MEDIA RELEASE: 2024-10-11
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COME AND MEET MY BOETIE SE SUSSIE SE OU AT EMPERORS PALACE’S THEATRE OF MARCELLUS!
bY Ray Cooney
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER Frans Swart
FEATURING Phillru van Achterbergh AnD Botha Enslin, as WELL AS Marissa Claasen, Danielle Britz, Stefan Lotter, Nikita Meyer AnD Nico Loubser as ‘DADDAH’
Emperors Palace, Theatre of Marcellus, 64 Jones road, Kempton park | 16 to 20 OCtober 2024
BOOKINGS: www.LTickets.co.za
GroUPS OF MORE THAN 10 & HOSPITALITY PACKAGES: CALL 011 815 3000 oR e-MAIL admin@lefra.com
If you think your life is complicated, put yourself for a moment in the shoes of John Smith – that taxi driver of My Vrou se Man se Vrou with his two wives, and now two families as well! That’s right, in My Boetie se Sussie se Ou it is eighteen years later, and John is still keeping two families in two separate parts of London, both happy as larks and totally oblivious of each other. But when his two teenagers, a daughter from the one family and a son from the other, get to chat on social media and anxiously decide to meet in person, John’s already hectic life speeds up to the highest gear and he has his work cut out for him to keep them apart. My Boetie se Sussie se Ou was directed and produced by South Africa’s own King of Farce, Frans Swart. My Boetie se Sussie se Ou can be seen at the Theatre of Marcellus at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park from 16 to 20 October.
Bookings for all these shows can be made at www.LTickets.co.za. Groups of 10 or more get a great discount as always by calling Lefra Productions on 011 815 3000 or e-mailing admin@lefra.com. We are also offering shows at the above-mentioned venues to organisations that would like to use them as a fundraising project. Interested parties can contact Monica Booysen on 011 815 3000 or send an e-mail to info@lefra.com. For more information, go to www.lefra.com or www.myboetie.co.za.
In My Boetie se Sussie se Ou we meet again with John Smith (Phillru van Achterbergh), the London taxi driver who used to live in Highgate with his wife Mary (Marissa Claasen) in Highgate … and also with his wife Barbara (Danielle Britz) in Finchley, just four minutes apart. Vicky (Nikita Meyer), daughter of John and Mary and Gavin (Stefan Lotter), son of John and Barbara Smith, meet in an internet chatroom and are anxious to meet in person. And why not? They have so many shared interests, including a taxi driver father by name of John Leonard Smith … who is, of course, the same person. When John hears about the budding internet romance, he has to do the tutu tap dance to keep his “children” apart and keep the secret from both his children as his wives! Naturally, John asks the help of his friend Stanley Gardner (Botha Enslin) which leads to hilarious lies, confused identities and secretive phone calls to save John’s bacon. And when Stanley’s senile father Daddah (Nico Loubser) arrives for a holiday, all hell breaks loose.
Director Frans Swart describes My Boetie se Sussie se Ou as one of those farces that has everything that makes people laugh until they cry and then until they laugh again. “That ‘laugh a minute’ – that’s exactly what we want to achieve with My Boetie se Sussie se Ou. We want theatre-goers to just laugh and relax about the antics of John Smith and his two families. It’s no wonder scientists say that nothing can make you relax like laughter. And that is why it is such a great honour for Lefra Productions to put on this production. Our people are sick and tired of long faces – our politicians give us quite enough of that! – we want to laugh! . And that is precisely what My Boetie se Sussie se Ou will bring us.”
Swart adds that it has always been important to Lefra Productions to go on tour with their shows. “Sure, going on tour – especially with such a large cast – is going to be a logistical nightmare, but we are definitely going to hit the road across the country so everyone everywhere gets a chance to see this show.”
Book your tickets for My Boetie se Sussie se Ou now, at www.LTickets.co.za. For group bookings and hospitality packages, call Lefra Productions on 011 815 3000 or send an e-mail to info@lefra.com.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
1. You are welcome to run competitions for show tickets. We are willing to give away three double tickets for each performance.
Please use the following wording:
WIN TICKETS TO MY BOETIE SE SUSSIE SE OU
Three lucky readers/listeners/viewers can each win a double ticket MY BOETIE SE SUSSIE SE OU. All you need to do is SMS the following to 37338: Publication/Radio/TV Title, Boetie, then your own name, surname, email, city/town. Winners will be notified by email, and the decision of the Organizers is final. There is no limit on the number of SMS’s sent. Terms and conditions apply.
2. Actors/directors are available for interviews.
3. Extra photos are available.
4. Please arrange competitions/interviews, etc., with Monica Booysen at 011 815 3000 or admin@lefra.com