Silence Of The Music

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In a world of diversity comes a classic tale of intercultural love united through music. Leading world-music composer and producer Lynne Holmes-Ganief teams up with renowned theatre director Basil Appollis to create a new magical and exotic world-music drama. The star-studded cast includes Michele Maxwell (Isidingo, Scandal), Loukmaan Adams (District 6 The Musical, Kat and the Kings, Keenan Arrison (Shooting Stars), Farouk Valley-Omar (10 000 BC), Antoinette Blyth (soprano), Yusuf Ganief (Arabic vocalist), Nobuhle Ketelo (traditional African vocalist), Asmina Aleker (Indian Bollywood singer), Belinda Silbert (mezzo soprano), Bienyameen Camroodien (Spanish guitar), François Arzul (violin) and Tony Paco (Tucan Tucan – percussion).

The original music includes rich and angelic opera voices, Sufi Arabic prayers, romantic ballads and African chants, all set in a diverse world-music arrangement of epic orchestration, flamenco guitar, Indian tabla and African rhythms.

Duration: 90 minutes

Venue: Baxter Theatre
Genre: music
Start Date: 22 September 2010
End Date: 3 October 2010
Artists: Michele Maxwell, Loukmaan Adams, Farouk Valley-Omar, Keenan Arrison, Antoinette Blyth, Yusuf Ganief, Nobuhle Ketelo, Asmina Aleker

Director(s): Basil Appollis

Other People: Music composed and produced by Lynne Holmes-Ganief
Written by Anne Woodborne and Basil Appollis
Set and lighting design by Patrick Curtis

Times: Preview on Wednesday, 22 September, at 20h00
Opens on Thursday, 23 September, at 20h00
Thereafter Tuesday–Sunday at 20h00

Price: R120

Discounts: (Tuesday–Thursday only)
UCT staff, students, senior citizens and block bookings of 10 or more: R100

For discounted block bookings (entire house), charities, schools, corporate bookings and fundraisers, please contact one of the following:
Sharon Alexander 021 680 3962 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 021 680 3962 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or sharon.alexander@uct.ac.za
Carmen Kearns 021 680 3993 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 021 680 3993 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or carmen.kearns@uct.ac.za.

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