(Ashley Dowds in Paul Slabolepszy’s iconic one-man show)
A Timeless Tale of Laughter and Loss.
The Return of Elvis du Pisanie - Paul Slabolepszy’s timeless tale of laughter and loss, performed by Ashley Dowds, comes to the Seabrookes Theatre at DHS for three shows only, on May 8, 9 and 10.
This masterfully-told story which moves from pure nostalgia through extreme heartache to unbridled joy, is vintage, classic Slabolepszy, given a new lease on life by Ashley Dowds in an exhilarating career-defining performance.
Who would believe that a simple act of switching on a car radio could change the course of your life? 49-year-old East Rand salesman, Eddie du Pisanie, is washed up, retrenched and suicidal. He decides life is no longer worth living and writes a farewell note to his wife, before planning to gas himself inside his car in the garage …. when he switches on the car radio.
The Elvis Presley song he hears does more than take him back 30 years – it recalls an event in his childhood that changed his life forever. Abandoning – for the moment – the idea of suicide, he drives the 200 km journey to Witbank, the town in which he grew up, and ends up opposite the ex-Carlton bioscope, alongside a streetlamp.
Tickets are through Webtickets.
Performance dates and times:
-Fri 8 May at 19h00
-Sat 9 May at 19h00
-Sun 10 May at 14h30.
Guarded parking and bar/snack service available at the Seabrooke’s Theatre at DHS in St Thomas Road in Musgrave..
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