The Olive Tree Theatre in Alexandra staged yet another riveting play, signalling its coming of age as a venue of choice for those seeking exhilarating and informative weekend entertainment.
This through the play, Be a Better Dog, which follows in the footsteps of other successful shows like Fresh Foot Prints.
Be a Better Dog was showcased from 18 to 21 August and displayed the raw, imaginative and spellbinding creativity of the sole actor, Alex Seiphemo. He exposes the deep, intricate, entrapping and confusing social challenges deriving from the lack of a life script.
This through the eyes of a dog who acts in such a way to depict a human growing through confusing signals about the good and the bad in life within the family, immediate and distant community of parents, siblings and friends.
Audiences are led through a journey of uncertain love, inconsistent family unity and support, crime, race and class conflict, poverty and affluence which all fail to clarify the essence of life in a society of the have and the have-nots, the poor and the rich, black and white, female and male all struggling for the true meaning of life.
Be a Better Dog also featured at this year’s annual, world-renowned Grahamstown Theatre Festival and may be repeated at Olive Tree Theatre later this year.
