sunday when Zase Laduma Arts Projects from Secunda walked away with the R8 000 first place prize and the “Best of the Best” title for their play ‘The Perfect Problem’.
“Zase Laduma Arts Projects are making a name for themselves among community theatre groups and won numerous 2011 SANCTA Festival prizes for ‘The Perfect Problem’. The judges were really impressed by the standard they set with The Perfect Problem,” said manager of the Best of the Best festival, Tonderai Chiyindiko.

Second Prize of R5 000 went to Cape Town-based group Africa Jam with the play ‘Uhlazo’ who are also 2011 Zabalaza Festival Winners and the Hillbrow Theatre Project earned R3000 for their performance of ‘Ga Sepatala’ which won the 2011 Inner City Schools’ Drama Festival. B & T Productions came all the way from Port Elizabeth, but their play ‘My Bra Se Tjirrie’ walked off with R1 000.

“Many of the participants are non-profit organisations and put on productions dealing with issues that affect their communities and the country,” said Chiyindiko. “A festival like Best of the Best doesn't just acknowledge the work these groups do by awarding them prize money. These community festivals give them a platform to showcase their talented community members, and also give them a platform to ensure that their voices are heard and their stories are told.”

The festival, which was hosted by Sibikwa Arts Centre in Benoni, attracted a wide variety of theatre groups from around South Africa as well as within the SADC region. Regional participants expected included groups from Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho but they could not make it for various reasons. In the end we had one group from Botswana and two from Zimbabwe.

The judges included Dr Robert Malcolm Mclaren co-founder of South African theatre organisation, Workshop ’71, and Zimbabwean arts education trust, CHIPAWO; award-winning and accomplished artist and acclaimed playwright, director, actor and cultural activist Gamakhulu Diniso; and award-winning actress Motshabi Tyelele.

“The festival gave us a powerful and challenging view of the Rainbow nation - and its neighbours - from the grassroots,” said Mclaren. “For two days we were taken on nearly 30 short but compelling journeys through themes and stories from all over the country and in seven different languages. Theatre is vibrant and alive, if disturbing - the question is, is society?”

His sentiments were echoed by Tyelele, who commented that all but one play was on violence – “it was a bit disturbing to see that the common themes of all the shows was violence in society. But rather than feel upset about the content of the plays, people should be motivated by the content to make a difference in their own lives.

“It was a really wonderful experience. It's a good initiative by Sibikwa. The festival made me realise how important theatre is in these communities and there is a need for professionals to get involved in mentoring these young artists. There is a lot of talent in these communities and they could thrive with some professional guidance.”

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Ice Dance Sensation returns to SA for Xmas Spectacular

The international ice dance sensation The Imperial Ice Stars make a triumphant return to South Africa this summer with the World Premiere of their dazzling new production of The Nutcracker on Ice. The Nutcracker on Ice will open at the Teatro at Montecasino in Johannesburg on 8 December 2011 for a limited season (till 15 Jan only), before moving to Cape Town’s Artscape Theatre (19 Jan to 11 Feb). Over the last seven years, The Imperial Ice Stars have performed to more than three million people across five continents, at some of the world’s most prestigious venues – London’s Royal Albert Hall and Sadler’s Wells, Singapore’s Esplanade Theatre, Montreal’s Place des Arts and Moscow’s Red Square.

This award-winning troupe has built up a worldwide following and established an unrivalled reputation for their sophisticated portrayals of classic works, and for executing the most complex and daring manoeuvres on the ice. Their previous world tours (Sleeping Beauty on Ice, Swan Lake on Ice and Cinderella on Ice) have been greeted with nightly standing ovations and five-star reviews.

In the summer of 2009/2010 more than 125,000 South Africans saw The Imperial Ice Stars’ production of Cinderella on Ice.

For their latest production, The Nutcracker on Ice, acclaimed Artistic Director Tony Mercer – the world’s leading creator of contemporary theatre-on-ice - has once again teamed with four-time figure skating World Champion and dual Olympic gold medallist Evgeny Platov, and dual World Champion Maxim Staviski to create choreography that further raises the bar, with ever more breathtaking high-speed leaps and throws, and awe-inspiring acrobatics, coupled with the most graceful and sublime ice dancing.

To Tchaikovsky’s memorable score, the 25-strong cast of World, European and National Championship skaters will astound and mesmerise audiences with their adrenaline-rich, dramatic performance, in the intimate setting of a frozen theatre stage.

Set in early 1900s St Petersburg, The Nutcracker on Ice boasts sumptuous sets by leading Australian scenic designer Eamon D’Arcy in this his fourth Imperial Ice Stars show, opulent and stylish costumes from renowned Russian designer Albina Gabueva who created the sophisticated costuming seen in Cinderella on Ice and Swan Lake on Ice, and magical special effects.

This brand new production follows the classic Russian tale of Maria, the little girl whose love brings to life her cherished Nutcracker doll - a magical Christmas gift from her mysterious godfather - leading to adventures with the Mouse King, the enchanted Prince, and the Sugar Plum Fairy.

The story was originally penned nearly two centuries ago, in 1816, by the German author E T A Hoffman, and was later adapted by the French writer Alexandre Dumas in 1847. From this adaptation, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographer Lev Ivanov created their ballet, The Nutcracker, which was first performed in St Petersburg in 1892 and has since become a perennial Christmas favourite the world over.

The Imperial Ice Stars’ Artistic Director, Tony Mercer, explains “The art form of ice dance lends itself beautifully to this well-loved tale. Not only does the story entail some graceful romantic ‘adagios’ with lifts and jumps, but the exotic ‘divertissments’ from Spain, China, Arabia, Russia and Egypt allow us to introduce gymnastic elements, human flying sequences, stunning ‘on ice’ acrobatics and interwoven special theatrical effects.”

Pieter Toerien, presenter of The Nutcracker on Ice, says, “I am absolutely delighted that The Imperial Ice Stars have chosen South Africa for the world premiere of their latest outstanding production. The Nutcracker on Ice marks their fourth ice show in this country, and with each tour the audience numbers have grown significantly, as South Africans have embraced and appreciated the quality, exceptional talent and theatricality of these world class skaters. The Imperial Ice Stars can be assured of a very warm welcome when they return here in December!”

The Nutcracker on Ice will thrill and enchant all ages. Tickets go on sale from 28 June and are available at all Computicket outlets, online at www.computicket.com or through the Call Centre on (011) 340 8000.

Performances: Tuesday – Friday @ 7:30pm, Saturday @ 2:30pm & 7:30pm, Sunday @ 2:30pm & 6pm. (Please note that the performance schedule changes slightly over the Christmas and New Year dates with extra holiday matinees added. Please check Computicket for a complete list of all the performances available).

So, you think your family is crazy….

My mother is Italian, my father is Jewish and I am in therapy! Oi, Mamma Mia, Vot a Family!
Start the Festive season season on a side-splitting note with the New York comedy hit My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, and I’m in Therapy!, at the Studio Theatre at Montecasino - Commencing 14th November 2011.
Created onstage in the Big Apple by comedian Steve Solomon, this uproariously funny one-man play tells the story of an Italian-Jewish family and the crazy characters that surround it… and drive our hapless hero straight into the therapist’s chair.

This hilarious comedy stars versatile and accomplished local actor Michael Richard, who has his work cut out for him in a one man tour de force- navigating his way through a tricky minefield of voices, dialects and sound effects, conjuring an array of wacky family relationships.

Richard has been directed by the multi award-winning Charmaine Weir-Smith, with whom he recently teamed up for two successful seasons of the Sylvaine Strike comedy Pregnant Pause. The top-flight production team is completed by Wilhelm Disbergen , who will undertake the set design, and Jane Gosnell, who is taking care of lighting.

My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, and I’m in Therapy! won the Broadway.com audience award for favourite new off-Broadway play of 2007, and has earned rave reviews, in New York and in South Africa.

You don’t need to be Jewish or Italian to appreciate this off-the-wall comedy – you just need to know what it feels like to leave a family dinner with heartburn and a headache…

Described as “one part lasagne, one part kreplach and two parts Prozac”, this play promises to be just the tonic needed to get the year end off to an upbeat start – and tickets are a lot cheaper than a visit to the shrink!

A PERSONAL NOTE FROM STEVE SOLOMON
A friend once told me “Steve, going out for dinner with you is like crashing your family reunion.”
I’ll explain.
I’ve always loved making people laugh this way and for as long as I can remember, I’ve always had a knack for imitating the voices of those around me. A native of Brooklyn, I grew up in the multi-ethnic neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay. This was the perfect training ground for me, a budding dialectician and the class clown. (I did a very authentic-sounding Chinese restaurant delivery boy)

I loved to write jokes but I wasn’t a performer. I mean, in college, I dabbled in entertaining by emceeing events, but I wasn’t a performer. As an adult, I was a physics teacher and a school administrator. I had a head for business. Sure, I used humor, dialects and sound effects when teaching my students, but that’s the closest I ever got to a stage. I was like the real-life version of Gabe Kaplan’s “Welcome Back Kotter.” So I submitted my jokes and stories to periodicals. Friends and professional stand-up comics that I knew in the business. With the coming of the internet and e-mail, I had an outlet for my comedy writings.

But writing jokes for others to read and perform? This wasn’t where my heart was.
Blinded by the glitz of show biz, I decided to live the world of academia and business behind and turn my attention to my true love, making people laugh. I was sick and tired of the regular paychecks, the prestige and the educational glamour of an administrator’s life. I was ready to hit the road with my jokes and voicebox full of funny voices and make 20 bucks a show.

For years I have toured the United States and Canada with my show My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m In Therapy! And now it’s landed “me” right back where I started, in New York. From Sheepshead Bay to the Great White Way. And now with Michael Richard playing me in South Africa!

The story you’re about to see is true. Well…most of it. The Characters portrayed are real-exaggerated, but real; except for my mother, sister and Grandma They’re exaggerated in real life. In fact, I play them down on stage- artistic license if you will, since nobody would believe that characters like them could be real, After my family saw the show, they filed a petition in the courts to have my “artistic license” revoked.

My Dad used to say “some of us are blessed with the ability to work for as long as they WANT to” My addendum: “some of us are blessed with the ability to work in the field they love for as long as they want to.” I have been blessed.

Steve Solomon , New York City



MICHAEL RICHARD- BIOGRAPHY
Leading South African actor Michael Richard was schooled in Zimbabwe before studying drama at UCT. In 1974 he joined PACT as a member of Ken Leach’s famed Arena Company.After playing Hamlet for PACT in 1978, Michael left the company to become a freelance performer, although he was enticed back as an associate actor for four years in the mid-1980s.
In the 37 years that Michael has been on stage, he has been blessed to have worked with directors who challenged him in a huge variety of roles from Shakespeare to rock-opera; from comedy, tragedy, farce and musicals to several pantomime dames!
Other productions include Othello A Midsummer Night’s Dream “Fangs”, “Laughing Matters” “Wild Honey”, “Fiddler On The Roof”, “Amadeus”, “Educating Rita” “Full Circle” and “ Ying Tongl”. He also worked with Richard E Grant in his latest movie” Wah Wah” and John Malkovich in Betrayal

In addition to his radio and television work, Michael has won many awards, most notably for “Children of A Lesser God”, “Keen”, “Othello”, “Death Defying Acts” and “Decadence”. He was also nominated for best actor as King Arthur in “Camelot” and as Tevye in” Fiddler on the Roof” and Martin in God of Carnage. Other memorable plays include PREGNANT PAUSE with Charmaine Weir–Smith directed by Sylvaine Strike; Pterodactyls in which he acted with his wife and daughter, The God of Carnage , Duet for One and most recently The History Boys with his wife and son.

Show Details:

MY MOTHER’S ITALIAN, MY FATHER’S JEWISH, AND I’M IN THERAPY
Studio Theatre, Montecasino
From Wed 16 November
Performances: Wed – Fri @ 8:15pm, Sat @ 5:15pm & 8:15pm, Sun @ 3:15pm
Tickets cost R150
All bookings at the Theatre & Computicket (011) 511 1818

Pas de Quatre avec Force Deserving of Awards

The worldwide hit, Menopause The Musical® opened to a standing ovation at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre last weekend. The star of the show is no doubt Brenda Radloff in the role of the “Earth Mother” – what a performance and what a fine singer and comedy actress! But, the other members of the four-woman cast also delivers brilliant performances.

They are all well-known faces in a variety of roles in several television series and many theatre productions for which they received a number of well-deserved Awards: Kate Normington plays the role of an ageing “Soap Star”; Ntambo Rapatla is the “Power Woman” and Judy Ditchfield portraying the “Iowa Housewife” to the finest degree of character observation.

Four older actresses giving us some of the most superb singing, acting and dancing that we have experienced in a long time - a "Pas de Quatre avec Force" and deserving of being considered for many an award! The show will run for a ten week season. Menopause The Musical® is a joint venture produced by leading South African theatre & entertainment producers HAZEL FELDMAN and PIETER TOERIEN.

“Menopause The Musical® turns every woman’s dreaded lifetime experience into an incredibly funny and light hearted comedy which will obviously be enjoyed by women of all ages but also their male counterparts, families and friends.” says Hazel Feldman. It all started with four women at a Bloomingdale’s lingerie sale with nothing in common but a black lace bra and hot flashes, night sweats, memory loss, chocolate binges, not enough sex, too much sex and more.

A joyful parody of 25 relyricised classic baby boomer hits, the 90-minute show features chart-toppers as "I Heard It Thru the Grapevine; You No Longer See 39" and the disco favourite "Stayin‘ Awake! Stayin‘ Awake!"

Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, American writer/producer Jeanie Linders created the show as a celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived The Change. Since its first performance, the show has evolved as a "grassroots" movement of women who deal with life after 40 and all the challenges that result in the mental, physical and spiritual freedom of the post WW2 baby boomer generation.

"Most women know intuitively that every other woman is experiencing hot flashes or night sweats. There is always a close friend or two who can sympathize or identify with her," says Linders. "But when they are sitting in a theatre with 400 women, all laughing and shouting‚ 'That’s me! That’s me on stage!' they know what they are experiencing is normal. They aren’t alone…or crazy. It becomes a sisterhood."

According to The New York Times, “[Menopause The Musical] has no trouble winning over its audience…because elsewhere the subject is almost never treated with humour from the woman’s point of view.” The Miami Daily Herald wrote “Menopause The Musical is the little revue that set the world on fire – at least that portion of the world that knows the term ‘hot flash’ as reality, not a news bulletin or punch line.” And the positive reviews and audience testimonials continue to arrive daily. Joy Behar from The View said, “You’ll love it. It’s hilarious. Go see it.”

Menopause The Musical®
Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre
From 11 November to 8 JanuaryPerformances:
Tues – Fri @ 8pm, Sat @ 4pm & 8pm, Sun @ 4pm
Tickets: R250, R200, R150, R75
All bookings at Theatre & Computicket
(011) 511 1818
http://www.montecasinotheatre.co.za/

Festive and Stately Beauty at the SA State Theatre in Pretoria

CELEBRATE THE FESTIVE SEASON WITH ‘THE SLEEPING BEAUTY’AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN STATE THEATRE
This must be the best bargain of the year! The SABT at the SA State Theatre and the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden are opening within days of each other with the same Sleeping Beauty. The only difference is the ticket price! At SABT you can expect to pay in the range R55 to R250 but, at Covent Garden you will be payuing R 165 BP sterling - taht is almost R 2000 per seat!

The South African Ballet Theatre (SABT) will once again present the magical fairytale ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ at the South African State Theatre from Thursday, November 17th to Sunday December 18th 2011. SABT traditionally celebrates the end of the year with a season at the South African State Theatre and ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ makes for ideal family entertainment.

‘The Sleeping Beauty’ has not been staged in Pretoria since 1997.
Based on the original choreography by Marius Petipa, and set to Pytor Tchaikovsky’s sweeping score, this season will feature SABT stars such as Principal dancer Burnise Silvius, and recently promoted Principal dancer Shannon Glover.Also appearing in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ are a host of well – known characters such as Princess Aurora, the evil fairy Carabosse, the Lilac Fairy, Puss in Boots and Little Red Riding Hood.

The season is performed to a recorded score performed by the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Sonja Bass. The production is suitable for ages three and up.
SABT is the country’s foremost professional ballet company and has established itself as a major player in the performing arts with impressive productions of classical ballets, new works by South African choreographers and collaborations across international boundaries. 2011 marks the Company’s tenth anniversary.

Bookings for ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ are through the Computicket on 0861 915 8000 or http://www.computicket.com/

SABT management has endeavored to keep ticket prices for the twenty performances as low as possible with prices ranging from just R55 to R250. Opening night is a half-price night while SABT Friends, Pensioners and block bookings are eligible for discounts throughout the season.

See CCSA's reviews at:

http://curtaincallsa.blogspot.com/2011/10/perfect-season-sa-ballet-theatre-star.html

http://curtaincallsa.blogspot.com/2011/09/sleeping-beauty.html

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Beautiful and a little beastly!

This festive season a little holiday magic will dazzle on stage, pantomime
style, with The People’s Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast.
It will run from 7 November to 24 December.

Following the successes of Alice in Wonderland and Fun, Magic and Tales from
Africa, directors Jill Girard and Keith Smith have now brought this all-time
favourite fairytale to life. With a cast of delightful actors starring Gavin
Gomes (Beast) and Alexandra Snyman (Belle) as well as a spectacular set,
innovative, funky musical treatments and new songs that will make a
traditional favourite delightfully contemporary, this is Beauty and the
Beast in wonderful style.

The play tells the story of Beauty’s father, who picks a rose from the Beast’s
garden and gets caught. To save himself, he makes a promise to send his
daughter to the Beast when she is older. He does so unwillingly but in the
end, Beauty and the Beast fall in love…

To add humour and great antics, traditional pantomime-style spoilt-rotten
ugly sisters Cynthia and Prudence played by Nomsa Makhubu and Mary-Anne
Wright, a wicked fairy (Davina, played by Lebogang Mphahlele) and a good
fairy Koisanni (played by Noni Mkonto ) and an apprentice Fairy Dewdrop,
played on alternate days by Jaydene Marais, Skye Proctor and Miguel Da Silva
will keep the action going with compelling variety. A dictatorial
housekeeper (Mrs Bollocks, also played by Lebogang) has been added to the
script to keep audiences in stitches.

Sir Sid (Noni Mkhonto) and Sir Thomas Twit (Gavin Gomes) are the bumbling
suitors who try impressing King Ben (Gomes), while his younger daughter
Belle (Alexandra Snyman) treats a rather ineffectual father, Mr Brown (Adam
Pelkowitz) with great affection.

A delightful, colourful set by Grant Knottenbelt and beautiful costumes by
Linda Wilson make Beauty and the Beast a guaranteed winner for children,
teachers, mother and fathers. It is indeed, perfect family entertainment.