Joburg Promusica in Roodepoort promises to start the new year with a ‘massive’ take-off by staging the Afrikaans comedy Vettie! Vettie! Promusica audiences can expect much more than just a smile when this hit show kicks off the theatre’s 2011 programme.
Vettie! Vettie!, produced by Kosie House of Theatre, will debut from 27 January to 20 February 2011 in Roodepoort, whereafter the show will embark on a nationwide tour.
Originally written by Charles Laurence and then translated into Afrikaans by Johan Bernard, Vettie! Vettie! (My Fat Friend) is a humorous look at women’s ongoing battle with the scale and that extra bit of weight. With the award-winning comic actor Tobie Cronjé as director, Vettie! Vettie! will inject the new year with a healthy dose of laughter.
Vicky (Karen Wessels) is a successful owner of a bookshop in Hatfield, Pretoria. She is single and obviously overweight. When she meets the man of her dreams, Tom Delport (Paul du Toit), she decides to get rid of the excess weight once and for all in order to secure her Prince Charming.
Easier said than done, especially if one of your house mates is a gourmet chef, while the other one keeps reminding you how many diets you’ve experimented with in the past... and failed!
Henri (Casper de Vries) knows Vicky too well and that all her good intentions ended in the garbage bin. The sharp-tongued Henri loves to be ‘truthful’ and make no excuses for his constant jokes about Vicky’s weight issues.
Gert (Johan Botha) is the gourmet chef who is allergic to cooking anything plaind and ordinary. During the day he also works as Vicky’s assistant in the bookshop and has a very soft spot for her.
Will Vicky be able to charm the man of her dreams and live with him happily ever after?
My Fat Friend was translated into Afrikaans by Johan Bernard and adapted as Vettie! Vettie! by Pierre van Pletzen.
Tobie Cronjé, known for his roles in the annual pantomime and the recent comedy Sing!, is the director.
Bookings through Computicket.
For more information about the play and tour schedule visit the web site http://www.vettievettie.co.za/
