{"id":3318,"date":"2019-06-27T22:24:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T21:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2020-03-31T19:42:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T18:42:01","slug":"burning-rebellion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thecritter.co.za\/?p=3318","title":{"rendered":"Burning Rebellion: More, more, more. We want more."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fists up for the Rebellion!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the stony steps of the amphitheatre at the Amazwi South African Museum of Literature, a small gathering witnessed a piercing shriek from deep within Mother Earth.<\/p>\n

Forget what you\u2019re watching on BBC, ENCA, or RT. Forget what you\u2019re reading on the Green Revolution facebook pages. Forget what the Insta vegans are displaying. Forget Davey AttenB. Whoa, ok, too far. Don\u2019t really!<\/p>\n

But hell\u2019s yes, the most comprehensive and stirring and real and honest \u201cmessage\u201d was heard today from the pared-down, no-props, no-waste production and creators of Burning Rebellion<\/em>. Inspired by the #FridaysForFuture<\/a> and #SchoolStrike4Climate<\/a> movements, this work is a passionate ecological protest that pussyfoots around no one and nothing.<\/p>\n

There is no Planet B. So what\u2019s your Plan B?<\/p>\n

This is no lecture. From them or me. I don\u2019t do all the things. I\u2019m nowhere near a perfect reducer, re-user, or recycler. I drive and leave a petrol footprint because there\u2019s no public transport where I live and I\u2019m not physically safe when leaving my own footprints. I\u2019m guilty of buying bottles \u2013 tonic for my Gs, and every so often a coke thereafter. My cats\u2019 and dogs\u2019 food comes in huge plastic bags. So much of ours does too. Etc. etc. etc. The list can and does go on. On the plus side (I think) our household composts and we grow our own. Veggies, ja neh. I watch the meter and the geyser. Water saving is a biggie and I started making eco-bricks. No lie \u2013 it takes effort.<\/p>\n

Is that the problem? A little effort on our part?<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t taking notes this evening because I was caught up in the performers\u2019 power and presence. Spinning rhymes and dropping beats; I\u2019d buy the album! So forgive the paraphrasing and go hear the verbatim.<\/p>\n

They say: This is not a poem. This is not a song. This is a plea. This is a war cry.
\nThey say: SOS from The Planet. SOS from the Sea. It\u2019s not us versus them anymore. It\u2019s you and me.
\nThey say: All that is legal isn\u2019t necessarily just. JUSTICE. It\u2019s JUST US.<\/p>\n

The four rebels, truth-seekers, activists \u2013 people \u2013 before us are un-costumed. Not naked, silly, but their clothes are from their own wardrobes. No hypocritical waste on the unnecessary. Not when factory fashion is one of the largest contributors to pollution. Not when consumerism is consuming our lives. And they don\u2019t want us distracted with any flash, bang, zips or zooms. They want us to focus and to listen.<\/p>\n

Capitalism will be the end of us, they say.
\nWe don\u2019t need more, we need to share more. It\u2019s time to decentralise power, they say.
\nNeo-colonialism is emptying Africa of her natural resources, they say.
\nEvery swipe, every espresso, darling, every new zingy bling thing, takes us a giant leap towards the end, they say.<\/p>\n

The End. The nihilist in me takes up a fair amount of space and argues that the planet is better off without us. Shake yourself free, Gaia! But whilst a corner of me holds thumbs for human annihilation, I\u2019d prefer if in the interim we didn\u2019t decimate all of the natural world and all innocent creatures big and small. If our species is to stay, Burning Rebellion<\/em> is the fire under our arses we all seriously need.<\/p>\n

Burning Rebellion<\/em><\/a> is on twice more: tomorrow 28 June @ 19.00 and 29 June @ 16.00. No need to book, it\u2019s FREE, yippee.<\/p>\n

Credits:<\/em>
\n Cast: Lerato Sefoloshe, Sanelisiwe Yekani, Mlindeli Zondi and Jaques de Silva.<\/em>
\n Director: Joni Barnard AKA Missy Phaya Fly<\/em>
\n Company: Well Worn Theatre Company<\/em>
\n Burning Rebellion forms part of the Well Worn Theatre Activism Season NAF 2019<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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