Santa's Story, described as "a journey of courage and hope through discrimination to heartbreaking losses", will cover her voyage from Germany to Spain, France, and Africa. The production will be directed by Janice Honeyman with designs by Mannia Manim and Dicky Longhurst. (They were the team behind The Blue Iris.)
Santa's Story will feature live Klezmer music performed by the arranger Matthew Reid (on clarinet and saxophone), Nicky Jansen (on keyboard, guitar, flute, accordion, and saxophone), and Petri Salonen (on violin). Aviva (whose award-winning career spans almost 40 years) will also sing in Spanish, French, Yiddish, Hebrew, and English.
Santa's Story will be showing at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town from 29 August to 9 September. Performances are nightly (except Mondays) at 8pm with various weekend matinees. Tickets are available from Computicket or the Theatre's box office on +27 (0)21 461 4554. Generous discounts are available for Friends of the Fugard, which you can sign up for by calling the box office or by going to www.thefugard.com.
