The full programme of the 2025 Maynardville Open-Air Festival has been announced, along with the cast of a production of The Tempest to be directed by Sylvaine Strike.
Antoinette Kellerman (photo: Claude Barnardo)
Under the theme “Waves of Wonder”, the 2025 open-air season at Maynardville will run from 22 January to 8 March. The opening concerts include Tour de Tchaikovsky, an evening of chamber music, and Stormy Weather, in which the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra will “explore composers’ expressions of nature’s elements”. During the course of February, Jonathan Roxmouth will headline Sunday in the Park with Sondheim and Cape Town Opera will present a series of extracts from Shakespeare-themed operas.
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Jefferson Lan and Jane de Wet (photo: Claude Barnardo)
The main attraction at Maynardville each year is, of course, a production of one of Shakespeare’s plays. Next year, that play is The Tempest - and it will star doyenne of the South African stage, Antoinette Kellerman, as Prospero.
Albert Pretorius will play Caliban and Daniel Lasker will play Ariel, with Jane de Wet and Jefferson Lan as Miranda and Ferdinand. Other cast members include David Viviers (Antonio), Brent Palmer (Alonso), Tankiso Mamabolo (Sebastian/Trinculo), Siya Mayola (Gonzalo) and Len-Barry Simons, Naoline Quinzin and Lungile Lallie (Spirits).
Niall Griffin is designing the costumes and set, lighting is by Oliver Hauser, and Wessel Odendaal will compose an original score and soundtrack, with sound design by David Classen.
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Tickets are available via the Maynardville Open-Air Festival website or directly from Quicket.
