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El Blanco | Tales of the Mariachi

BREAKING NEWS – 5 SHOWS ONLY FOR EL BLANCO


2015 STANDARD BANK GOLDEN OVATION
AWARD WINNER

James Cairns, you have seen in The Devil and Billy Markham, The Old Man and the Sea, James Cairns Against
Humanity, The Snow Goose
and similarly amazing plays. Gwydion Beynon is the writing genius behind The Epicene Butcher and other things.


Can you believe this team? Gwydion Beynon is the best writer in his apartment complex. James Cairns is the best actor in his road. The result of their combination can only be stupendous or wonderful or both.
There might be singing, but it will be loud and over soon. If you cry, it will be because you are entranced and not because you are horrified – unless you are horrified in the right way, in which case, you will be horrified!


There are audiences who have paid to see their work before. You could join this lucky group of people and see their work too. James and Gwydion will be happy, because they will be able to pay their bonds and you will be happy, because you will be able to chuckle to yourselves as you fondly remember the good time you had. You might weep quietly as you remember El Blanco, because that is the kind of performance we are talking about here – from the alpha to the omega, the yin to the yang, the peso to the dollar, you could laugh, you could cry, because
El Blanco has it all.


There are so many reasons why El Blanco will be the best thing since Pancho Villa. We would like to list them, but there’s not enough space. To list them all you would need most of the internet and Trump would

not allow that.


Here are some advantages that El Blanco has over other shows (a small and concise list):


 Only one actor, so you don’t have to look around so much.
 One guitar and one ukulele, so you don’t get bored of the same instrument.
 Songs, for people who like musicals.
 Talking, for people who like jokes.
 Sounds made right in front of your eyes to help you believe your ears.
AND…
 No wigs – because it is so easy to get confused.


Bring us the cries of your emotions, your claps of appreciation, your whoops of joy and your open eyes of wonder. If you can get a ticket, that is…

El Blanco: Performances
El Blanco: Gallery

A Little More

Contagious is a brand new theatre making venture combining the prodigious creative talents of James Cairns, Taryn Bennett and Jenine Collocott with the production and management skills of Helen and Simon Cooper.Aiming to be an all round theatre company from teaching to creating to performing, Contagious will infect your theatre consciousness and provide quality theatre in South Africa and, hopefully, overseas.“Creativity is contagious – pass it on” – Albert Einstein.

El Blanco: About
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