DURBAN audiences are in for a real theatre treat when the acclaimed drama, The Game, opens at the Playhouse Loft Theatre on 15 December.
Presented by The Playhouse Company, The Game is written and directed by acclaimed director and playwright, Duma Ndlovu.
This celebrated play is one of Ndlovu’s best-known works, others including Bergville Stories, The Ritual and The Journey. Ndlovu is renowned for creating the enormously popular SABC shows, Uzalo and Muvhango.
The production is set in a fictitious women’s prison on the eve of South Africa’s first democratic elections. The prisoners are told that one of the prisoners will be released to mark the occasion, but the prison sets the cat among the pigeons when they tell the women they will have to decide among themselves who will be released.
Much of the excitement is due to the star-studded cast that has been assembled for the production. Dawn King, much-loved for her role in SABC1’s Uzalo, plays a fierce, street-wise older woman who has spent her entire adult life in and out of prison. Lungile Mkhize, another Uzalo actor, takes on the role of Take 5, while Sindi Dlathu and Buhle Samuels, who both star in the SABC show Muvhango, will feature as hardcore criminals Nomsa and Pretty, respectively.
Durban actress, singer and playwright Sheila Khumalo, Newcastle-born actress Nomasonto Dlamini, Vuyiseka Cawe (The Gift, Rhythm City) and Ngobile Ndlovu make up the stellar cast of this riveting play.
The Game runs until 24 December. Tickets, are available at Computicket outlets nationwide, for R80 for the preview on 15 December, and R100 throughout thereafter. For block booking discounts contact Dawn on 031 369 9407. Contact the Playhouse Box Office on 031 369 9540/9596 to book by credit card.
No under 16s.
SUPPORT CHARITY FUNDRAISER
BOOK tickets for a fundraising evening on 17 December. Proceeds will go to FAMSA to help fund their initiatives in Durban.
Contact FAMSA on 031 202 8987.
