(Moira Filmer as Gabby
in “Green Man Flashing”)
The 11th
Annual Hexagon Minifest takes place on February 17 and 18 February with the
following programme:
February
17 at 18h30: Green Man Flashing
February
17 at 20h15: Paraphernalia of Suffering
February
18 at 17h00: Child of a Child
February
18 at 18h15: Feedback
February
18 at 19h45: Sounds of Men
Green Man
Flashing (February 17 at 18h30)
By Mike van Graan, the production is directed by Ayanda Khala-Phiri. The
cast features Moira
Filmer, Sabelo Cele, Sibusiso Nzama, Louise Buchler and Francis Menningke.
Trump is president and
Dlamini-Zuma may be South Africa’s first female head of state. Politics have
never been so frightfully exciting!
Mike Van Graan’s Green Man Flashing takes us back over a
decade into the terrain of South Africa’s political history and yet it asks
much of the same questions persistent in present day conversation.
What is the price of
democracy and freedom? Should race still matter? Why do very few recognize rape
as a question of power rather than one of desire? The playwright fails to
answer the unrelenting questions- the story of South Africa is far too complex.
And yet the narrative is a reflection of how far South Africa has come, how
greatly many have sacrificed and what is yet to be confronted if we are ever to
achieve national unity.
A formidable cast gently
seduce audiences into courting the complicated psyche of transforming South
Africa. Ultimately, the play beckons us to search, even in the most impossible
of times, to find traces of South Africa’s rainbow.
Paraphernalia of
Suffering: (February 17 at 20h15)
Choreographed by Tegan Peacock and Ashleigh Joubert.
Performed by Tegan Peacock. A ReRouted Dance Theatre production.
As members of society, we are bombarded with information on
a daily basis and much of this, we receive subliminally. We, as consumers,
become the driving force behind this economic rat race which we find ourselves
living, whether, consciously or unconsciously. We choose to buy into this
concept, blurring the lines between what we are conditioned to want, and what
we need, escalating into dissatisfaction and distancing us even more from the
genuine reality.
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre… the centre cannot
hold” - Yeats, The Second Coming
Child of a Child: (February 18
at 17h00)
Written
and directed by Ndumiso Mazibuko. Performed by Nkanyiso Shezi and Sphume Funeka. An Mzansi
Theatre Projects Production
A two-man show about the journey
of 21 year-old Nkathazo, who is trying to find his true Identity. He lives with
his grandmother, his uncle and his mentally-challenged mother. He does not know
who his father is. While searching for his father, he has a fight with his
abusive uncle which leads to the truth about his identity.
Feedback (February 18 at 18h15)
By Andrew Buckland.
Directed by Peter Mitchell. Performed by TQ Zondi and Mpilo Nzimande. A Hexagon
Theatre Production.
Feedback is a fantastical murder mystery that,
in the peculiar logic of playwright Andrew Buckland, becomes a hilarious,
poignant, lyrical and quirky piece of Physical Theatre. This satirical comedy
cunningly explores topics as diverse as food-consciousness and globalization,
and, in the hands of performers TQ Zondi and Mpilo Nzimande, becomes an intense
action-packed celebration of humanity and our capacity for greed and altruism. The
actors takes us on a rollercoaster ride as they play scores of characters in
this tale of two brothers, a detective, and a host of flying cheeses (amongst
other foodstuffs) pitting their wits against the villainous Grave Brothers.
First performed
by Buckland and Lionel Newton, who won numerous awards for the show, it has now
been given the high energy off-the-wall treatment by these highly energetic
clowns. The team won an Ovation Award in 2015 for Woza Albert! and the
top award at Musho! 2016 for Termite! TQ Zondi and Mpilo Nzimande were
nominated as best actors at the recent Cape Town Fringe Festival. Feedback
was recently performed at the new Fresha Festival in Durban.
Sounds of Men: (February 18 at
19h45)
Produced,
choreographed and performed by Kwanele Finch Thusi and Bonwa Mbontsi.
Sounds of Men explores issues around sexual identity
and its contradictions. The work addresses the male gaze in both private and
public spaces. It is a demonstration and investigation into gender politics and
the violent relationship between homo and hetero normative ideals. The piece
draws from a number of horrific and saddening incidents of corrective rape
stories, same sex violence, and horrific acts of terrorism such as the Orlando
shooting. The piece investigates the lines that have historically framed the
relationship between straight and gay men, seeking to understand what lies
beyond the presentation of homosexual and heterosexual as symmetrical binary
oppositions; the oppressed and the oppressor, in a world saturated with extreme
hyper-masculinity and heteropatriarchy.
Tickets
R60 per show (R50per show for three or more shows). Enquiries to 033 260 5537.
The Hexagon Theatre is situated on the campus of the University of
KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg.
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