The multi award-winning theatre collective that gave you Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound in 2011and Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter in 2009 are dishing up yet another comedy thriller to mesmerize and delight.
True to their tradition of performing plays by established playwrights, The Mechanicals are presenting British playwright Anthony Shaffer’s Murdererat the Intimate Theatre from 22 August to 8 September 2012 at 19:30. Owing to the involvement of many Mechanicals in other projects, their customary repertory season falls away this year. However, fans and supporters need not despair for they are in for a theatrical treat in the 2013 season.
Directed and designed by Chris Weare, recipient of the 2012 Fleur du Cap Lifetime Achievement Award, Murderer tells the story of Norman Bartholomew, a painter obsessed with famous murderers of the past. Probably best known for his Tony Award-winning Sleuth, in his later play Murderer Shaffer once again wittily explores the games people play, focusing on the often unappreciated relationship between murderer and victim.
Carel Nel, winner of the 2012 Fleur du Cap best actor award for his seminal performance of the lead character in Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwey, is set to impress yet again in the role of Bartholomew. He is joined by his Lafras Verwey co-star Nandi Horak (Binneland, Lie of the Mind) as Millie Sykes, Emily Child (Decadence, King Lear) as Elizabeth Bartholomew and Dorian Burstein (Pictures of You) as Sergeant Stenning.
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