{"id":5873,"date":"2022-08-19T14:07:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=5873"},"modified":"2022-08-19T14:07:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:07:33","slug":"vincent-a-multimedia-cabaret","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/events\/vincent-a-multimedia-cabaret\/","title":{"rendered":"VINCENT, a multimedia cabaret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written\/Directed&nbsp; by Amanda Bothma &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musical Director\/Pianist Germainne Gamiet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Starring Daniel Anderson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Towards the end of his short life, Vincent Van Gogh, who suffered from mental illness, was treated by Doctor Paul Gachet. Vincent writes to his brother Theo: \u201cA great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke.\u201d The 37-year-old painter died of a self-inflicted wound in 1890.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 15 May 1990, The Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold, within three minutes, for 75 million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VINCENT,&nbsp;<a>a multimedia cabaret<\/a>, (Bronze Standard Bank Ovation Award 2022) tells of a complex man with a ruthless drive to create and a deep-seated desire to love and be loved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welakapela Productions, Touraco Table and The Historic Hogsback Inn team up for a special evening of immersive cabaret on the mountain. Immersive? How? Picture it: a three-course dinner presented by chef Laurent Chauvet, transporting you into the world of Van Gogh. The menu starts the story of our complex artist and is followed by the award-winning &#8220;Vincent&#8221; cabaret. The evening will take place in The Historic Hogsback Inn, which was built while Vincent was still alive and well, on his quest to love and be loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Tickets R450 (includes a three-course meal and show experience)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For tickets contact the Hogsback Inn 045 962 1006\/&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:hotel@hogsbackinn.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hotel@hogsbackinn.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written\/Directed&nbsp; by Amanda Bothma &nbsp; Musical Director\/Pianist Germainne Gamiet Starring Daniel Anderson&nbsp; Towards the end of his short life, Vincent Van Gogh, who suffered from mental illness, was treated by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[981,89,110,105],"mec_category":[247,203,215,331],"class_list":["post-5873","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cabaret","tag-events","tag-food","tag-music","mec_category-art-and-crafts","mec_category-events","mec_category-food-and-drinks","mec_category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/5873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5873"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=5873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}