panto
Tshepo Ncokoane is Prince Chuck B Charming and Kiruna-Lind Devar is Snow White
Ben Voss is Wicked Queen Hildegonda Hoggenham and John Robbie is Major Dumb-Ou in Snow White
31 YEARS OF JANICE HONEYMAN’S UNIQUE BRAND OF
In 1987, at the Alexander Theatre in
Braamfontein, writer/director Janice
Honeyman created her first pantomime, based on the classic fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
W
hile this year’s pantomime was still in its development stages (during which time, Janice Honeyman was also busy with rehearsals for a production at the Market Theatre as well as
The Color Purple at Joburg Theatre), Creative Feel caught up with Honeyman to find out more about this much-loved Johannesburg spectacular. ‘Do you know that I am doing pantomime number 31 this year?’ she says. ‘Thirty-one years of the same thing at Christmastime and, you know what? It’s actually great fun. I still have a lovely time when I am doing them.’
Now, 31 years later, Joburg Theatre and
Bernard Jay present Janice Honeyman’s
Today, generations who have grown up with Honeyman’s
signature, annual panto are now taking their own children. Bigger and more spectacular than ever, the classic
Snow White, The Fairest Panto in All The
evergreen story of Snow White will be brought to life once
Land, opening on The Mandela Stage
again from page to stage in an enchanting production
at Joburg Theatre on 3 November and running until 23 December.
complete with an all-star cast, stunning sets, beautiful costumes, breath-taking special effects – including a neverbefore-seen-in-South-Africa, amazing interactive journey into the forest in 3D! – and lots and lots of comedy (with maybe a few double-entendres thrown in… ). South African movie, television, stage and comedy star Desmond Dube returns to his fifth Joburg Theatre
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