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Duo to bring music and comedy in ‘One Night Only’
FAITH MTWANA
Singers Fagrie Isaacs and Nur
Abrahams, who joined forces
with their hit musical comedy
s h ow, One Night Only, are
bringing it to the Guild Theatre
in October.
It first debuted in June this
year in Cape Town, and was
meant to be a once-off
performance.
However, it was such a hit
with the audience that the
family duo decided to stage it
again.
“The show is already 80%
sold out. We are excited to
bring the show to East London
audiences after a major
success in Cape Town.
“This show will also be a
build-up to Fagrie’s one-man
Luther Vandross Tribute
Concer t show in November,”
said Fahmi Jacobs, Isaacs’
m a n a g e r.
The duo, who have more
than 30 years of performance
experience between them,
have created a unique blend of
music and comedy in their
show that keeps the audience
entertained throughout.
It includes soul and pop
music as well as renditions of
the most iconic tunes of the
‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s.
“Our show is unique
because we have a synergy.
We don’t really prepare our
show, it is all natural.
“It is how we communicate
in our daily lives, we
understand each other and
when we get on stage we just
make it funny.
“It isn’t forced, it is just our
fun and raw energy,” said
Isaacs.
Abrahams has been singing
professionally since he was six
years old and has taken part in
a number of musical
productions including David
Kramer and Taliep Petersen’s
District 9 - The Musical.
Isaacs is a singer and
songwriter who is renowned
for a record-breaking 19 first
prizes for his solo performance
of The Koon Song at the annual
Cape Town Koon Carnival.
The show, presented by
Simplified Management and
Events and organised by 043
Events, is on at the Guild
Theatre on October 22, at
7pm.
For tickets, at R180 per
person, contact 083-408-0246
or 083-212-1185.
HIT SHOW: Fagrie Isaacs and Nur Abrahams are set to perform their ‘One Night Only’ show at East
London’s Guild Theatre in October. Picture: SUPPLIED
VITAL VOLUNTEERS: CHOC volunteers Nan Gravett, Michelle Álton and Morne van Aswegen
during an awareness campaign on child cancer, held on Mandela Day on July 18. Picture: TAMMY
F R AY
Ad ve r to r i a l
Child cancer awareness needed
GO CORRESPONDENT
Each year, an estimated
400,000 children and
adolescents from 0-19 years
old develop cancer.
Childhood cancer cannot
generally be prevented but it
can be identified through
screening and early detection
m e a s u re s .
Avoidable deaths from
childhood cancers result from
delayed diagnosis, among
other factors.
Debbie Kleinenberg, the
regional manager for CHOC
Childhood Cancer Foundation
in East London, said though
early detection was vital, the
Covid-19 pandemic had
diminished their ability to go
out into communities to
promote awareness about the
early detection signs for
childhood cancer.
Kleinenberg said c h i l d re n
and their families were arriving
at CHOC far into the late
stages of cancer, and this
would continue to be a
problem unless the Buffalo
City community joined to
promote awareness on the
importance of early detection.
Kleinenberg said as part of
efforts to promote early
detection, CHOC East London
had established awareness
and education programmes
among local traditional healers
and clinic health professionals.
In high-income countries,
where comprehensive services
are more accessible, more
than 80% of children with
cancer are cured. In low- and
middle-income countries, less
than 30% are cured.
In East London, most
families are unable to afford
the high cost of treatment and
CHOC steps in to provide this
support.
Kleinenberg said local
fundraising and awareness
events that community
members, schools and
businesses had o rg a n i s e d
throughout 2022 had played
an invaluable role in providing
quality of life for children at the
CHOC home.
In the next few years,
CHOC East London plans to
move its two homes in Beacon
Bay off the grid with respect to
energy, power and water and
Kleinenberg urged anyone
with expertise or funds to
assist to get involved in this
e n d e a v o u r.
CHOC East London
provides the following services
to state and private patients at
no cost:
Psychosocial support – a
full-time CHOC social worker
is based in the Paediatric
Oncology Unit at F re re
Hospital. She forms an integral
part of the multi-disciplinary
team and is there for support
from diagnosis onwards.
Accommodation, meals
and transport – this is provided
at the two CHOC Houses at no
cost to families.
Practical support – this
includes care bags for newlydiagnosed
patients, a CHOC
Interactive Learning
Programme that gives patients
the opportunity to learn new
skills and also for the children
to advance with their
schoolwork, a mother’s skills
programme, and bereavement
support when required.
Volunteer programme –
volunteers are the backbone
of the organisation and
support the CHOC staff in
various areas like at the ward,
the home, and also with
events, fundraising and
a w a re n e s s .
Awareness, training and
advocacy – talks on the early
warning signs of childhood
cancer and also training, as
well as lobbying for
government support of
childhood c a n c e r.
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