KickstArt

Also listed as KickstArt Theatre Company.

A theatrical company formed in 2000 by Artistic Director, Greg King, joined in 2003 by Steven Stead as Executive Director. The company ran the intimate Kwasuka Theatre for three years, and then moved on to collaborations with larger theatres such as the KZN Playhouse, Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, and the Liberty Theatre on the Square in Johannesburg.

Its inaugural production was Ben Elton's Popcorn in 2000, followed by The Importance of Being Earnest (2001), Steel Magnolias, Keely and Du and Private Lives (2002); The Memory of Water, Run to Ground, Proof and Table Manners (2003);

Dangerous Liaisons, Winnie the Pooh, The Wizard of Oz, Wit (2009)

Past Productions

2013

Twitch The Ladykillers Shirley Valentine

2012

Don't Dress for Dinner Red Cabaret Venus in Fur Beauty and the Beast

2011

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! The God of Carnage Cabaret Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

2010

Miracle Duet for One Boston Marriage The Mystery of Irma Vep Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood

2009

Little Shop of Horrors Winnie-the-Pooh W;t Noises Off Peter Pan

2008

Oleanna Shirley Valentine The Wizard of Oz Cinderella

2007

The Road to Mecca The Jungle Book The Mystery of Irma Vep Aladdin

2006

Popcorn Winnie-the-Pooh Art Boston Marriage Sleeping Beauty

2005

Crimes of the Heart Art Boston Marriage Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dracula

2004

The Memory of Water Laughing Wild Dangerous Liaisons Cinderella

2003

The Memory of Water Run to Ground Proof Table Manners

2002

Keely and Du Private Lives Steel Magnolias

2001

The Importance of Being Earnest

Regular performers for the company include Carol Trench, Clare Mortimer, Lisa Bobbert, Ntando Cele, Alison Cassels, Janna Ramos Violante, Jailoshini Naidoo, Vera Clare, Belinda Henwood, Josette Eales, Frances Currie, Neil Coppen, Iain Robinson, Bryan Hiles, Darren King, Peter Court, Michael Gritten, Rowan Bartlett, Marc Kay and Sean de Klerk.

Sources

http://www.kickstart-theatre.co.za/

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