SELUZE lwafika usuku olungaliyo lokukhonjiswa komdlalo weshashalazi oqhakambisa amagalelo owayengunina weSilo saKwaDukuza, uShaka KaSenzangakhona, iNandi The Musical ePlayhouse Opera Theatre, eThekwini ngo-7 kusihlwa.
Lo mdlalo okhuluma ngeNdlovukazi, uNandi Mhlongo, uzokhonjiswa kulesi sikhungo sezobuciko esihlonishwa umhlaba wonke kuze kushaye iSonto.
Umqondisi weNandi The Musical, u-Edmund Mhlongo, uthe bahlose ngalo mdlalo ukugubha iNyanga yaBantu Besifazane eMhlabeni wonke ngokukhumbula iqhaza likaNandi.
Kulo mdlalo kuboshelwe osaziwayo okubalwa kubo uNtokozo "Sngqazu" Ngcobo noZawadi YaMungu.
USngqazu, olingisa indawo yeNdlovukazi uNandi Mhlongo, uthe izithameli azilindele ukubona indlela uNandi akhulisa ngayo iLembe nokuthi kwenzeka kanjani agcine eseyindlovukazi.
"Bangalindela ukubona ukungqubuzana nokuphakama kwemimoya futhi bafunde nokuthi thina bantu besifazane kade saqala ukuba yiziphikeleli."
Uthe kuningi okungafundwa ngabantu besifazane abasha base-Afrika esibindini nasebuhlakanini beNdlovukazi, uNandi.
"Kunamahlaya azokwenza izithameli zihlale ngesinqe esisodwa futhi zizizwe zivuselelekile. Labo abangakaze bawubona lo mdlalo, abalindele lukhulu."
USngqazu uthe ukulingisa indawo kaNandi kumkhulise kakhulu njengomlingisi futhi kusho lukhulu kuye.
Ubonge kakhulu umqondisi walo mdlalo, u-Edmund Mhlongo, ngokumethemba ngale ndawo nokumhlomisa ngolwazi ukuze akwazi ukuyidlala ngendlela.
UZawadi uthe owakhe umsebenzi ukuhumusha zonke izigameko ezehlela uNandi ngomculo. UMhlongo uthe umehluko ngeNandi The Musical yakulo nyaka ukuthi kunoMampho Moshoeshoe olingisa uNandi esemncane.
Ngokwesitatimende esithunyelelwe imithombo yezindaba, iNandi The Musical izodlala amahlandla ayisithupha. Abafundi bazoyibuka ngoLwesihlanu ngo-11.30 bese abadala beyibuka ngo-7 ebusuku.
Amathikithi atholakala ePick n Pay, Webtickets nasePlayhouse Box Office. Awabafundi abiza uR70 kanti awabantu abadala abiza uR200.