On stage this month two very different performances take to the Market Theatre stage - one a spectacular Bollywood musical, the other an original South African story that is exhilarating, hilarious and profoundly moving.


Bollywood Love Story: A Musical
presented by Indian Consulate General
All the passion and cheesy plot devices of classic Bollywood musical cinema comes together in a production with song, dance and even a political edge. At every turn of the plot, the cast breaks out into song. Big allegorical tracks that turn the stage into dusty streets with paths by rivers of gold. The production has won rave reviews and has been playing to capacity audiences and standing ovations across Europe.

Performers: Indian Theatre Company
When: 4 - 14 September 2008
Where: The Market Theatre
Time: Tuesday to Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm
Entrance fee: Between R60 and R100 (excludes Computicket fees)

For more information contact:
Zaheda
083 656 4026
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Coupé
presented by The Market Theatre
Created in collaboration with fellow artists as Sylvaine Strike’s Standard Bank Young Artist Award piece, Coupé opened at the National Arts Festival in 2006 to great critical acclaim. Set on a typically South African train sleeper compartment also known as a coupé, the one and a half hour theatrical journey that transpires is exhilarating, hilarious and surreal. Three travellers who do not know each other in the least, board the train and are to their horror, booked into sharing the same 2nd class 3 sleeper coupé.

Coupé is a profoundly directed piece of original South African theatre, Pam-Grant’s eye is that of an artist, the nature of each brushstroke boldly theatrical yet filmic simultaneously, weaving the fabric of dreams and reality, trains and personal journeys into a tight yarn that is “broek-wettingly” funny and profoundly moving.

When: 14 September - 24 October 2008
Where: The Market Theatre
Time: Tuesday to Saturday at 8.15pm, Sunday at 3.15pm
Entrance fees: Tuesday and previews: R40 (excludes Computicket fees)
Wednesday - Thursday: R70 (excludes Computicket fees)
Friday - Saturday: R110 (excludes Computicket fees)
Sunday: R70 (excludes Computicket fees)

For more information contact:
Lusanda Zokufa
011 832 1641
072 367 7867
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