THALIA TONEEL SLUIT JAAR OP HOË NOOT AF

Nica-May van Zyl

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Translation follows

 

Paradoksaal. Dit is die tema wat Thalia Toneel se laaste optrede vir die jaar, Murder Mystery, op 2 Oktober in die Totius-saal op kampus opgesom het.

 

 

Murder Mystery is in samewerking met die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se dansgroep, Disfunctional Beat (DFB), opgevoer. Elke kinkel in die kabel tussendeur Murder Mystery se tonele is afgerond met danspassies op bekende musiek. Dít het die gehoor in vervoering gehad.

 

Waaraan dink jy as jy “Murder Mystery” hoor? Bloed, bene, moord en spanning? Alles behalwe! Murder Mystery se ligte, tog misterieuse storielyn en skerp komiese frases het die gehoor vriendelik verras. Drie van Thalia Toneel se bestuurslede was in Murder Mystery te siene en boonop dit is Murder Mystery deur Thalia Toneel se bestuur geskryf.

 

Murder Mystery het gegaan oor ‘n groep mense wat nou en dan saam in die dorp se koffiewinkel gekuier het, en hoe die karakters dan een vir een, sonder verduideliking, vermoor is.

 

Die gehoor moes kophou, want elke ding wat gebeur het kon ‘n moontlike aanduiding gee op wie die moordenaar was. Elke karakter het bekende figure van ons samelewing, waarmee die gehoor kon vereenselwig, uitgebeeld.

 

Die tipiese gym rat was op die verhoog. Hy het net spiere-taal gepraat en het almal probeer oortuig dat hy nie steroïdes gebruik nie. Die It girl en haar minions was daar, ‘n groep meisies wat so jaloers is op mekaar maar valse vriende bly. En die algemene boekwurm het ook kop uitgesteek.

Aan die einde is dit aan die gehoor bekend gemaak dat die moordenaar die dorp se speurder, speurder Misalles, was wat dié sake ondersoek het. Hy was kop in een mus met die eienaar van die koffiewinkel, Tannie Rylene, wat die moorde help pleeg het.

 

“My gunsteling deel van Murder Mystery was waar ek, Stacy 2, vir Groot Stacey in die sonbed verkool het, want dan lyk dit of dit ek was wat die ander mense ook doodgemaak het, al het ek nie,” het Kyla Prinsloo, Thalia Toneel se Voorsitter gesê.

 

Karla Luyt, Thalia Toneel se Bemarker, wat ook die rol van Berta die boekwurm vertolk het, het gesê dat Thalia Toneel ‘n “lekker” jaar gehad het. “Met ons bestuurspan, al die akteurs en komitee, het dit regtig goed uitgewerk. Almal het saam hard gewerk, dit was ‘n fantastiese jaar, ‘n sukses,” het Luyt gesê.

 

Luan van den Heever, Thalia Toneel se Produksiebestuurder en Dyllan die gym rat, het gesê dat hy Thalia Toneel se jaar as ‘n belewenis sal kan opsom. “Vanaand het dit heeltemal op die regte noot afgesluit,” het hy gesê.

 

Op die vraag van wat volgende vir Thalia Toneel is, het Van den Heever geantwoord, “Ons droom was om Thalia Toneel hoër te vat, en ons het. Ek glo volgende jaar se bestuur se droom gaan wees om Thalia Toneel net nóg hoër te vat.”

 

Teksversorging deur Simoné de Witt

 

English Translation: 

 

Paradoxical. That’s the theme that summed up Thalia Toneel’s last performance of the year, Murder Mystery, on 2 October in the Totius Hall on campus.

 

Murder Mystery was performed in collaboration with the North-West University’s (NWU) dance group, Disfunctional Beat (DFB). The moments inbetween Murder Mystery’s scenes were enhanced with amazing dance moves to popular music. This delighted the audience.

 

What do you think of when you hear “Murder Mystery”? Blood, bones, murder and suspense? Thalia Toneel’s Murder Mystery was anything but this! With a light, yet mysterious storyline and witty, comedic phrases, which were both pleasant surprises to the audience. Three of Thalia Toneel’s board members were featured in Murder Mystery. In addition to that, Murder Mystery was written by Thalia Toneel’s management.

 

Murder Mystery was about a group of people who hung out together in the town’s coffee shop every now and then, and how the characters were then killed off one by one without any explanation.

 

The audience had to keep their thinking caps on, because every single thing that happened could give a possible clue to who the killer was. Each character portrayed familiar stereotypes of our society, with whom the audience could identify to an extent.

 

The typical “gym rat” was on stage. He only spoke muscle-language and tried to convince everyone that he didn’t use steroids. The “it girl” and her “minions” were there, a group of girls who are so jealous of each other but they still remain false friends. And the standard bookworm also reared their head.

 

At the end, it was revealed to the audience that the killer was the town’s detective, Detective Misalles, who was investigating these cases. He was working with the owner of the coffee shop, Tannie Rylene, who helped him commit the murders.

 

“My favorite part of Murder Mystery was where I, Stacy 2, burned Big Stacey to a crisp in the sunbed, because then it seems like it was I who killed the other people too, even though I didn’t,” said Kyla Prinsloo, Thalia Toneel’s Chairperson.

 

Karla Luyt, the person responsible for Thalia Toneel’s marketing, and who also played the role of Berta the Bookworm, said that Thalia Toneel had a “lekker” year. “With our management team, all the actors and the committee, it worked out really well. Everyone worked hard together, it was a fantastic year, a success,” Luyt said.

 

Luan van den Heever, Thalia Toneel’s Production Manager and the person who played Dyllan the “gym rat”, said that he would be able to sum up Thalia Toneel’s year as an experience. “Tonight it ended completely on the right note,” he said.

 

When asked what was next for Thalia Toneel, Van den Heever replied, “Our dream was to take Thalia Toneel higher, and we did. I believe next year’s management’s dream will be to take Thalia Toneel even higher.”

 

Editing and translating by Simoné de Witt