The Playhouse - Africa Celebrates at the Playhouse2016-04-29 In celebration of Africa Month this May, The Playhouse Company will host Africa Celebrates, a weekend of visual and performing arts on 6 and 7 May under the themes social cohesion and unity in diversity.
After various workshops and other events to be confirmed shortly, the weekend will culminate with a star-studded bang on Saturday 7 May with the Africa Celebrates Concert featuring smash-hit South African act, Mi Casa, megastar Tresor, Afro-soul sensation Simphiwe Dana, DJ Happy Gal, the Burundian Drummers, and dance group Dance Movement. This professionally-staged Concert to be presented in the awe-inspiring Playhouse Opera Theatre promises a unique, live theatrical experience that is not to be missed by music lovers! A Voice I Cannot Silence, which opens in the Playhouse Loft on 12 May as part of The Playhouse Company's New Stages season, garnered three awards at the Naledi Theatre Awards ceremony at Gold Reef City. Ralph Lawson, who portrays controversial author and poet Alan Paton in the play, took the top acting accolade for Best Lead Performance in a Play (Male), while Menzi Mkhwane won The Brett Golden Award for Best Newcomer/Breakthrough Award for the same production. Writers Greg Homann and Ralph Lawson also won the award for Best New SA Script. A Voice I Cannot Silence movingly and empathetically examines the life of Paton through his own words, stories, poems and autobiographies. The Cenotaph of Dan wa Moriri (5-7 May) is a is a collaborative journey about loss, memory and intimacy unfolds a personal narrative about a father-son relationship cut too short. When Tony Miyambo, who stars in this one-hander, lost his father, he struggled to come to terms with the void that was left in his life: "Dealing with my personal biography to create The Cenotaph of Dan Wa Moriri has been one of the most difficult yet rewarding processes that I have ever had to go through. My father never got to see me on stage, and every time I perform the piece I feel as though I am having a conversation with the audience, myself and my Dad," concludes Miyambo. The sincerity of this highly personal narrative explores themes of relationships, loss and longing. Written by Tony Miyambo and Gerard Bester, in collaboration with William Harding, directed by Gerard Bester and produced by Gita Pather, this powerful autobiographical piece leaves audiences reflecting on their own lives and individual histories. |
The Playhouse - Africa Celebrates at the Playhouse
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