SERIOUSLY

(Iain EWOK Robinson)

The Playhouse Company in Durban is all geared up to delve deeper into the world’s dominant subculture and the favourite youth culture, hip-hop, debunking the conventional humdrum of theatre performances by showcasing a one-man show designed to amuse, inform and convey a vital message.

Written and performed by Iain EWOK Robinson, Seriously is an autobiographical depiction of a hip-hop artist’s journey to stardom. The production is a genuine rags-to-riches anecdote and a quintessential local success story.

Directed and conceptualised by Karen Melissa Logan, Seriously is one of the productions showcased at the annual New Stages line-up funded and hosted by The Playhouse Company. The rationale behind the programme is to present South African productions that are creative, original and artistically thought-provoking. Seriously is no different.

Iain Ewok Robinson takes audiences on a multi-disciplinary expedition from his small town beginnings in Empangeni in the early 1980s all the way to the present. Astonishingly, he becomes a world-renowned South African white rapper.

Seriously runs in the Playhouse Loft Theatre from May 11 to 12. Tickets R65 (R50 for school performances). Bookings through the Playhouse Box Office on 031 369 9540/ 9596 or Computicket on 083 915 8000 or online at www.computicket.com

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