The Guguletu Tenors will grace the main stage at this years’ Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards

A stellar entertainment line-up awaits audiences at the prestigious annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards at Artscape on 20 March 2011.

The 46th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, to be held at the Artscape Theatre on Sunday 20 March 2011 at 6pm, once again boasts a stunning entertainment line-up, with Alan Committie as MC and television personality Charlene Truter as co-host. Lara Bye, a previous Fleur du Cap winner and nominee, will direct the event that has been given a uniquely Capetonian vibe this year.

Audience members and nominees will be greeted with sparkling wine, cocktails and canapés, mingling to music by the electric violinist Carol Thorne and the harpist Jane Theron. Amongst those gracing the main stage will be David Kramer and his Breyani Band, the Limited Edition Drummers, the Guguletu Tenors, Thembi Mtshali, Jimmie Earl Perry and the world champion break dance duo Jed and Duane Lawrence, also known as the Ubuntu BBoys.

The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards is the premier event of its kind in South Africa. At its inception in 1965 it was known as the Three Leaf Awards, becoming the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards in 1978 when it was named after one of Distell’s leading wine brands. Every year prizes are given to outstanding individuals for theatre excellence, specifically focusing on professional theatre productions staged in the Cape Town Metropole and surrounds. The judges are made up of local critics, journalists, writers and drama educators, who base their decisions on having viewed close to 100 productions over 12 months, in several venues in and around the city. The panel consists of Marianne Thamm, Mariana Malan, Marina Nel, Peter Tromp, Len Ashton, Beverley Brommert, Wayne Muller, Herman van der Westhuizen, Zane Henry, Jill Makram, Denise Bester and Conrad Sidego, the non-voting chairman.

Each award carries a R15 000 cash prize as well as a silver medallion, making a ‘Fleur du Cap’ one of the most coveted awards in the industry. Awards are given for musicals, comedy and drama productions and the categories are as follows: Best Performance by an Actor, Best Performance by an Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Performance in a One-Person Show, Best New SA Script, Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors, Best Performance in a Musical, Best Design (lighting, set, costumes, props), Best Performance in a Revue or Cabaret and Most Promising Student.

The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards is an initiative of the Distell Foundation, forming part of Distell’s Corporate Social Investment Programme that is dedicated to supporting the performing arts. The event itself is an evening of glitz and glamour that is equivalent to the Tony Awards in New York, and it attracts the cream of the country’s theatre talent and entertainers.

Members of the public can now vote for their favourite production of 2010 by logging onto www.capetheatre.co.za and clicking on the People’s Choice Awards icon at the top right-hand side of the home page. Voting opens on 28 February and closes on 16 March. The winning production will receive the People’s Choice Award, which will be announced at the ceremony, together with the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Award for Innovative Contribution to Theatre. The latter will enable the judges to consider an individual, company or organisation in the theatre industry that has consistently created exceptional work, and may fall outside of the existing categories.

The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday, 20 March at 6pm at Artscape. Limited seats are available to the public via Computicket or 021 421 7695. Tickets cost R150 per person and include canapés and award-winning Fleur du Cap wines before and after the ceremony.

All funds raised through ticket sales will be donated to theatre development in South Africa.

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