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The dead and buried now have a voice

JOBURG – An emotional production will take to the stage in Joburg for a limited time only, and you don't want to miss it.

A new stage production, Acceptance, which is set to be showcased in Joburg Theatre, is a harrowing story and one that will give a voice to the innocent.

The hard-hitting and thought-provoking play will be staged for a limited season from 5 to 16 October and stars the legendary actor Jerry Mofokeng, who has starred in a number of award-winning films including Tsotsi.

Directed by Rhodes University graduate Simona Mazza and written by Eva Mazza, Acceptance debuted at Drostdy Teater in Stellenbosch last year. The play is based on the events around the highly-publicised multiple maternal filicides (the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own child), by a South African-born mother of three disabled children in England in April 2014.

The hour-long drama aims to give a voice to the child victims, whose voices are often buried with them. Through staging this play, the writer hopes the audience will deliberate over, rather than skirt around the issues of a tragedy such as this one.

The fast-paced action, using straight dramatic technique married with physical theatrical elements and the use of visual projection, provides a platform to raise more awareness of filicide, the disabled and the right to terminate life.

The show hopes to shake the opinions that are often defined by society’s prejudices and the idea that some lives are less worthy than others.

IMPRESSIVE: Jerry Mofokeng is an award-winning South African actor and stars in Acceptance.
IMPRESSIVE: Jerry Mofokeng is an award-winning South African actor and stars in Acceptance.

Leading the cast is Mofokeng, who plays the judge, with Lisa Derryn Overy taking the role of Jemma, Lea Vivier as Sam and Francois Viljoen as Nic.

“I’m thrilled to skate the boards of theatre again in a role that flies the social mask and touches the raw nerve of a man of power,” said Mofokeng.

Simona added, “I am so excited to revisit this text with Jerry’s acute theatrical intuition by my side. Showing this in Johannesburg to a discerning and conscious theatre-going community will be a great learning curve and springboard for growth.”

Tickets are available at Joburg Theatre at R100 per person.

Details: 086 167 0670; www.joburgtheatre.com

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