Highly amusing and courageous play deals with issues that
are often ignored. (Review by Khinali Bagwandeen)
Love & Prozac
was initially not on my agenda, but it was one of the funniest and most
entertaining shows I have watched yet. The show was directed by John Trengove
and was a comedic autobiographical showcase into the life of Sonia Esgueira.
Esgueira transitions through 13 different characters, all
completely hilariously explored in their own unique way. The setup for the
performance worked impeccably in its simplicity and, with just the bare
minimum, Esgueira has the audience in stitches from beginning to end with her
endless sequence of hysterical monologues.
The character who has crossed the “dirty thirty single” mark
goes through sleazy sugar daddy’s, speed dating, one night stands, sangomas and
even spiritual journeys through India. Within the hour that the performance
took place, the stereotypes we personally know were revealed in the most
entertaining manner.
Love & Prozac
is a courageous play, it deals with issues that are often ignored or nattered
down as nothing major. There are plenty of women who are able to relate with at
least one part of Sonia’s journey. A determined woman who sets out into the
figurative world to find love, but returns finding herself, this is something
that the audience can surely take home apart from the stomach cramps from laughing
for 60 minutes straight.
Love & Prozac is
showing every day of the National Arts Festival at Kingswood Theatre at 21h30.
- Khinali Bagwandeen
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