PAPERBOY!

(Grant Jacobs)

Written and performed by Durban born Grant Jacobs and directed by the award-winning Liam Magner, Paper Boy is a fast-paced production with loads of colourful characters portrayed in speedy costume changes.

Bobby Jones is a multi-faceted human being. By profession, he is a newspaper delivery boy. However, he also considers himself an aspiring detective, which often lands him and his misguided newspaper in trouble.

Bobby begins his day making a difference in the world by delivering the newspaper to the people of Alice Road, until his infamous right arm swings a newspaper into an open window hitting late Mrs Moodley’s ashes flying into the air. This act of foolishness spins out of control and is a catalyst for a series of unfortunate yet very amusing events which finds Bobby breaking into houses and using his ‘James Bond’ detective tactics to uncover some facts about his mother that were best kept under the rug.

PaperBoy is described as non-stop madness from start to finish and deals with issues of self-fulfillment, ambition and truth at comedic yet touching levels. It runs at Seabrooke’s Theatre DHS in St Thomas Road from March 3 to 6 at 19h30. Tickets R50 booked on 031 277 1500 or email seabrooke’s@durbanhighschool.co.za