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THEATRE
The Tent
Venue: Artscape Arena, DF Malan
St, Cape Town. Tel: (021) 410 9934.
Time: Tue @ 7:15pm, Wed - Sat @ 8:15pm
Price: R50 - R80
Performances: 31 Oct - 14 Nov 2009
Genre: Drama
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The final major production in this year’s 5th Artscape
Spring Drama Season will be The Tent, written and directed by well-known
theatre personality, Megan Choritz of Theatresports fame. The play was
presented as a Showcase production or try out at last year’s Spring Drama
Season.
The Tent is set in a small and
conservative South African village, where everybody knows everybody yet
secrets are hidden, and the local petrol station is the centre of village
gossip. One morning a tent appears on the open land next to the garage,
and it and its occupants change the lives, alliances, relationships and
futures of all in the village. The Tent is a humorous, provocative and
ultimately challenging play exploring how South Africans feel about
themselves and others.
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Actors in The Tent include Sizwe Msutu,
well known for his roles in the television series, The Interrogation Room
and Madam and Eve, Nicola Hanekom, Pierre Malherbe, Albert Pretorius, Leon
Clingman, Nelson Chileshe (a Zimbabwean actor), Deborah Vierya, Lungelo
Sitimela and Nelson Musonda. The lighting and designs are by Alfred
Rietmann and the soundscape by Pitchie Rommelaere.
The play has two low price previews on 29 and 30 October at
20:15 and runs from 31 October to 14 November. There are two family shows
on Tuesday 3 and 10 October starting at 19:00.
The 5th Spring Drama Season closes with two Showcase
productions, Vukani – Wake Up! by Sindiwe Magona (performances on 20 and
21 November) and The Myth of Andrew & Jo by Gideon van Eeden (performances
on the 27 and 28 November).
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