What: 📅 Once upon a Never - A New Wickedly Outrageous Musical Parody (Nova Arts Festival @ Die Centurion Teater)
When:
Where: 🕳 Centurion Teater
How much:
🎟️ R110.00Quicket
ONCE UPON A NEVERA wickedly outrageous musical parody
3 – 5 July 2025 | 4 Performances Only Tickets: R110 pp | Age Restriction: 16+
Once Upon A Never is a dark, twisted, and hilariously inappropriate musical parody that hurls your favourite fairytale characters into a world of glitter, grime, and complete disillusionment. When Tinkerbell disappears — along with the last of the precious fairy dust — the cracks in Never After begin to show. Fast.
Aurora can’t wake up, Mother G’s façade starts slipping, Jay loses his mojo, Al’s dreams hang by a thread, and Meg is spiraling fast. With magic vanishing and the doors between their stories falling apart, this broken bunch is forced to team up — whether they like it or not.
Their journey through fractured fairytale lands reveals a world where heroes are overrated, villains are misunderstood, and magic is more addictive than miraculous. With time running out and reality closing in, they’ll have to face the truth about themselves — or be trapped in Never forever.Set to riotously reimagined versions of iconic songs, Once Upon A Never is bold, biting, and unexpectedly moving. It’s what happens when fairytales grow up, burn out, and go looking for one last fix.
No dust. No dignity. No idea what they’re doing.Definitely not for children.
Presented by: Scenario Productions & Nova Arts Festival Original Lyrics & Musical Direction: Luigia Casaleggio Directed by: Tiaan Kirsten-Lubbe & Luigia Casaleggio Designed by: Ashleigh Hilton Devised & Performed by: Kyle Cronjé, Mbali Hlomela, Esethu Mbanjwa, Christian Martinez, Jess van der Merwe