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THEATRE
Is It Because I'm Jack?
Venue: On Broadway Long St, Cape Town. Tel: (021) 424 1194.
Time: Tue - Sat @ 8:30pm
Price: R85
Performances: 5 - 16 Oct 2010
Genre: Comedy
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This is the latest play by award-winning South African
playwright Mike van Graan, author of the hit satirical franchise Bafana
Republic. A very dark comedy about life, friendship and survival. Is It
Because I'm Jack? explores what happens when four young friends in the
prime of their lives are forced to confront their mortality after one of
them - a stand up comic - is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Is
it all just a bad joke?
Jack has a stellar cast of young actors with established
theatrical and television backgrounds. In the title role is Clyde Berning,
best known for his leading role on MNet's Known Gods and recently seen on
Cape Town stage in the Maynardville production of Antony and Cleopatra.
Anele Matoti plays the terminally funny character of Farai. Anele comes to
Jack with years of television experience under his belt - eTV's Shooting
Starts and MNET's League of Glory amongst them.
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Morne Visser, recently seen as Dr Sparks in Nu Metro's SKIN,
plays the businessman Marty, while Andrew Laubscher is Tim - a recently
ordained Catholic Priest. Laubscher has a theatrical following from his
leads in Maynardville productions and can currently be seen in the
Mechanicals' Lunatic Fringe repertory season. The cast are directed by the
multi-talented arts producer, director, educator, writer and actor, Yvette
Hardie.
A comedy about death? If anyone can tackle that, it's van
Graan, who has never shied away from controversial and provocative themes.
"If I have a brand as a playwright, then it is that I engage with the
pressing macro political, social and economic issues of the day. Is it
Because I'm Jack? is my first largely character- (rather than issue-)
driven dark comedy. It still raises provocative questions that will
hopefully have audiences thinking for some time afterwards, but it allows
- and challenges - me to grow as a writer, while having some fun”.
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