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Windybrow Theatre’s showcase at the Grahamstown Arts
Festival 2011
Dates: 30 June - 10 July 2011
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The Windybrow Theatre will be showcasing three productions for the first
time at the Grahamstown Arts Festival, namely, Last Pro, Modus Vivendi and
Sacred Woman. Two of these productions, Modus Vivendi and Sacred Woman
were developed from the National Arts Council’s Mentorship and
Developmental project which was presented as a Script Reading Festival at
Grahamstown Arts Festival in 2009. The two productions were then staged
for the first time at the Windybrow Theatre in October 2010.
Last Pro(Written and Directed by Martin Koboekae)
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Synopsis
When Camellia, an ageing white prostitute, loses her sex appeal in
an upmarket brothel in Rosebank, Johannesburg, and causes her
clients to run for cover, she is forced to migrate to the less
illustrious streets of Yeoville to retire ungracefully. There, she
plies her trade in Pope Street and immediately becomes a hit with
the black clients who think they are scoring big with a white pro.
Overlooking the spot where Camellia solicits for business is a flat
occupied by two men (a celebrated short story writer and his
incorrigible flatmate) who are down on their luck. They keep
themselves busy by watching Camellia from their balcony and making
wild assumptions about her. One thing they agree on is that she is a
real "Pro" However, danger lurks uncomfortably and luck comes
knocking unexpectedly: what is revealed is a twenty-six year old
mystery in the form of a coloured boy's picture which elicits
conflicting truths about paths that have crossed dramatically in the
past. Last Pro in Yeoville is humorous and fast paced, and is
written with wit and compassion.
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Sacred Woman(Written by Nontsikelelo Tsholofelo
Motsikoe and Directed by Oscar Motsikoe)
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Synopsis
Nomalanga is a spiritual leader in a village of traditionalists.
This village is in conflict with itself battling to preserve its
inheritance in the modern time. The village river is the one source
of nature that connects the people with those who came before them
but the ancient waters have turn against the people, men and women
who drink from it become sterile, lives of young children and the
aged is threatened. This spiritual leader, uNomalanga works
tirelessly for her people but she is herself battling with her
conflict. After years of practice she finds herself in dispute with
her guide and takes a strong stand in what she personally believes
in. This leads to her losing what matters to her most and her child
and her anger makes her rebel against the spirit world.
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Modus Vivendi (Written by Pepi Khambule and Directed by
Monageng Vice Motshabi)
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Synopsis
Lahlemthini Maqoma is a successful black businessman living in the
heart of Johannesburg, who decides to be a polygamist as his “A
list” actress wife Sirius Mboweni- Maqoma begins menopause cycle.
But when he breaks the news to the wife he does not give her the
option but to pack if she does not oblige. Lahlemthini pursues his
new found tradition with all the financial influence from his peers
in the political cycle. He neglects Sirius screaming in the limbo
and takes Maranello, a prostitute and his secretary, Natalie
Barman’s hand in marriage, thus Modus Vivendi.
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For more infomation contact:
Rantiti Penane
011 042 8238