Theater – Page 12 – Sarafina Magazine

A Conversation with Laura Bösenberg and Kim Vieira

Laura Bösenberg and Kim Vieira are senior principal dancers with The Cape Town City Ballet. Between the two of them they have over 30 years of professional ballet experience. Currently Laura and Kim are starring in Peter Pan and Tinkerbell as ‘Tinkerbell’ and ‘Wendy’ respectively. They have both spent countless hours working on their craft and have tackled some of ballet’s most challenging roles, yet despite reaching the highest position in the company, they still rehearse almost every single day. Next year they will alternate the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at Maynardville. We were please to sit down and get to know the women behind these iconic roles.

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December 22, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Ballerina, Ballet, Cape Town, Cape Town City Ballet, Conversation, Dancer, Interview, Kim Vieira, Laura Bosenberg, Now Playing, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: A Stairway to Heaven, Arts, Artscape, Ballerinas, Ballet, Cape Town, Cape Town City Ballet, Conversation, Dance, Dancer, Dancers, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Kim Vieira, Laura Bosenberg, Maynardville, Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet, South Africa, Theater, Women 2 Comments

A Conversation with Donna Cormack-Thomson

Donna Cormack-Thomson may be the new kid on the block but she has already taken the Cape Town theatre scene by storm. In her one short year since graduating from the UCT School of Drama, she has performed in Monster at The Cape Town Fringe Festival, The White Whore and The Bit Player at the Alexander Bar and now she is putting her spin on ‘Melody’ in The Fugard Theatre’s smash-hit return production of Bad Jews. Continue reading →

December 20, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Bad Jews, Cape Town, Cape Town Fringe Festival, Conversation, Interview, Lara Lipschitz, Now Playing, South Africa, The Alexander Bar, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, UncategorizedTags: Actor, Actress, Artist, Cape Town, Cape Town Fringe Festival, Conversation, Film, Ground Coffee, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Performer, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, UCT, Women 3 Comments

A Conversation with Taryn Sudding

At first glance, most may know Taryn Sudding as musical theatre royalty but there is so much more to this talented performer who has truly earned that title. Currently starring in Annie, a show that has come full circle for her during her career, Taryn takes on the role of Grace Farrell. We caught up with Taryn in her dressing room before a performance of Annie at The Artscape Theatre.
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December 15, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actress, Advice, Annie, Conversation, Culture, Dance, Interview, Now Playing, Pieter Toerien, South Africa, Taryn Sudding, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actress, Annie, Annie SA, Arts, Cats, Conversation, Dance, Dancer, Grace Farrell, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Performer, Pieter Toerien, South Africa, Sunset Blvd, Taryn Sudding, The Sound of Music, Theater, Theatre 2 Comments

A Conversation with Candice van Litsenborgh

Candice van Litsenborgh is someone that is easy to obsess over. A multi-hyphanate, she is primarily a performer but has also formed her own production company, Canned Rice, where she seamlessly seems to do it all, from writing to producing to designing and even headshot photography. In the last few years Candice has become a staple in the South African musical theatre scene and has started producing her own work, the most recent being Court, a straight play which had a sold-out run at The Alexander Bar. Currently she is performing in Annie at the Artscape and is about to start rehearsals for her next big musical, the South African premiere of Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
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December 13, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Annie, Art, Arts, Artscape, Candice van Litsenborgh, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Dance, Interview, Now Playing, Photographer, Photography, Pieter Toerien, South Africa, The Alexander Bar, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Women, writerTags: Actress, Annie, Annie The Musical SA, Art, Artist, Arts, Artscape, Candice van Litsenborgh, Canned Rice, Cape Town, Conversation, inspirational, Interview, music, Musical, Musical Theatre, Performer, Photographer, Photography, Priscilla Queen of the Desert SA, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Women, writer 1 Comment

A Conversation with Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child: The Women of The Father part 2

Welcome to Part two of our conversation with Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child, currently starring in The Fugard Theare’s sold out production of Florian Zeller’s The Father. Part one of our conversation can be found here. Continue reading →

November 24, 2016April 25, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, Photography, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actors, Actress, Actresses, Amy Louise Wilson, Anthea Thompson, Conversation, Emily Child, Greg Karvellas, inspirational, Interview, Marius Weyers, Performer, Photography, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Women 1 Comment

A Conversation with Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child: The Women of The Father part 1

“Growing old is an inevitability we all face-Time waits for no man and as sure as taxes, the reaper will visit us all.”- Greg Karvellas.

Florian Zeller’s award-winning play The Father makes its South African premiere at The Fugard Theatre featuring an all-star cast led by the incomparable Marius Weyers. Translated into English by Christopher Hampton, The Father peers into the mind of Andre, a retired dancer living with his adult daughter Anne and her husband. Or is he a retired engineer receiving a visit from Anne who has moved away with her boyfriend? Why do strangers keep turning up in his room? And where has he left his watch? THE FATHER is a funny, sad and poignant roller coaster ride on a fight against insanity that twists and turns with all the excitement of a taut thriller. After spending an evening peering into the mind of Andre, we were fortunate to be granted the opportunity to peer into the minds of the female cast members of the show; Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child.

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November 22, 2016February 10, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Art, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actors, Actress, Actresses, Amy Louise Wilson, Anthea Thompson, Arts, Conversation, Emily Child, Greg Karvellas, inspirational, Interview, Marius Weyers, Performer, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Women 10 Comments

A Conversation with Luanna Shonfeld

Luanna Shonfeld is one of the owners of Gate69, a new cabaret theatre that has taken Cape Town by storm. Gate69 recently opened their doors to the public with the South African premiere of Hedwig and The Angry Inch. We sat down with Luanna (on the plush purple velvet couches at Gate69) to chat about the venue and her multifaceted career.

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November 17, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Cape Town, Cathy Specific, Conversation, Gate69, Hedwig, HedwigSA, Interview, Now Playing, Photography, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Artist, Bree Street, Cabaret Venue, Cathy Specific, Conversation, Gate69, Hedwig, HedwigSA, inspirational, Interview, Luanna Shonfeld, Painter, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Women Leave a comment

A Conversation with Bianca Le Grange

Bianca Le Grange made a name for herself after competing on the first season of South African Idols. A few years, and a lot of hard work later, Bianca has become a full-fledged Musical Theatre leading lady tackling roles in David Kramer’s District 6 Kanala and Blood Brothers, for which she won a Naledi Award, Anita in West Side Story and most recently, as the narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. We sat down with Bianca before one of her final performances of Joseph to chat about the role, her return to Anita and her Musical Theatre journey. Continue reading →

November 8, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Art, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, music, Now Playing, Pieter Toerien, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, UncategorizedTags: #JosephSA, Actors, Actress, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anita, Arts, Bianca Le Grange, Cape Town, Conversation, David Kramer, empowerment, Idols, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Joberg, Johannesburg, music, Naledi Award, Performer, Pieter Toerien, South Africa, Stephen Sondheim, The Fugard, The narrator, Theater, West Side Story, Women 5 Comments

A Conversation with Loren Loubser

Loren Loubser is an actress who recently performed in Niqabi Ninja at The Cape Town Fringe Festival. I have been very vocal about my admiration for this powerful and necessary play. With abandon Loren performed as the title character alongside Bianca Flanders in the two-handler play. On top of being a performer, Loren along with Kelly-Eve Koopman and Kim Windvogel, has created an NPO called Femme Projects which empowers and educates young women. Continue reading →

November 3, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Arts, Cape Town, Cape Town Fringe Festival, Conversation, Culture, Femme Projects, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actors, Actress, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Charity, Comedy, Conversation, empowerment, Femme Projects, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Loren Loubser, Niqabi Ninja, Performer, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Women 3 Comments

Meet the Cast of Shout!

Opening this week at the Roxy Revue Bar, GrandWest, Shout! The Mod Musical follows the story of 5 women in the swinging 60’s. It is an inspiring celebration as we watch each of these women navigate womanhood and experience her own rite of passage to discover her true self through a decade of emotional highs and lows. What is also interesting to note is that Shout! centers around the fictitious Shout! Magazine: a magazine for the Modern Woman, so it was only fitting that Sarafina Magazine sat down with the cast to chat about the show. Ticket information and cast bios can be found at the end.

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November 1, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actress, Actresses, Arts, Cape Town, Christine Thonissen, Conversation, empowerment, Enyha Swanepoel, Grand West, inspirational, inspiring, Interview, Laura Bosman, Megan Spencer, Melissa Sanderson, Performer, Roxy Revue Bar, Shout the Mod Musical, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Women Leave a comment

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