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Here’s Part II of our NAF Fringe theatre picks, as promised.<\/p>\n
The Doctor in Spite of Himself: <\/b>It\u2019s an adaptation of Moli\u00e8<\/span>r by this company we’ve never heard of, which means we want to see it.<\/p>\n Currently (G)old: <\/b>A new play by Market Theatre Laboratory graduates. Market Lab routinely wins awards. We expect this play by the new Kwasha! Theatre company based at the revamped Windybrow Arts Centre in Hillbrow to deliver the goods.<\/p>\n Born Naked: <\/b>We saw the first iteration of this play. We had a few quibbles<\/a>, but it was good then, reckon it\u2019ll be even better now. Especially for fans of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race, etc.<\/p>\n The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy: <\/b>Greg Coetzee\u2019s script at its best. Actor Francis Mennigke is \u201cMilton van der Spuy for real, struggling with his aesthetic sensibilities and never questioning his mother\u2019s belief that he\u2019s a great artist. Painter, poet, novelist, doesn\u2019t matter. He\u2019s not the brightest oke, and like a true South African, can\u2019t really face the thing that is really bothering him, the actual classic tragedy that\u2019s threatening to make his head explode. Of course he gets to it eventually, putting it off until it becomes a real mess.\u201d Read what else we had to say about Milton<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n Black: <\/b>Jade Bowers directs, Penelope Youngleson<\/a> writes, Ameera Patel acts<\/a>. As far as dice throws go, this one\u2019s loaded.<\/p>\n Phitlho (The Hidden): <\/b>Rob Murray directs AFDA students. There\u2019s a small town. Dysfunction. Secrets. Also, we\u2019re Rob Murray fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Le Journal: <\/b>Interesting premise, where do all those news stories go to die? Also on the Student Festival, the Market Theatre Lab always a good one to look out for.<\/p>\n Little Red Riding Hood & The Big Bad Metaphors: <\/b>Khutjo Green directs a Mike van Graan script, which means you\u2019ll either love it or approach it they way you\u2019d approach an infectious disease. If it doesn\u2019t win an Ovation award, there\u2019ll be reams of bitching about it by the MVG himself, and possibly an ad hominem, or ad feminam attack, or two.<\/p>\n Next! <\/b>This Wela Kepela bunch look interesting. They\u2019ve got four productions on the Fringe, all directed by Amanda Bothma. Don\u2019t know about you, but we\u2019re curious. Next! is about the hell that is the audition, something presumably close to the actor\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n Ngubu ya Mbegu: <\/b>Mandla Mbothwe, who lectures drama at UCT and is a Magnet Theatre artistic director, directs the Abencongolo Collective to exhume the ghosts of the 1921 Boelhoek massacre<\/a>. It is at the very least a fascinating bit of history where religion and land intersect.<\/p>\n The Old Man and the Sea: <\/b>It\u2019s James Cairns and Taryn Bennet, with Jacques de Silva. All-star Jozi cast. A classic tale and sure to please.<\/p>\n Pets are Family: <\/b>Vies for the oddest title award and is directed by Masixole Heshe, whose direction of Xhosa Chronicles impressed Sheena.<\/a><\/p>\n A Place of Knowing: <\/b>The duo who manifested the mystical in Tswalo<\/a>, Billy Langa and Mahlatsi Mokgonyana, direct this devised work. We need to see what lies beyond Tswalo land.<\/p>\n Benji: <\/b>When Kimberley Buckle directed Junk at the Cape Town Fringe, we wrote<\/a>: \u201cBuckle and her cast certainly have creative talent; it simply hasn\u2019t worked out well in Junk<\/em>.\u201d That was awhile ago, we believe that creative talent may work out well in Benji. <\/b><\/p>\n See you in Makhanda. 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