Panic at Artscape Arena

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MIKE VAN GRAAN’S ONE-HANDER
AT ARTSCAPE ARENA
29 May – 8 June, 2013
Preview 28 May at 7:30 pm

Polar bears in the Karoo?  A tsunami burying Table Mountain?  Mike van Graan’s one-hander, Panic, directed by Heinrich Reisenhofer, is scheduled to open at Artscape Arena on Wednesday, 29 May.  

Panic features the character Thando Molepo, a young man in his late twenties, facing and attempting to deal with a number of internal, domestic, relational and macro conflicts, all of them related in some way, or having some bearing on each other.  These conflicts range from dynamics within his family and expectations of his father that he will join the family business to his growing awareness of climate change and how the family business relates to, and profits from it. 

According to Van Graan, Panic is a piece of “Word Art”; it is less a play than a poetic monologue reflecting the personal and the political and the attendant conflicts, particularly as they relate to climate change.

However, the piece also seeks to point to the links between climate changes, exploitation of mineral resources, wars and armed conflicts, the abuse of human rights and inequality within the world.

Award winning stage and screen actor, Siv Ngesi stars in this production.  Siv is a well known actor and has appeared in many films, including World Unseen, Schweitzer, Laduma, Amequekquekra, Invictus, Ship Wreck Mutiny and Natalie in South Africa.  His Small Screen pedigree includes starring roles in League of Glory, Khululeka Stokvell and the BBC’s Outcasts. In 2008 he won a role in an episode of 24, opposite Kieifer Sutherland. His stage roles include a tour of London with Fugard Monologues.  He is also a rapidly rising star on the comedy circuit, especially when it comes to White / Black comedy ... about blacks who think like whites ... told by a black guy who sounds white.

Panic is presented by Artscape and Siv Ngesi.   A low price preview is scheduled for Tuesday, 28 May at 7:30 pm. and opens on Wednesday, 29 May.   Pensioner, student, PANSA & SAGA member discounts are available at Artscape Box Office.  Book at Computicket or Artscape Dial-a-Seat 021 421 7695

Issued by Linette de Kock on behalf of Artscape
Marketing and Public Relations
021 461 3746  082 224 1030


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