Jimbo

Jimbo is a musical by Hamish Kyd with music by Siva Devar and lyrics by Hamish Kyd and Themi Venturas.

Original text

The musical depicts Durban’s coloured community in the sixties and seventies, and more specifically the Indian Market and Warwick Triangle. Charged with vitality and graphic humour along with its own brand of pathos, its evocative story of back-street life is played by a sharply-drawn cast of characters, headed by two hobos who tell of life lived between heaven and hell.

Performance history in South Africa

1993: First production staged at The Playhouse, directed by Themi Venturas, with Hamish Kyd. It was presented in Durban as part of the Playhouse Company’s Kwasa Community Theatre Development Project.

2006: Revival production presented at the Playhouse Drama Theatre, directed by Themi Venturas, with Percy Smith, Jailoshini Naidoo, Daniel Watson, Grant Jacobs, Quincy Fynn, Hamish Kyd, Cindy Ngidi, Afzal Khan.

2009: Presented by the Playhouse Company at the Playhouse Drama Theatre, directed by Themi Venturas, with Percy Smith, Jailoshini Naidoo, Hamish Kyd, Teboho “T-Bone” Hlahane, Marcia Mzindle, Sam Marais, S’lindile Nodangala, Gareth Purchase, Mario Ogle, Thomie Holtzhausen, Thabo Mnguni, Rory Booth, Afzal Khan and Vivian Moodley. The production is performed on Larri Coquillion’s original set design with lighting design by Richard Parker and musical direction by Melvin Peters who leads a five-piece band.

Sources

https://witness.co.za/archive/2009/07/30/backstreet-durban-in-the-sixties-20150430/

https://news.artsmart.co.za/2009/07/jimbo-returns-to-playhouse.html

https://news.artsmart.co.za/2009/07/jimbo.html

https://iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/2006-07-18-jimbo/

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