Firefly: Evanescent beauty
The N1 is a long road, dry too, mostly. Although recently there’s green in those Free State grasses and on the peppercorn koppies. Grass even in the Karoo, faded blonde … Read More
Tag: Sylvaine Strike
Jigsaw makes the vastness a little more bearable
“Hey! How’s it going? You there? Hello? Can you hear me?” It’s the opening line to virtual conferencing calls across the globe. The faulty video, the delayed audio, the usual … Read More
Playwright profile: Will Harding the aesthete
South African theatre does not have a strong literary tradition. Most of the work we see on our stages are workshopped or devised, which is a method at which we … Read More
Curse of the Starving Class: Stay Hungry
Anyone who believes science and art are not two parts of the same whole should go watch Curse of the Starving Class directed by Sylvaine Strike. The performance demonstrates Newton’s … Read More
Critter goes Dutch at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival
There’s a bunch of bloody brilliant South Africans performing two plays at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival, an 11-day celebration of innovative theatre in the city of bicycles, canals, and good-looking … Read More