Director Roberto Pombo with some of the cast of The Prince of Egypt which opens at the Playhouse Opera this week. Some 130 children are involved in the latest Young Performers' Programme epic musical.
The Young Performers Project opens this week with more than 130 youngsters in a holiday production of the sweeping epic of a musical The Prince of Egypt at the Playhouse Opera.
And the man behind the “madness” is making his debut. Theatrical maestro Roberto Pombo has recently moved to Durban from the “heart-attack inducing” rat race that is Johannesburg. And he’s never produced anything as big. But he’s loving every minute of it. The Independent on Saturday caught up with him during a rehearsal break this week.
Pombo is known for his physical theatre, clowning, and mask work. He holds a Master's degree in Theatre and Performance from Wits University and trained at the Helikos International School of Theatre Creation in Italy.
His screen roles in the Netflix film Office Invasion (2022) and the series Shadow (2019), and most recently he appeared on Durban stages in his production The Agents. He is a movement director, voice-over artist, and facilitator for programmes like The Risk Lab and The Johannesburg School of Mask and Movement Theatre.
