Discomforting, delightful satire on stage
NEWTOWN - A play by George C. Wolfe that has electrified, discomforted and delighted audiences of all colours is set to take Market Theatre audiences by storm.
The Colored Museum has played a role in redefining ideas of what it means to be black in contemporary America.
“Its 11 ‘exhibits’ undermine black stereotypes old and new, and return to the facts of what being black means,” said the theatre’s Robert Motseko.
“Wolfe is the kind of satirist who takes no prisoners.”
He said people now speak of a South Africa that is “finally part of the world”.
“This play represents the Market Theatre’s curiosity about the [African] diaspora, [and] the history of those who ended up in faraway places and had to evolve to take on board the new soul that they call home,” he said.
In hosting this play, the theatre will join the USA in celebrating Black History Month, saluting the lives of those who experienced the long years of slavery.
This production, directed by James Ngcobo, was by arrangement with Dalro, and was made possible by a grant from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund.
The Colored Museum is at the Market Theatre, corner of Bree and Miriam Makeba streets, Newtown, until 23 February.
Details: 011 832 1641; www.markettheatre.co.za
