YOU’RE MISSING THE POINT

“Communication is too alarming. To enter into someone else’s life is too frightening. To disclose to others the poverty within us is too fearsome a possibility” – Pinter.

You’re Missing the Point, a play focusing on the life of a married couple, explores the breakdown in communication in relationships and was this year's UKZN student entry to the Grahamstown Arts Festival. The play shows how the couple’s relationship deteriorates into absurdity and the arrival of an old, mutual friend, that both the Husband and Wife had fallen out of contact with, shakes things up a bit, as unexpected dinner guests normally do. The things left unsaid inevitably build walls between those in a relationship, between friends, couples and even countries, having far reaching effects.

Written and directed by Chris Couperthwaite, the play uses a variety of theatre styles to fully explore the breakdown in communication in relationships. It is suitable for all ages.

Performances take place at the Hexagon Studio Theatre on July 28 at 12h30 and on July 29 at 18h00 (July 30 show now cancelled). Tickets R20 at the door. Enquiries on 033 260 5537.