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Alice in Wonderland
28 Jun, 2014 @ 11:00 AM - 20 Jul, 2014 @ 2:00 PM
Date 28 June to 20 July 2014
Time 11:00 am to 14h00 pm
Venue Canal Walk
Cost R70.00 sold through Computicket
Alice, the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit, along with a host of other characters, will be entertaining children at Canal Walk this winter as the Centre Court comes alive to the finest children’s theatre in the country.
Lewis Carroll’s much loved classic, Alice in Wonderland, will be brought to life by the award winning duo, Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer. The show will run from Saturday 28 June to Sunday 20 July in a specially constructed theatre in the Centre Court.
With breathtaking sets, magnificent costumes, gorgeous puppets and memorable songs, the show will showcase the talent of some of South African finest up-and-coming musical theatre stars.
Newcomer, Natasha Dryden (Hansel & Gretel, Long Street Nights) stars as Alice with top musical theatre actress, Candice van Litsenborgh (Evita, Chess, Sunset Boulevard, Assassins, Show Boat) in the role of the Queen of Hearts. Sven Ruygrok stars as the White Rabbit. Ruygrok recently enchanted Cape Town audiences with his physical prowess in the role of Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Maynardville and is also well known for his performances as Rambo in the SPUD films. Gordon van der Spuy and Kyle Jardine star as the Mad Hatter and the March Hare.
The shows will run from Tuesday to Sunday at 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm. Tickets will cost R70 and will be sold through Computicket
Canal Walk will donate R5.50 from each ticket sold, as well as the proceeds of programe sales to Stop Hunger Now.The donations form part of Stop Hunger Now’s Meals in Memory, which will see more than
250 000 meals packaged in the Western Cape from now until Mandela Day on July 18. This will be enough food to feed 3 000 children at 66 needy preschools for the rest of the year.
