The Mysteries - Programme, 2003
Title
The Mysteries - Programme, 2003
Date
25 February 2003
Description
Selected pages from programme for Wilton's Music Hall production of Yiimimangaliso: The Mysteries.
What's the story?
Yiimimangaliso: The Mysteries is a retelling of the Chester cycles of medieval mystery plays though speech, song and dance in four of South Africa's official languages--English, Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zulu.
Using a large South African cast director Mark Dornford-May relocates the telling of these universal stories to a contemporary South African township.
A review of the show on www.britishtheatreguide.info neatly sums up this production …
“If it was necessary to pick a single word to summarise Yiimimangaliso The Mysteries, that word would be exuberance. There is a feeling of joy and life that seeps out from almost every moment and each actor”
Using a large South African cast director Mark Dornford-May relocates the telling of these universal stories to a contemporary South African township.
A review of the show on www.britishtheatreguide.info neatly sums up this production …
“If it was necessary to pick a single word to summarise Yiimimangaliso The Mysteries, that word would be exuberance. There is a feeling of joy and life that seeps out from almost every moment and each actor”
Type
Programme
Location of item
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Rights
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Contributor
Researcher: David Longford
