Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Grahamstown here we come

Qaqambile. This character based on a real person that Nhlanhla, spoke to in Joubert Park.


Some friendly ghosts called George. Legend has it that George Harrison discovered gold in the rocks around these parts. Or was it George Walker? George Honeyball? All three battle it out, Goldrush style in Paydirt this Thursday... and Friday, and Saturday, and for a week after that.




Hoswa chats up Thandeka at Home Affairs...
All pics by Lisa Skinner

Wheweeee. Sorry about the disappearance. That's what happens when you're on the inside of a black box for three weeks being scriptwriter, director and marketing person.




Well, they're ready. I think. First performance tomorrow evening at 6:30 pm and I feel rather odd not to be there. Not for the first time, I'm faced with choosing art or life, and this time its life. My sister is due to deliver her baby into the world next week and I'm sticking around for that one, so the dear Paydirt cast are with Jen in Grahamstwon and I have every bit of faith in their ability to kick ass tomorrow, and the next day and the next and the next.



I think its turned out well. Oh, by September it will be a completely different play, I have no doubt, but for now, its working. It has a sweet simplicity to it - the core story, that is, while the rest - well, the stories and movement sequences layered into the story provide a kind of Joburg buzz. There are the history layers, and the jolting familiar oh yeah I know that moments - tequila drinking, lost in Joburg, reciting streetnames. I love those sequences, the gesturescapes that Jen has created.



Its exciting. I wish I could see it in front of an audience!







2 comments:

  1. Tam - good luck with the show - i WISH i could see it live too. willyou do a dvd?? pleeeeease?
    great that you are staying with Miranda - and that is all so exciting. Your sisterliness is just so heartwarming to see, hear, and know xxx

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  2. Hi Val, yes, I guess we need a dvd. They had their first show last night, with some technical hitches apparently, but now its all go go go. And dat baby is coming..... soooner than we thought, I think...

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