Athol Fugard's Statements After an Arrest under the Immorality Act has been extended by popular demand to 18 February 2012. The production is presented by Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre and is directed by Kim Kerfoot. It stars Bo Petersen, Malefane Mosuhli and Jeroen Kranenburg and has received outstanding reviews since opening on Tues 24 January for a limited season at the Fugard Studio Theatre in District 6.
On a recent visit to Cape Town Mr. Fugard attended a performance of Statements at the invitation of the Theatre Arts Admin Collective that staged a short, non-commercial preview run. Mr. Fugard was so deeply moved by the performance of his work that he saw it twice and appealed for the play to be given a professional run in Cape Town. The Fugard Theatre’s Founding Producer Eric Abraham offered to underwrite the production and make the Fugard Studio available.
Set in apartheid South Africa, where relationships across the colour bar were a criminal offence, two lovers - a black man and white woman meet secretly in the library where the woman works to make love and share their hopes and fears. An observant neighbour reports them to the police who secretly photographs them from the informant's backyard and eventually break in and arrest the couple under the then inhuman and universally pilloried Immorality Act. The play is a compelling and deeply moving love story in which the physically and emotionally naked lovers expose not only their bodies but also their deepest longings for personal and emotional freedom.
Athol Fugard’s Statements After an Arrest under the Immorality Act now runs at the Fugard Studio until 18 February 2012 from Mondays to Saturdays. Performances are at 8pm. Tickets cost from R100 to R140 and are available through Computicket and the Fugard Theatre box office on 021 461 4554. Discounts are available for all 'Friends of the Fugard'.
Please note: For reasons of nudity and subject matter this production is not suitable for persons younger than 16.