MY FELLOW SOUTH AFRICANS

ABOUT

“Everyone should see My Fellow South Africans…an absolute delight!” – Eddy Cassar, Founder and Producer of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival.

In the tradition of the award-winning Pay Back the Curry, State Fracture and Land Acts featuring the multi-talented Daniel Mpilo Richards directed by Rob van Vuuren – all of which played to excellent houses at the Kalk Bay Theatre – Mike van Graan brings his latest multi-sketch satirical work to the southern side of the City for 8 performances in late July.

Having premiered at ARTSCAPE on 3 May 2023 where it initially ran till 20 May, the last week sold out resulting in the season being extended by four more weeks!

The talented Kim Blanche Adonis performs this solo piece that combines comedy, singing, poetry and drama – at times playing multiple characters in one sketch – through sixty minutes of high energy and focus.

Building on direction of some of the sketches by Rob van Vuuren and Daniel Richards in previous incarnations, Van Graan directs this revue that has earned as much praise for its contemporary content as for the ‘brilliant’ performance of Kim.

My Fellow South Africans has resonated with audiences across the board, touching on nerves with which many in our country can identify. Academics and NGO leaders, teachers and corporate CEOs, students and retirees - all have praised the work as tapping into our current anxieties and frustrations while allowing us a moment of catharsis and hope.

Here’s what some have said about My Fellow South Africans

So clever and entertaining as well as educational, funny, profound, real. Best hour spent in an intimate setting. Not to be missed.

-      Laurence Esteve, co-director of the Zip Zap Circus

Political satire at its best. Brilliant script and exceptional acting that sharply capture the nuances of our society. Evokes laughter, sadness and hope.

-      Mansoor Jaffer, Cape Cultural Collective

It is such a cleverly constructed play, with a brilliant performance by Kim Blanche Adonis.…It is the kind of play that should be performed to young people throughout the country and…followed by a discussion of the issues raised.

-      Ryland Fisher, former editor of the Cape Times

My Fellow South Africans…just go and see this laugh-cry production by which you cannot be unmoved. 

-      Nancy Richards, former host of a women’s programme on SAfm

Extracts from some of the reviews are:

My Fellow South Africans is bracing satirical sketch comedy, performed by Kim Blanche Adonis with great skill…Adonis…is funny and fabulous and there are moments of laugh-out-loud laughter and we need that. – Robyn Cohen, Cape Robyn

My Fellow South Africans does exactly what it promises to do: it gives audiences an entertaining satirical take on contemporary South Africa and does so by merging wit and commentary in a provokingly entertaining manner. – Barbara Loots, Theatre Scene Cape Town

Die stuk volg in die voetspore van die bekroonde Pay Back the Curry, State Fracture en Land Acts en is ‘n uitbunding, satiriese katarsis vir ons veelvuldige krisisse, met selfspot en humor as salf en versterkmiddel teen die donker. – Susan Booyens, Litnet

(The piece follows in the footsteps of the acclaimed Pay Back the Curry, State Fracture and Land Acts and is an exuberant, satirical catharsis for our multiple crises with self-mockery and humour as ointment and strength against the darkness.) – Susan Booyens, Litnet

…this revue will spark conversation, discussion and debate, all of which are necessary in the year leading up to having our thumbnails stamped as we ink an ‘X’ onto a ballot. – Jamie Uranovsky, www.broadwayworld.com

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