Comedy/Satire
What's New
My New Dark Comedy
The cast of "Is it because I’m Jack?" has started rehearsals, and the play will premiere at the Aardklop Arts Festival at the end of September. Afterwards, this dark comedy about life and friendship featuring Clyde Berning, Morne Visser, Andrew Laubscher and Anele Matoti, will play at On Broadway in Cape Town (5-16 October) and then at the State Theatre from 18-30 October.
Books and Bikes Campaign
I was invited to speak at the launch the Books and Bikes campaign on Friday 3 March, with a number of riders from the Youth Development Project in Khayelitsha cycling to various towns and collecting books for school libraries. Jake White also spoke, and I suppose many would have wished that he were rather in Bloemfontein, in charge of the Springbok rugby team. We will use the runs of my new play, "Is it Because of I’m Jack?" to collect books for the Equal Education campaign to have a library in every school. (At the moment, only 8% of schools nationally have libraries).
Play Prescribed as South African School Setwork
The Independent Education Board with schools such as St Stithians, Cedar House and Hilton College, has set "Green Man Flashing" as a matric setwork for 2011. The same play is being studied at Herzlia High School in Cape Town and by the drama departments of UCT and UKZN.
School's Play Festival
I’ve been invited to serve as judge at Westerford High School’s play festival on Tuesday 14 September. It will be interesting to see the kinds of issues that high school learners are dealing with.
Drama For Life Panel Discussion
At the end of August, I participated in the Drama for Life Conference, and more particularly in a panel discussion at the Constitutional Court with Albie Sachs and others on the theme, "The Dream Deferred? Art and Social Change: lessons for and from South Africa."
Keynote speaker
On 20 September, I will be the keynote speaker at the 15th anniversary celebration of the HIVOS Culture Fund in Amsterdam. The Hivos Culture Fund, set up in 1995, supports independent artistic initiatives in developing countries.
