JUMP THE MUSIC TRAIN

OUR FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION!!!

Dear Friends,

Before David Kramer left for London he persuaded me not to open my Zoo season before February as the winds blow in January! Well, we have just had the stillest January in years! I am opening with a real bang from the 1st of Feb with, "Jump the Music Train" This is the story of the extraordinary, Khayelitsha United Mambazo. It tells the story of their migration from the Eastern Cape homelands, to the shacks of Cape Town. Theirs is a story of wonder and success that has been inspirational to work on. I first meet this group of 10 singers when Pieter Dirk Uys put us together at the Voorkamer Festival, which they took by storm.



We have created a show that combines the joy and beauty of Mambazo music, with the story of young man and woman's journey to Khayelitsha. " Lennox's story" is a moving and real picture of how history has created a mass movement of landless people into Cape Town. Yet, in one generation, university graduates have emerged from the shacklands.



Yes! you will taste a little township culture, and you will witness the melodic proof that 'positivity is alive', right here, in the story of the Khayelitsha United Mambazo.



The food is a real east African 3 course special : with samoosas, magic Briyanees (vegetarian and

chicken), and fresh fruit ice-cream. Simple, light and tasty, served in the safari style of

tables under the stars, seated on canvas, folding chairs.

COME, JUMP the MUSIC TRAIN WITH US!





Starring

Nicholas Ellenbogen

Astara Mwakalumbwa

and the

Khayelitsha United Mambazo

Directed by

Luke Ellenbogen

We have 3 preview shows on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of Feb where you can have dinner in the lions cages, plus show for R120. Show only is R60. Tables must be booked urgently, as dinner numbers will be limited.The production will run through February, Wednesdays to Saturdays. Parking is much closer now and the lighting has been improved further.



To book phone 082 8463818