(Seiphemo
Alex Motswiri. Photo: CuePix/Jeffrey Stretton-Bell)
Be A
Better Dog is a drama written by Makhubalo Ikaneng
and starring Seiphemo Motswiri. It has one performance at the Hexagon Theatre
in Pietermaritzburg on March 27, 2019.
Be A
Better Dog tells a tale of a Dog’s life while at
the same time we get to see the world we live in through the eyes of a dog. The
play uses humour and light commentary to speak to otherwise sensitive issues of
class, care and abandonment as applied and taken up by the human being in an
attempt to tackle life challenges.
This one man show raises questions,
challenging humans to introspect offering commentary on social issues. As a dog
he grapples with questions such as to what extent is he a happy animal, and to
what extent is he a traumatized orphan of human caused condition? Is any of it
his own making and what power did he as dog have to change the situation? These
are poignant questions that are relevant to a human world that is at crossroads
with questions of destructive violence, corruption, injustice, racial
discrimination, lack of care to the planet in and its inhabitants in general.
In life we strive to be better human beings, but what does it mean to be
better? And what does it take to be better?
Be A
Better Dog takes place on March 27 at 18h00 at the
Hexagon Theatre on the UKZN Pietermaritzburg campus. Tickets R100 booked
through hexagon@ukzn.ac.za or tickets at the door.
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