Damsel In Distress - Cabaret

07/09/2025

And then there was MORE!

We're super excited to be making a short stop at one of our favorite places The Drama Factory before heading to Artscape with "The Tramp"!

From the creators of the multi-award winning “Vincent – His Quest To Love and Be Loved”, comes a brand-new musical about the life of comedic genius, Charlie Chaplin.

Somerset West! Our acclaimed production "The Tramp" will be on your doorstep in 2 weeks from today! 🎈

19-21 September
The Drama Factory
Bookings https://www.dramafactory.co.za

18/12/2023

Hi-ho, hi-ho -- off to the Pantomime we go!
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Where’s the most spectacular panto of all?
All the magical ingredients you’ve come to expect from a Guild Theatre pantomime will be included in this year’s Snow White and the Seven Dofs.
Snow White and the Seven Dofs promises to thrill audiences with its spectacular effects, dazzling scenery, lavish costumes and, above all, a truly amazing cast.
Enter the magical winter wonderland of beautiful Snow White as she makes seven new friends, yearns for true love and battles the evil intentions of the wicked Queen.
This is a timeless story for the young and the young-at-heart.
Production team:
Amanda Bothma | Joy Sparg | Nathan Johannisen| Nicole Windell
Book your tickets here: https://tickets.computicket.com/.../snow_white.../7236633
Thursday, 14th – R100
Friday, 15th / Saturday, 16th / Monday, 18th – R120
Tuesday 19th to Saturday, 23rd – R150

East London Guild Theatre
Wêla Kapela Productions
Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts

18/12/2023

01/08/2023

Damsel In Distress - Cabaret a production by Wêla Kapela Productions will be at Hilton Arts Festival 12-13 August 2023 - book your tickets:

https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1531495275

Amanda Bothma
Alison Hillstead
Jacques Du Plessis

Alison Hillstead as, Griselda the ultimate armchair traveler. Griselda a librarian lives in the library. She has not left the building in a long, long time and has traded life for the world of fiction. Alison’s beautiful rendition of New York, New York transports the audience into the pages of The Great Gatsby, and in Berlin, the sexy city, we meet Sally Bowleswho comes alive in "Cabaret", by the end of Milord you can almost taste the cassoulet. She yearns to escape into the real world, but she is hesitant. ”I might not be an adventurer, but I am a librarian and I am proud of it!” NAF Superfans at National Arts Festival Wêla Kapela Productions Hilton College Theatre Hilton Arts Festival Cabarete

11/04/2023

DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
Wêla Kapela Productions

Standard Bank Ovation Award in 2021.
Featuring Alison Hillstead
Written/directed: Amanda Bothma
Musical Director/pianist: Nathan Johannisen

Alison Hillstead and Nahan Johannissen shine in classic cabaret style .
Griselda, aptly named after the original damsel in distress in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, is a librarian who also lives in the library, she has not left the building in a long, long time.

When faced with the reality she opts out with “No thank you, I will rather just read my book. I might not be adventurous, but I am a librarian, and I am proud of it!”

So, Griselda becomes the ultimate armchair traveler. Through her books, she travels to Paris, New York, and Berlin in its heyday.

Accompanying her travels, Alison sings songs from Cole Porter to the show-stopping “New York- New York” and “Mein Herr”

Bookings on www.welakapela.co.za
Tickets R120
26-28 April
Please bring your own snacks and drinks.

11/04/2023

DAMSEL IN DISTRESS Damsel In Distress - Cabaret

DAMSEL IN DISTRESS

Standard Bank Ovation Award in 2020.
Featuring Alison Hillstead
Written/directed: Amanda Bothma
Musical Director/pianist: Nathan Johannisen

Alison Hillstead and Nahan Johannissen shine in classic cabaret style .
Griselda, aptly named after the original damsel in distress in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, is a librarian who also lives in the library, she has not left the building in a long, long time.

When faced with the reality she opts out with “No thank you, I will rather just read my book. I might not be adventurous, but I am a librarian, and I am proud of it!”

So, Griselda becomes the ultimate armchair traveler. Through her books, she travels to Paris, New York, and Berlin in its heyday.

Accompanying her travels, Alison sings songs from Cole Porter to the show-stopping “New York- New York” and “Mein Herr”

Bookings on www.welakapela.co.za
Tickets R120
26-28 April
Please bring your own snacks and drinks.

06/04/2023

DAMSEL IN DISTRESS

Standard Bank Ovation Award in 2021.
Featuring Alison Hillstead
Written/directed: Amanda Bothma
Musical Director/pianist: Nathan Johannisen

Alison Hillstead and Nahan Johannissen shine in classic cabaret style .
Griselda, aptly named after the original damsel in distress in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, is a librarian who also lives in the library, she has not left the building in a long, long time.

When faced with the reality she opts out with “No thank you, I will rather just read my book. I might not be adventurous, but I am a librarian, and I am proud of it!”

So, Griselda becomes the ultimate armchair traveler. Through her books, she travels to Paris, New York, and Berlin in its heyday.

Accompanying her travels, Alison sings songs from Cole Porter to the show-stopping “New York- New York” and “Mein Herr”

Bookings on www.welakapela.co.za
Tickets R120
26-28 April
Please bring your own snacks and drinks.

DAMSEL IN DISTRESS

Standard Bank Ovation Award in 2020.
Featuring Alison Hillstead
Written/directed: Amanda Bothma
Musical Director/pianist: Nathan Johannisen

Alison Hillstead and Nahan Johannissen shine in classic cabaret style .
Griselda, aptly named after the original damsel in distress in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, is a librarian who also lives in the library, she has not left the building in a long, long time.

When faced with the reality she opts out with “No thank you, I will rather just read my book. I might not be adventurous, but I am a librarian, and I am proud of it!”

So, Griselda becomes the ultimate armchair traveler. Through her books, she travels to Paris, New York, and Berlin in its heyday.

Accompanying her travels, Alison sings songs from Cole Porter to the show-stopping “New York- New York” and “Mein Herr”

Bookings on www.welakapela.co.za
Tickets R120
26-28 April
Please bring your own snacks and drinks.