Cultsha Kennis

Chenal Kock and Jeremeo Le Cordeur are two young and inspired performing artists in Cape Town. Together they formed a Vulture Productions duo, where their triple-feature show of 30mins each is playing at the Masambe Theatre (Baxter Theatre) until 28 December 2019: Jerry, an Unconventional Hero , Dude Wa’s My Bakkie and Mama . So as julle nie planne hettie vir Desember nie, is hierrie drie shows die perfekte kans vir julle om goodbye vir 2019 te sê! Both Chenal and Jeremeo are tertiary educated performing artists from City Varsity and Stellenbosch University, who graduated with scriptwriting, performing and directing skillsets. Both of them have completed the Brouhaha artist residency in the UK, where they represented the Artscape Theatre and collaborated with several international theatre groups. In 2019, we were also pleasantly surprised to discover them at the David Kramer Musical Masterclass program at the Baxter Theatre, a course that proved to be a theatrical catalyst f...

As ô s gewiet’t dat Aunty Merle nie daai lemon meringuewww klaa virrie show gemaak’tie, kan ô s mos ‘n plan gemaak’t! In elk geval the preview of Aunty Merle It’s Girl was tog sweet, sour, rich and decadent anyhow – aal die lemon meringuewww flavours ammal te saam!  How many comedy musical shows do you know that can kiellie the audience’s funny bone in any scene, even when the tone of the scene is melancholy and disappointment?! Our answer: not many, except for one Marc Lottering. Not many people know that the character of Aunty Merle was born out of another production written by Marc Lottering himself, From The Cape Flats With Love. This was the very first time we got to hear about Athlone’s Rose and her fabulous adventures with her husband Dennis (We are all German Carribeans!) and Shmiley, the taxi gaatjie – oh ja, but Aunty Merle don’t take taxi because Dennis drives her in a metallic green BM!  So naturally the theatre creator in us was jits opgewonde to ...