Ver in die Wêreld Kittie
Ver in die Wêreld Kittie is a musical by David Kramer
The original text
The g musical tells the story of the success of singers Josef Marais and Rosa de Miranda’s in America and Canada in the 1950s, where they toured as ballad singers who performed Afrikaans folk songs in English. Kittie Jaftha, a woman who grew up with Josef’s mother in Worcester feels betrayed because she knows Josef learned these songs from her and Koos Heuningbek, a worker on the farm of Koos’s father.
The piece is performed in English and Afrikaans, with surtitles for anyone that doesn’t speak Afrikaans.
Performances
2024: Performed at The Blik in Cape Town from 11 Aug 2024. Directed by David Karmer with Jenny Stead, André Terblanché, Dean Balie and Rushney Ferguson and musicians Kerryn Torrance, Ivan Potts and Nick Turner.
Sources
https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1547252483
Keith Bain. 2024. Elegant storytelling with wonderful music, David Kramer’s ‘Ver in die wêreld Kittie’ is activism you can tap your toes to., Daily Maverick, 3 August, 2024 [1]
