Blogging Hiatus

Gentle Reader,

Some five years into the life of Afrika T, I now find myself unable to keep up with contributions at a level that I and you have come to expect from this blog. Partly this is because of other activities in responsible tourism (see example here, and another here), partly from other projects in sustainability (see examples here and here), and partly for reasons that are more personal.

I am certainly still active online and in responsible travel, so feel free to comment on existing posts here, to follow me on Twitter, and to note what I've been reading online via Delicious. I also hope to return to Afrika T, so am not bringing the blog to a halt, just declaring a hiatus of indefinite duration...

Thank you for your support over the years, and, if you're a newcomer to the site, may it still prove valuable.

Kind regards

Kurt

5 December 2011




Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Unique Handspring Puppetry Tour - next week only

The inspired minds at Coffeebeans Routes have developed what looks like an amazing tour experience that takes visitors behind the scenes (and in front of them) with the world-famous Handspring Puppet Company. Handspring is based in Cape Town, and won a Tony Award for their work on the Broadway theatre production, War Horse. Each of their puppets is a sculptural artwork, and the puppeteers bring exceptional empathy to their work. The tours are running during the Out of the Box Festival of puppetry, which in itself is well worth a visit or three. To book, contact Coffeebeans Routes.

Below, the blurb from Coffeebeans Routes:


If you love puppets in any form, and if you love the work of the world famous Handspring Puppet Company, then you will adore this limited edition tour.

The Out the Box Festival, in collaboration with Coffeebeans Routes and theHandspring Puppet Company, has created a unique puppetry route for the Festival, set in South Africa’s puppetry capital, Cape Town.

Guests will tour the Handspring Puppet Company's workshop, the home of the Tony award winning War Horse. Then you'll return to the festival precinct and go behind the scenes, meeting and interacting with featured artists from the festival. Finally, you will see one of the festival's extraordinary productions. It's a unique, limited edition opportunity, not to be missed.

Programme

15h00 for 15h30. Arrive at Festival Precinct.
15h30 depart for Handspring Workshop
16h15 tour of Handspring Workshop
17h15 return to Festival precinct
18h00 - 18h45 behind the scenes with featured puppetry artists
19h00 - 2000 dinner break (dinner for own account).
20h00 festival puppetry performance

The featured shows will be:

Mon 05 Sept 20h00 Ouroboros (Little Theatre)
Tue 06 Sept 20h00 Sadako (Little Theatre)
Wed 07 Sept 20h00 Hats (Rehearsal Studio)
Thur 08 Sept 20h00 Benchmarks (Little Theatre)
Fri 09 Sept 20h00 Punch and Judy in Afghanistan (Little Theatre)


BOOK NOW only 60 seats available over 5 tours

R395 per person


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