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Shaolin Wheel of Life

Event Details
26/03/10
Theatre
Music performance

Address
Grand West, 1 Vanguard Drive, Goodwood, Cape Town


Event info

Cape Town

Dates: Friday 26th March 2010 until Sunday, 28th March 2010

Venue: Grand Arena, GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World
In March 2010, local audiences will share the astonishment experienced by audiences across the globe as the twenty-member cast perform incredible "superhuman" feats. The astounding skills and agility displayed in the unique Kung Fu style performed only by the Shaolin Monks includes being lifted up on razor-sharp spears, breaking iron bars on their heads and smashing concrete blocks whilst lying between beds of nails and swords.  Watch and be amazed.

The Shaolin Monks are the ultimate masters of Kung Fu: Buddhist soldier monks who have refined defensive martial arts over a period of fifteen centuries to a rare and spectacular point of perfection. WHEEL OF LIFE showcases the near-miraculous feats of physical endurance, which are the outward expressions of an inner peace, harmony and iron will. Imaginative music, combined with high-technology lighting and a stage set that evokes the mysterious world of the East has produced a visual event that is colourful, exciting and dramatic. This combination of explosive power, imaginative theatrics and traditional story telling will produce an event for which there is no parallel.

It is the only show to feature ordained Soldier Monks of the Shaolin Temple and, as such, is the only show authorised by The Venerable Shi De Ying, Fangzhang (first Abbot) of the Temple and supported by the Henan Provincial Government. No other show has had this honour, blessing and approval bestowed upon it.

Brought to South Africa by BIG Concerts International, Shaolin Wheel of Life tells the exciting story of the Shaolin Monks' early struggle to establish and protect their Temple.  The performance is an illustration and celebration of their history, their religion and their tremendous skill.   This is a show that combines the rich vocabulary of the Chinese theatre, the traditional iconography of oriental Buddhism and the technical sophistication of the contemporary rock arena.
WHEEL OF LIFE is directed by Micha Bergese (Interview with a Vampire, Millennium Dome Show, Eden, The Kingdom Tower Grand Opening Ceremony), designed by Mark Fisher (Cirque du Soleil, Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics 2008) with choreography by Darshan Singh Bhuller (Rambert Dance Company, London Contemporary Dance Theatre) and music by John Harle.

Ticket Prices are INCLUSIVE of Computicket's service charges.
Friday (8pm), Saturday both shows (2pm & 8pm), Sunday 28th 2pm show ONLY - R325, R275, R225, R175, R150
SUNDAY EVENING, 6pm show ONLY, R300, R250, R200, R150, R99

Tickets available from Computicket, www.computicket.com , 083 915 8000



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