TWO plays, A Plague of Heroes and Allie Pad Funny Worcester have been selected as this year’s Best of the Ikhwezi Theatre Festival and will be showcased as a double bill, for two weeks at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio nightly at 20:15 until 5 June.
The one is a drama and the other a comedy, making them as diverse as they are dynamic. No strangers to the festival, both actors, Thami Mbongo and Shimmy Isaacs, have been involved with previous productions at Ikhwezi in the past.
A Plague of Heroes is a tough-minded, often witty and unsentimental South African parable, written by Vusi Mazibuko, directed by Maurice Podbrey, and starring Fleur du Cap nominated actor Thami Mbongo from Mbekweni.
The 31 year old Thami plays Vusi, a paraplegic determined to reform his life and give new meaning to the idea of heroism.
In Allie Pad Funny Worcester, writer and actress Shimmy Isaacs combines stand-up comedy and physical theatre as she tells her own life story and introduces the characters that impacted on and shaped it.
Ticket prices range from R70 to R95 and bookings can be made at Computicket on 083-915-8000.
