MY FELLOW SOUTH AFRICANS

 

(Above:  Kim Blanche Adonis)

Notice from well-known and respected author, Mike van Graan:

This is to let you know that My Fellow South Africans, my multi-sketch satirical piece will have two schools’ morning performances (8, 9 May) and just one broader public performance at 18h00 on Friday May 9 at the Playhouse Loft Theatre in Durban.

 Winner of the Toyota US Woordfees 2023 “Best Achievement: Solo” category, Best Solo Winner in the Independent Theatre Awards and Bronze Ovation Award winner at the National Arts Festival 2024, My Fellow South Africans toured the country for 17 months and its last performances were sold-out at the Hilton Arts Festival in August last year. We’re delighted then to have an opportunity to present the show in Durban.

 Having premiered at ARTSCAPE in May 2023 where it initially had a three-week run, the season for My Fellow South Africans was extended by four weeks after the last week of the premiere season sold out.  By the end of the Hilton Arts Festival in August 2024, the show had been staged 149 times!

The talented Kim Blanche Adonis performs this solo piece that combines comedy, singing, poetry and drama through 65 minutes of high energy and focus, and has earned much critical and audience praise for her talent, technical skills and commitment.

My Fellow South Africans has resonated with audiences across the board, touching on nerves with which many in our country can identify.  Academics and NGO leaders, teachers and corporate CEOs, students and retirees - all have praised the work as tapping into our current anxieties and frustrations while allowing us a moment of catharsis and hope.

Here’s what some have said about My Fellow South Africans

So clever and entertaining as well as educational, funny, profound, real.  Best hour spent in an intimate setting.  Not to be missed. - Laurence Esteve, co-director of the Zip Zap Circus

Political satire at its best.  Brilliant script and exceptional acting that sharply capture the nuances of our society.  Evokes laughter, sadness and hope. - Mansoor Jaffer, Cape Cultural Collective

It is such a cleverly constructed play, with a brilliant performance by Kim Blanche Adonis.…It is the kind of play that should be performed to young people throughout the country and…followed by a discussion of the issues raised. - Ryland Fisher, former editor of the Cape Times

My Fellow South Africans…just go and see this laugh-cry production by which you cannot be unmoved. - Nancy Richards, former host of a women’s programme on SAfm

 

Extracts from some of the reviews are:

My Fellow South Africans is bracing satirical sketch comedy, performed by Kim Blanche Adonis with great skill…Adonis…is funny and fabulous and there are moments of laugh-out-loud laughter and we need that. – Robyn Cohen, Cape Robyn

My Fellow South Africans does exactly what it promises to do: it gives audiences an entertaining satirical take on contemporary South Africa and does so by merging wit and commentary in a provokingly entertaining manner. – Barbara Loots, Theatre Scene Cape Town

The piece follows in the footsteps of the acclaimed Pay Back the Curry, State Fracture and Land Acts and is an exuberant, satirical catharsis for our multiple crises with self-mockery and humour as ointment and strength against the darkness. – Susan Booyens, Litnet

Booking is through Webtickets.

For more information, contact Mike van Graan on https://mikevangraan.co.za