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Mother City theatre lovers and longtime fans of the kookiest family of all time, your weirdo faves are coming to our sunny shores in The Addams Family The Musical at The Homecoming Centre in Cape Town from 14 December 2024!
Thatβs right: for all of our 90s kids who inherited the love for Morticia, Gomez, Lurch, Thing, Cousin Itt, Uncle Fester, Grandmama, Pugsley, and of course, the ever-peculiar Wednesday, from our boomer parents via the comics, the cartoon series and the movies, this is our opportunity to share the best macabre family with our youngsters.
As a Broadway cult classic production, The Addams Family The Musical ran for 722 performances, garnering numerous awards and spawning many international productions:
Based on the beloved characters created by Charles Addams and following the darkly funny events that transpire when Wednesdayβs normal boyfriend Lucas and his parents come for dinner, The Addams Family The Musicalβs South African production is directed by Garth Tavares, choreographed by Nkosinathi Mazwai and brought to you by MotherCity Theatre Productions.
The show will star Samantha Peo (Chicago, Cabaret) as Morticia Addams, Tiaan Rautenbach (We Will Rock You, Mama Mia) as Gomez Addams, Bethany Dickson (Matilda, The Sound of Music) as Alice Beineke, Brendan van Rhyn (Cathy Specific, The Rocky Horror Show) as Lurch, Chad Baai (Buddy) as Lucas Beineke, and Jordyn Schaefer as Wednesday Addams. These extraordinary performers will be supported by their equally talented co-stars Candice van Litsenborgh, Yahto Kraft, Chris van Rensburg, Lara Visagie, Rebecca Hartle, Jasmine Minter, Jessica de Bod, Braeden Buys, Brandon Jones and Jayden Dickson.
Fair warning for any teens and Gen Z hoping for IRL enactments of the popular Netflix Wednesday show, this isnβt it. Those of us who enjoy characters randomly bursting into song and dance to convey the oh-so-overwhelming feelings they are experiencing and to overexplain plot points with huge props, exquisite sets (there had better a cool looking limo!) and big showstoppers, this is for us. The fact that our kids may enjoy it too is just a delightful bonus, am I right? π
Get a little spooky and kooky for your show:
Make your little onesβ first theatre experience unforgettable by dressing up as one of The Addams Family characters! Party City in Gardens, the Crazy Store group, Yaga South Africa and Cosplay Cape Town are always great for your costume needs.
Looking for some horrifically awesome inspiration? I rocked this Wednesday Addams look at the Galileo Open Air Cinemaβs Halloween event last year:
Time to graduate to Morticia, I think.
December just got a little bit wacky and a whole lot of weird and I am ready for it!
Tickets for The Addams Family musical are available from R350 per person and can be booked at Webtickets.