I saw a play a few weeks ago and reviewed it for an online magazine called Curtain Rising, which has something to do with some big online theatre operation called Plays On the Net. My friend and former Queen's Journal colleague, Karen Jackson, edits the magazine, I think. Anyway, she enlisted me to be something of a Jo'burg correspondent - for free! Whatever, I'm happy to get free tickets.
Anyway, you can see the review here. Click on the "Magazine - Read latest issue" tab on the left. My review is on page 10. I find it terrible to navigate and I haven't even read the published version yet because my eyes got so tired after the first few graphs.
If you're looking for an abridged version ...
It was a one scene play almost entirely based on dialogue between two characters. It dealt with the trouble with truth and forgiveness in the New South Africa. I loved it.
(The long version is much better. I'm still working on writing more concisely.)
ps - On the cab ride home from the theatre that night way back when, my driver was the most blatant misogynist I've ever met. It was an awful, awful ride. If I was at home, I would've stopped the cab as soon as he started going off; but since I was in the middle of deserted downtown Jozi, I endured it. You know those moments in your life when you feel as if you're actually in the presence of evil? That's what it felt like. (As soon as I got home, I Skyped Natalie and told her to hug as many women as she could find for me.)
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You Skyped Natalie?
Oh dear.
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