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Thursday, February 8, 2024

MACBOB FROM CAPE TO TOTI!

 

Aaron McIlroy and Lisa Bobbert are spreading the love far and wide this month!

On February 14 at 19h00, they will be performing their special Valentine’s edition of Bulletproof at the Sweetwaters Church in Amanzimtoti!

A hilarious survival guide to living in South Africa. Anyone who comes from Durban can testify that when the going gets tough, we’re not surprised - that’s just another day in KZN! 007 is an amateur compared to 031!

Directed and choreographed by the irrepressible Daisy Spencer. YES! New and improved - 4.0, hilarity at its best.

Tickets: R125 to R200. Bookings through Webtickets. Sweetwaters Church Amanzimtoti, 6 Sanders Road, Winklespruit, Kingsburgh,

 

(Aaron McIlroy in “A Vegan Killed my Marriage”)

Aaron’s off to the Drama Factory in Somerset West with his award winning, A Vegan Killed My Marriage. Written and directed by Craig Freimond, Vegan is an extremely funny and thought-provoking story of a man going through a mid-life crisis.

McIlroy, well known for his many performances including the lunatic father, Mr Milton, in the Spud movie franchise, plays James, a red-blooded, meat-eating South African male. He is fully aware of the consistent concerns about the meat industry’s role in the impending climate catastrophe.

Over the years, he has done his best to studiously evade and ignore such concerns, until a work trip creates an unexpected double whammy, and he is shaken out of his comfort zone. Out of the blue, he becomes a vegetarian, not realising how unwelcome this change and his newfound fanaticism will be in his meat-eating home. The skirmishes at home escalate into a full-blown war. Could it be a midlife crisis? James, who only months before, had been the king of the braai, has had a change of heart and now demands an entirely meat-free home.

Winner of a Bronze Ovation Award at the 2023 National Arts Festival in Makhanda (Grahamstown), the comical and highly entertaining solo performance takes place on February 21 to 23 and February 24 at 15h00.

Running Time: 60mins. Warning: no Under 16 - sensitive content

Bookings: https://www.dramafactory.co.za/whatson#mp-checkout-step

Or https://www.dramafactory.co.za/whatson#FEB2421

Aaron’s Laughter in Leadership talk/presentation is available for corporate functions. Contact Clare to book +27 71 224 1046