Saul Radomsky will design the set for the new production of Kat and the Kings, having designed the production for the West End and Broadway. On its return to South Africa, he won an FNB Vita Award for Best Set Design. Last month Saul was awarded a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for his set design for Athol Fugard’s The Bird Watchers. Other award-winning creative team members members include Alistair Izobel and Loukmaan Adams who will join director David Kramer in the positions of Vocal Coach and Choreographer respectively. Illka Louw who designed the costumes for District Six, Ghoema and Die Ballade van Koos Sas, will co-ordinate the costumes that are based on the original designs by David Kramer and Saul Radomsky.
After touring South Africa, the original production of Kat & the Kings was invited to the Tricycle Theatre in London in November 1998 and was then transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End by British producers. The production won the Olivier Awards for Best New Musical and the entire cast won the award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1999 - a first for a South African production. The production then transferred to Broadway and was nominated for a Tony, a Drama League and 3 Drama Desk Awards.
Kat & the Kings previews start from the 1st May with tickets from R100 to R150 via the Fugard Theatre box office on 021 461 4554, and 0861 915 8000, with generous discounts available for the Friends of the Fugard. Patrons who are not yet signed up members of the Friends of the Fugard program can do so by clicking onto www.thefugard.com or by calling the theatre’s box office. Performances run Tuesdays to Fridays at 8pm and on Saturdays at 5pm and 8:30pm. Ends
About the Fugard Theatre:
The Fugard Theatre (280 seats), and the Fugard Sigrid Rausing Studio (150 seats), are located within the historic Sacks Futeran building in Cape Town’s District Six. The Fugard was the brainchild of its founding producer Eric Abraham, who underwrote its construction and underwrites its overhead, and is named in honour of Athol Fugard; South Africa’s greatest playwright. On the 12th June 2011 Athol Fugard received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award for his contribution and services to the Industry.
