State of the art performance in Prison without Steel Bars
Women's Month ended on a high note at the Springs Theatre with the Prison without Steel Bars play.
The producers were pleased to see a full house every night.
Zweli Sibiya, theatre manager, says Ekurhuleni’s intention was to celebrate female voices.
“The production is telling an out of the ordinary story and is about the suffering of women who are forced into marriage.”
With funding from Ekurhuleni Sports Recreation Arts and Culture the play was put together by Thuli Msomi and Teboho Radebe.
The 45-minutes-long play was written by Thuli and adapted from the book Purdah written by Ishmael Mohamed.
Thuli was so touched by the story that she decided to do a stage production and bring it to Springs.
“The story is about a girl being denied and restricted from going to school, instead she is channeled to cook and clean the house as a child-bride,” she says.
She and her husband Nathi Msomi started working on the play in 2011 and are excited to share it with the community.
This KwaThema born producer says it started in drips and drabs but the end result made every bit worth it.
Nathi assisted her with the composing of the background music.
The play was worth venturing out to and the performances of the two actresses Salamina Mochane and Nethobeng Molaba were outstanding.
The actresses and background musicians received a standing ovation.
Thuli says the crowd’s ‘we want more’ assured them of a good show.
