This Musical show sets out with a very simple goal : to present Jacques Brel’s music, life and thoughts in a simple minimalist, intimate way.
Jacques Brel, born in Belgium in 1929 died of cancer in 1978. He was one of the great modern troubadours in the French language - a poet, singer and composer of extraordinary passion.
Wednesday 14 July 2004 8pm -Nr. 37 Orange Road Gardens -Tel : 021 / 480 7129 - Rand 100.00
Wednesday 14 July : 22H00 : Concert is followed by Belgian Dinner at “Den Anker”- Cape Town Waterfront - limited seating - concert + 2 course “mussel/Belgian fries” + 2 Belgian Beers = Rand 300.00 - Book at “Den Anker” : 021 / 419 02 49.
Sunday 18 July 19H00 and Monday 19 July 20H00 - Liberty Theatre on the square - Nelson Mandela Square - Sandton Johannesburg - 021 / 883 8606 - Rand 100.00
Sunday 18 July : 21H00 : Concert is followed by Belgian Dinner at “Ma Passsion” - Greenside - limited seating - concert + 2 course “mussel/Belgian fries” + 2 Belgian Beers = Rand 300.00 - Book at “Ma Passion” - Tel : 011 / 646 34 38 - 072 / 268 03 53
Thursday 22 July : 17H00 : YEOVILLE RECREATION CENTRE - R10 - Tel : 011 / 646 34 38 - 072 / 268 03 53
Sunday 25 July 2004 - 18H00 - Musaion Theatre University of Pretoria - Lynnwood Road - Lynnwood - Pretoria - 021 / 420 20 33 Rand 80.00.
Sunday 25 July : 20H00 : Concert is followed by Belgian Dinner at The Jazz Club Sheraton Hotel - limited seating - concert + 2 course “mussel/Belgian fries” + 2 Belgian Beers = Rand 250.00 - For bookings call 083 / 658 0179.
For bookings please contact Computicket
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(011) 340 800
This musical theatre show sets out with a very simple goal : to present Jacques Brel’s music, life and thoughts in a simple, minimalist, intimate way. Jacques Brel, born in Belgium in 1929 died of cancer in 1978. He was one of the great modern troubadours in the French language - a poet, singer and composer of extraordinary passion and emotional power. He became the leading “chansonnier” - singer and songwriter - of the French scene with his extraordinary presence and powerful songs like Ne Me Quiite Pas, Amsterdam and Marieke. The result is "a show of lyrical power and beauty" (Barry Ronge The star tonight)
With over 300 performances behind them Cedric Vandenschrik (Christian Deni) and Stella Konik have proved time and again the timelessness and relevance of Brel’s work. This show was first put together in 1995 and has since received critical acclaim all over the world. The show as so far been performed as far a field as Mauritius, Reunion, Ireland, Italy, Edinburgh Festival, Zimbabwe and of course, South Africa. Here are some of the Press headlines ; “Superb Brel Clone” (Raeford Daniel The citizen Johannesburg) “Brel-liant” (Michael Tarr Durban) “Jacques Brel is well, he woke up at the Plaza Theatre” (Shenaz Patel Mauritius) “Perfect Harmony” (P.L. Quotidien Reunion)
The setting is simple, a pianist and a singer, exposed to the audience.
A lot of the songs are sung in the original French, but a clever script, and some songs in English allows non French speakers to understand the meaning of the songs and the flow of the show bringing them closer to the true essence of Brel. Cedric Vandenschrik (Christian Deni) and Stella Konik take a deeper look at the man behind the music with some of Brel’s best work. Cedric’s Belgian background is a variable that does not go unnoticed, since Brel was himself Belgian. This undoubtedly allows him to dive into the Brel Character and expose it’s most intimate aspects. The songs are stories, characters brought to life by the universal language of song. Brel was a master at describing everyday situations and tying eternal emotional links with these bitter sweet characters. “Marike”, “Les Bourgeois”, “The old Folks” and many more.
Jacques Brel’s life was a great adventure. He lived intensely, following his feelings, his rebellions and his passions. His songs were stories, pictures, living tales of success, failures, adventures, friendship, dreams, disillusions, heartaches, pain...
Brought up in a bourgeois family, Jacques Brel was respectively an eccentric, author, composer, performer, actor, director, always giving everything he had in whatever he did. When Jacques Brel left us, it was as though he took with him a little of the potential that lies dormant in each of us. For all information contact Cobramar(Pty) Ltd.
Tel : 27 (0) 83 / 658 01 79
E-mail : cobramar@iafrica.com
Fax : 27 (0) 11 / 726 39 01
