Arts Writer
LARA FOOT has assembled a stellar cast and creative team of theatre blue bloods for her much-anticipated production, The Inconvenience of Wings, starring Andrew Buckland, Mncedisi Shabangu and Jennifer Steyn.
Here Foot tells the story of friendship, dysfunction, addiction and angels, set in a landscape of memory and dreams.
Sara (Steyn) has been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder; she is compulsive and hates women who know how to make cupcakes. Andrew (Buckland), her husband, is on a mission to find a cure for her afflictions and Professor James (Shabangu) quietly tries to save Andrew from the ‘inconvenience of his wings’.
This new production was inspired by author Abraham J Twerski`s book Addictive Thinking, that examines the notion of compulsion, denial and abuse of self. Take advantage of early bird specials on July 12 and 13.
Nearly a decade since its premiere and 15 top local awards later, Foot’s Karoo Moose also returns with the original cast, who reprise their respective roles, having earned respect and acclaim in their own right over the years.
The story is vividly brought to life by Zoleka Helesi, Mdu Kweyama, Bongile Mantsai, Thami Mbongo, Chuma Sopotela and Apollo Ntshoko. The actors each perform a key character and double up to play multiple additional characters.
Performed in English with isiXhosa, the story takes place in a remote and impoverished village in the Karoo, where the inhabitants are struggling to survive.
A young girl called Thozama ends up killing a moose. But what is the moose doing there, and how did it get there?
The play was originally written as a film, No Fathers. She tackles the disintegration of the family unit and the violation of innocence endured by so many children. She explains, “The themes were bound up in the idea that the children in the village needed some kind of magical event to free them from abuse, neglect and poverty. Something magical was needed to break the cycle of violence.” Take advantage of early bird specials on August 31, September 1, 3 and 5.
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