White Rabbit, Red Rabbit

ABOUT

The Pink Couch, in association with Aurora Nova presents 

‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit’ by Nassim Soleimanpour

Will you participate? Will you be manipulated? Will you listen? Will you really listen?

With no rehearsals, no director, a different actor each night, and a script waiting in a sealed envelope on stage, internationally acclaimed ‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit, by Iranian writer Nassim Soleimanpour, is an audacious theatrical experiment and a potent reminder of the transgressive and transformative power of theatre.

Forbidden to leave his native Iran, Soleimanpour wrote a play which travelled the world in his place. The audience joins each different performer on a journey into the unknown; stumbling upon the personal and profound, the limits of liberty and ultimately where theatre can take you. Since its joint premiere in 2011, the play has been translated into over 25 different languages and has been performed over 1000 times be some of the biggest names in theatre and film, including actors Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, John Hurt, Simon McBurney, Stephen Fry, Sinead Cusack, Marcus Brigstocke and Ken Loach. 

The performer for this one night only performance in Cape Town will be Cape Town’s most beloved Rob van Vuuren.

Note: This play is NOT overtly political, and should not be portrayed as such. It operates on a deeper, metaphorical level, and very expressly avoids overt political comment. All media and press agents have to keep in mind that the playwright is an Iranian native. We therefore ask the press to be judicious in their reportage. 

Date: 13 March

Time of start: 19h30

Age restriction: 16 years old

Ticket Price: R150,

R130 (students and pensioners)

Duration: between 50 - 80 minutes

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