Curtains up for winter season

The UCT Drama Department launches a season of winter performance with three new productions: Bands of Women, Iyazika and Lilies, or, The Revival of a Romantic Drama.

The productions, which range from a dystopian feminist future, to an exploration of intergenerational grief and a tragic love triangle, all feature students from the third- and fourth-year acting classes.

Bands of Women

Women gang together to survive a dystopian future in Bands of Women, which is directed by senior lecturer Clare Stopford.

Everything changes with the arrival of Magda, who is clad in an old wedding dress and clutching a broken steering wheel. Having found the parts to repair her bakkie, the band of women decide to leave the city with Magda in search of a different life.

It is a journey of self-discovery, including a rite of passage for some and a tragedy for one. For others it is a coming into being and power, as women and womxn.

Bands of Women runs from 22 to 24 June at 19:30 nightly at the P4 Studio, Hiddingh campus.

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Iyazika

As an exploration of intergenerational memory, trauma and loss, Iyazika commemorates the sinking of the SS Mendi 100 years ago.

Directed by lecturer Mandla Mbothwe, Iyazika focuses on those who were left behind when the ship departed South Africa in 1917. It attempts to portray the grief they felt when the men of SS Mendi sunk into the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Drawing on disjointed records, and employing song, dance and physicality, the multi-talented cast attempts to make sense of the many inaccuracies and mysteries surrounding the SS Mendi tragedy.

Iyazika runs from 22 to 24 June at 19:00 nightly at the Arena Theatre, Hiddingh campus.

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Lilies, or, The Revival of a Romantic Drama

Almost forty years after being falsely imprisoned, a man calls for a bishop to confess. His admission details events from their shared past.

The story is re-enacted by the convicted man’s fellow inmates, leading to the moment that changed both of their lives forever.

This tale of love, lies and the loss of innocence is brought to life under the direction of Associate Professor Geoffrey Hyland.

Lilies, or, The Revival of a Romantic Drama runs from 21 to 24 June 2017, at 20:00 nightly at The Playroom, Hiddingh campus.

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