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Event
- Title:
- Beauty and the Beast
- When:
- 03.03.2009 - 29.03.2009
- Where:
- Artscape Opera House - Cape Town
- Category:
- Theatre
Description
Since opening two months ago at the Teatro at Montecasino in Johannesburg, Beauty and the Beast has been seen by 160,000 people and praise has been heaped on all aspects of the staging, accomplished under the watchful eye of Julie Dunnley-Wendt, her international Disney creative team and the South African resident director Alan Swerdlow.Internationally, the production has been seen by more than 35 million people in over 100 cities worldwide, and its magic is now sweeping South Africa.
Beauty and the Beast tells the “tale as old as time”. A love story in two acts, it begins with a young, spoiled prince who is transformed into a hideous beast because of his shallowness and selfishness. In order to break the spell cast over him, he has to learn to love another and earn her love in return, before the last petal falls off the rose left by the enchantress who bewitched him. The subsequent journey is magical and emotive and has had audiences enthralled by the exceptional cast's performances, imaginative sets, delightful choreography and cleverly designed costumes.
This grand, heart warming and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical features all the beloved songs from the film, as well as a few pinches of magic in scenes that have audiences scratching their heads in puzzlement and wondering, “How did they do that?” It is a lavish production that is breathtaking in its delivery and superb entertainment for audiences of all ages.
Beauty and the Beast opens at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town on 28 January 2009 and was to run until 8 March 2009 but has now been extended till the 29 March 2009. Tickets cost from R150 to R400 via Computicket, 083 915 8000 or 021 421 7695.
Beauty and the Beast is sponsored by Investec in association with British Airways, M-Net and Southern Sun
Beauty and the Beast tells the “tale as old as time”. A love story in two acts, it begins with a young, spoiled prince who is transformed into a hideous beast because of his shallowness and selfishness. In order to break the spell cast over him, he has to learn to love another and earn her love in return, before the last petal falls off the rose left by the enchantress who bewitched him. The subsequent journey is magical and emotive and has had audiences enthralled by the exceptional cast's performances, imaginative sets, delightful choreography and cleverly designed costumes.
This grand, heart warming and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical features all the beloved songs from the film, as well as a few pinches of magic in scenes that have audiences scratching their heads in puzzlement and wondering, “How did they do that?” It is a lavish production that is breathtaking in its delivery and superb entertainment for audiences of all ages.
Beauty and the Beast opens at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town on 28 January 2009 and was to run until 8 March 2009 but has now been extended till the 29 March 2009. Tickets cost from R150 to R400 via Computicket, 083 915 8000 or 021 421 7695.
Beauty and the Beast is sponsored by Investec in association with British Airways, M-Net and Southern Sun
Venue
- Venue:
- Artscape Opera House
- Street:
- DF Malan Street
- City:
- Cape Town
- State:
- Foreshore
Description
Auditorium
The auditorium seats 1187 with space for two wheelchairs.
The stalls hold 23 rows of seats and the balcony seven.
The distance from curtain to back rows are respectively 26.10m and 29.70m
Stage
The Opera house stage consists of the main stage, rear stage and two side stages.
The main stage is 26.1m wide and 16.25m deep and has three identical stage lifts.
Each lift has six traps which can move separately or be joined to form one continuous trap.
The rear stage has a wagon with double revolve
The wagon can move forward and be sunk via lifts to provide turntable facility on main stage.
The stage floor is wood covered and each lift can tilt ten degrees.
Pit
When lowered the pit can accommodate 75 to 80 musicians. It has three individual lifts.
The lifts can be set at three standard levels namely: Orchestra pit level, auditorium floor level and stage level to form an apron or thrust stage.
Technical
Fly tower of 37m houses 66 electrically driven décor battens including three two cyclorama battens.
Stage managers control desk in portal tower stage right.
Electrically operated curtains which travel vertically and horizontally.
Independent three phase power supply of 120 amps per phase on available.
Emergency back-up for emergency lighting only within eight seconds of general power failure.
Fully computerised lighting rig operated from room at the back of auditorium using a Compulite Vecta control desk.
State of the art sound equipment Meyer system with a Midas Heritage control desk..
The auditorium seats 1187 with space for two wheelchairs.
The stalls hold 23 rows of seats and the balcony seven.
The distance from curtain to back rows are respectively 26.10m and 29.70m
Stage
The Opera house stage consists of the main stage, rear stage and two side stages.
The main stage is 26.1m wide and 16.25m deep and has three identical stage lifts.
Each lift has six traps which can move separately or be joined to form one continuous trap.
The rear stage has a wagon with double revolve
The wagon can move forward and be sunk via lifts to provide turntable facility on main stage.
The stage floor is wood covered and each lift can tilt ten degrees.
Pit
When lowered the pit can accommodate 75 to 80 musicians. It has three individual lifts.
The lifts can be set at three standard levels namely: Orchestra pit level, auditorium floor level and stage level to form an apron or thrust stage.
Technical
Fly tower of 37m houses 66 electrically driven décor battens including three two cyclorama battens.
Stage managers control desk in portal tower stage right.
Electrically operated curtains which travel vertically and horizontally.
Independent three phase power supply of 120 amps per phase on available.
Emergency back-up for emergency lighting only within eight seconds of general power failure.
Fully computerised lighting rig operated from room at the back of auditorium using a Compulite Vecta control desk.
State of the art sound equipment Meyer system with a Midas Heritage control desk..
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