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iKHO! Festival
iKHO! Festival
This watershed festival, which is supported by NAC and ASSITEJ SA, runs over three days and offers a feast of local puppet theatre productions with a strong ecological awareness theme.
Six productions make up the programme, starting on Friday 26 with Happy go Lucky's Sunshine Babies, performed by Sibo Masondo and Mlu Ngidi. This is an Early Year's play suitable for children from 2 upwards. The recipient of the Musho! 2016 Runner Up Audience Favourite Award, Sunshine Babies is a charming and lively production that holds children spell bound. Peter Court's new Creative Madness production about water conservation, Drip Drop Drip, launches the festival and is aimed at families with older children.
On Saturday the programme includes Lucky Strike, an international award winning script by Gisele Turner which is a SA Grade 7 English set work. This local drama, which features a marionette puppy and two large mouth puppets, follows the heart warming story of the day in the life of a little township boy.
Lucky Strike will be followed by a free pop up rod puppet theatre Chippi and the Gang, written and directed by Gisele Turner and performed by Phillipa Savage. This comic piece, with loads of local characters, helps everyone understand where the household rubbish needs to go! The day finishes with Nandogran EcoVillage's production Nstwaki's Adventure, which features giant marionettes and tells the story of Ntswaki and his search for advice on sustainable living.
On Sunday there will be two performances of Blue Boy. Inspired by the mystic stories of India, Blue Boy focuses on the joy of childhood's innocent yet mischievous playfulness.NPC Nandagram EcoVillage promotes and tutors sustainable living and their iKHO! Festival is a vehicle to bring families together in the spirit of conservation and love for the planet and all its creatures. Tickets will be available at the door and are R35 a person; with a portion of the proceeds being donated to Acting for Rhinos.
Please contact Laghu on 079 633 3892 for more information and to book.