Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Brother Number gets a rave review!
I thought I would just bring to your attention the following review of Brother Number, written by Zane Henry for the Cape Argus Tonight and published today, June 5 2007:Brother Number is a comedy set in the world of Home Affairs. Doesn't sound like much on paper, but, oh boy - in execution it is a brilliant surrealist allegory set in an epic story world. Rob van Vuuren and James Cairns play Stan and Harvey, two brothers who were kidnapped and sent to work in the bowels of the Department of Home Affairs.
For 16 years, they have been sitting in a little windowless room making ID books. They are the only two people in the world who know how to knock up those nifty green documents. When an explosion blows their tiny world wide open, Stan and Harvey must try and find their way out of the labyrinthine Department of Home Affairs. It's hard to convey the immense scope of the plot without giving away essential details.
The play addresses the nature of freedom and identity framed in rich allegory. The story is thoroughly absorbing with nuanced characterisation, limber dialogue and intricate narrative arches. All the characters are wreathed in archetypal familiarity a la Vladimir Propp. Brother Number moves like a Grimm fairytale, jocular on the surface but undercut by a sinister edge. if the story was ever to be adapted for the big screen, only Terry Gilliam would be able to negotiate its delicate balance between light and dark.
The performances are uniformly excellent. Van Vuuren and Cairns totally inhabit the host of characters populating the play. They manage the disparate accents and mannerisms with verve. They have excellent chemistry and their alacrity smacks of intense rehearsal. The occasionally wordy script is enlivened by their superb physical theatre and facial gurning.
Brother Number is throughly satisfying, both emotionally and intellectually.
Cool hey?
Labels: Comedy, Kalk Bay Theatre, shows, T*M*A*S
Friday, May 04, 2007
Twakkie saved Corne!
Dear all of everyone out there who still gives a bladdy damn at all.It's me Twakkie and i have the coolest news I have ever have! Corne is back!! That's right yesterday i saved him from the Cornites compound in the Maluti's.
It was hell on cheese I can tell you that for free, but we made it, and we're coming back. We are going to drive through the night, hell for heather, to be at the Kalk Bay Theatre tomorrow for our uncredible morning show, Breakfast Bonanza, which starts at 10:30 in the a.m.
We will be there on Saturday and Sunday morning for the rest of the month. Tickets are flying so booking is essential. The number is 0732205430 and if you have any problems you can phone Asa at 021 788 4936, he will moer someone. Love it!
Twakkie.
(I cannot be held responsible for any of the above information... including the boerewors that Corne seems to have stolen from that caravan... Rouvanne)
Labels: Corne and Twakkie, message, T*M*A*S
Monday, April 30, 2007
Breakfast with Corne & Twakkie
I received a reminder message this morning, from the comedy duo of T*M*A*S (The Most Amazing Show), the most magnificent Corne & and most lovely Twakkie, who have a show starting now at the beginning of May.Lenny & I have bumped into Twakkie twice in the last few weeks; the first time when he was trying to get in the backstage entrance at the Springbok Nude Girls Peace Breaker launch at the Tafelberg Tavern (we eventually got him VIP tickets so he wouldn’t cause a scene!); and then last week when we were in a meeting with our design team at iaminawe shouting something about breakfast (it was lunch-time by then) and so we told him to just mail us!
"Like your lady bringing you breakfast in bed on the morning of which you of forgotten her birthday, here we are - Me, Corne, and my little friend Twaks, as a gentle reminder.Our show, which is called 'Breakfast Bonanza' is on Saturday and Sunday mornings at the Kalk Bay Theatre. The time which it will be is 1030 am, every Saturday and Sunday from May 05 till June 24th. Pre-booked tickets cost R65, and are combined with, included kind of a thing... the loveliest free coffee...Could you believe it?"
You can telephone the Kalk Bay Theatre on 073 220 5430 to book yourself a place for the greatest show in the world.
PLEASE NOTE: Breakfast is NOT included.
So here is a little piece that iaminawe put together for T*M*A*S Very Late Show, when they hosted the Smirnoff International Comedy Awards… it’s the very late show, so you can get to the Kalk Bay Theatre nice and hungry for breakfast!
Have a great day folks!
Labels: Corne and Twakkie, iaminawe, shows, T*M*A*S
