Repertoire
Current works
Productions, co-productions and Touring Programme (April 2011 to March 2012)
Everyday Falling
Choreographed by: Athena Mazarakis
Performed by: Siyabulela Mbambaza and Alan Parker
Text by: Alan Parker, Athena Mazarakis and Siyabulela Mbambaza
Performances:
On The Move
Eastern Cape Schools Festival
16 May 2011
Guy Butler Theatre
Grahamstown
Move It
Choreo graphed by: Ikalafeng Tigelo and Siyabulela Mbambaza
Performed by: Ikalafeng Tigelo and Siyabulela Mbambaza
Performances:
On The Move
Eastern Cape Schools Festival
16 May 2011
Guy Butler Theatre
Grahamstown
Rotary Charity Concert
21 May 2011
Guy Butler Theatre
Grahamstown
New Voices 2011
National Arts Festival – Fringe
5 -7 July 2011
Centenary Hall
Grahamstown
Best of Fest 2011
30 July 2011
Box Theatre
Grahamstown
Standing, Sitting and Lying Down
Choreographed by: Gary Gordon
Text by: Anton Krueger
Designed by: Ingrid Gordon
Performed by: Thalia Laric, Ikalafeng Tigelo, Siyabulela Mbambaza and Alan
Parker.
Performances:
On The Move
Eastern Cape Schools Festival
16 May 2011
Guy Butler Theatre
Grahamstown
Rotary Charity Concert
21 May 2011
Guy Butler Theatre
Grahamstown
Reviews and responses:
"Perhaps the item that received the greatest response from the somewhat boisterous audience was a wonderfully creative dance sequence from the First Physical Theatre Company… amusing and quite remarkable." (Steven Lang, Grocotts, 24 May 2011)
Wreckage
Directed by: Brink Scholtz
Choreographed by: Athina Vahla
Designed by: Deon Van Niekerk and Barati Montshiwa
Lighting Design by: Guy Nelson
Text by: Brink Scholtz, Ilana Cilliers and Tshego Kutsoane
Performed by: Andrew Buckland, Ilana Cilliers, Thami Baba, Ntomoxolo Donyeli, Tshego Kutsoane, Themba Mchunu, Sisonke Yafele,
Thalia Laric, Ikalafeng Tigelo, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Ntombizandile Nonyati, Alan Parker.
Performances:
National Arts Festival – Arena
2-7 July 2011
PJ’s Theatre
Grahamstown
National Schools Festival
13- 15 July 2011
Rhodes Theatre
Grahamstown
Best of Fest
27 July 2011
Rhodes Theatre
Grahamstown
Reviews and responses:
"Two giants of the Eastern Cape theatre – Rhodes University’s First Physical Theatre Company and Ubom Eastern Cape Drama Company – collide spectacularly in the locally created and inspired production" (Zinzi Mani & Sarita Pillay, Cue Online, July 2011)
"Not only do you get First Physical’s intellectual roundhouse to the head, you get Ubom!’s Buckland speciality of a comedic left jab in the gut, combined with a touch of postmodern Meta theatre as a dirty little headbutt to the frontal lobe." (Steve Kretzman, Artsblog, 2 July 2011)
"A fresh and compelling piece." (Sifiso Sikhakane, Artsmart, 4 July 2011)
"This physical theatre piece connects one subliminally to the place of shattered physicality, Psychic breakage, loss and death…a tarot deck of the major arcane, it left me sobbing. Because of some incoherent connection to that place… At the end, the audience rose en Masse in an ovation of recognition of the sublime." (Jane Stone, Artsblog, 4 July 2011)
"Wreckage is one of the finest, most revolutionary pieces of collaborative art to ever be Presented at this South African National Arts Festival." (Mike Graan, Artsblog, 3 July 2011)
"The show pushes the boundaries of the different genres of theatre, intertwines them and creates a piece to which a local audience can particularly relate….this was dcfinitely a show worth watching and something that should go down as one of Rhodes’ many remarkable contributions to the National Arts Festival." (Vimbai Midzi, Oppidan Press, 11 August 2011)
Propeller
1. The Cycle of things to End
Choreographed by: Zingi Mkefa
Design conceived by: Jenni lee Crewe
Costume Design by: Sonja Smit
Lighting Design by: Guy Nelson
Original Score by: Elliot Sokolov
Performed by: Thalia Laric, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Alan Parker and Nicole Theunissen
2. Problems of the Inner Ear
Choreographed by: Alan Parker
Design conceived by: Jenni lee Crewe
Costume Design by: Gavin Krastin
Lighting Design by: Guy Nelson
Performed by: Thalia Laric, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Ntombizandile Nonyati, Ikalafeng Tigelo
3. Made in Order to Fly
Choreographed by: Nicola Elliott
Design by: Nicola Elliott
Costume Design by: Sonja Smit
Lighting Design by: Guy Nelson
Original Score by: Shaun Acker
Performed by: Thalia Laric, Alan Parker and Ikalafeng Tigelo, with Ntombizandile Nonyati
Performances:
National Arts Festival – Fringe
30 June – 10 July 2011
Centenary Hall
Grahamstown
Reviews and responses:
"An exploration of movement using the theme of wind and propellers…wonderful fluid movements with some interesting effects" (Cue, July 2011)
New Voices 2011
1. The Goat Song
Choreographed by: Sonja Smit
Designed by: Sonja Smit
Performed by: Gavin Krastin, Sonja Smit, Madele Vermaak
2. Sleeper
Choreographed by: Siyabulela Mbambaza
Performed by: Siyabulela Mbambaza
Text by: Anton Krueger
Vocal text by: Pumelela Ngelenga
3. Elasekhaya
Choreographed by: Siyabulela Mbambaza and Thalia Laric
Performed by: First Physical Youth Company: Thembani Buke, Zodwa Boma, Sibonokuhle Bhala, Lian May, Samantha Barman, Zizipho September, Mandisi Ngewayi, Anelisa Boma, Indi Vanda, Koloso Tiyo.
4. Litany
Choreographed by: Thalia Laric
Performed by: Lucy Kruger, Nicole Theunissen, Alice Thomson
Performances:
National Arts Festival – Fringe
30 June – 7 July 2011
Centenary Hall
Grahamstown
Best of Fest 2011
30 July 2011
Box Theatre
Grahamstown
Reviews and responses:
"First Physical Theatre Company brings to this year’s National Arts Festival four exciting and innovative pieces by young choreographers…New Voices 2011 is a must see…breathtaking." (Sifiso Sikhakane, Artsmart, 4 July 2011)
"discomfiting and moody…exquisite…individual expressions of collective rituals which are both fraught and poignant" (Cue, July 2011)
"Contemporary dance at its most conceptual…but highly sophisticated and emotive….a variety of style while maintaining the high standard expected of Juanita Finestone-Praeg" (Nina Bekink, Business Live, 7 July 2011)
"Innovative and interpretive… First Physical Theatre is teeming with talent and excellence" (Vimbai Midzi, Oppidan Press, 20 August 2011)
Ways of Exposure
Choreographed by: Nicola Elliott
Designed by: Gavin Krastin
Text by: Nicola Elliott
Performed by: Thalia Laric, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Ikalafeng Tigelo
Performances:
Out the Box Festival 2011
3-5 September 2011
Arena Theatre
Cape Town
"The trio of actors resembled a hybrid between humans and puppets with their frenetic jumping and falling. Theirs was also an example of a smooth marriage between conventional dialogue acting and puppetry." (Justin Davy, Artslink, 9 September, 2011)
2010
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Go
Choreographer: Gary Gordon
Performers: Levern Botha, Gary Gordon Sifiso Majola, Nomcebisi Moyikwa, Alan Parker, Acty Tang
Text: Gary Gordon
Design: Ingrid Gordon
Lighting Design: Royden Paynter
“Gordon moves with an enviable fluidity and focus” (Ballantyne, Artslink)
“Beautiful performance” (Ballantyne, Business Day)
This part should be uncomfortable: part ii
Choreographer: Nicola Elliott
Performers: Nicola Elliott, Lucy Kruger, Tracy Lewis, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Robin Williams.
Design: Nicola Elliott
“A humorous play on the idea of trying to communicate through dance…captivating” (Msimanga, Artslink)
“So loop ‘n Volstruis” – concert programme
Includes the following works:
Liefdesverhaal – vir drie volstruise
Choreographer: Alan Parker
Performers: FPTC
Design: Gavin Krastin
Lighting Design: Jaques de Kok
Volstruismeidjie: Man word volstruis. Vrou word seekat
Choreographer: Sonja Smit
Performers: Nicola Elliott and Alan Parker
Design: Sonja Smit
Lighting Design: Jacques de Kock
Volstruis Paleis
Choregrapher: Juanita Finestone-Praeg
Performers: Levern Botha, Sifiso Majola
Design: Gavin Krastin
Lighting Design: Jacques de Kock
Essay(er)s in a forgotten elegance
Choreographer: Nicola Elliott
Performers: Levern Botha, Tracy Lewis, Sifiso Majola, Siyabulela Mbambaza
Design: Sonja Smit
‘n Paar komiese en tragiese oomblikke vir ‘n ongelukkige volstruis in 4 kort tonele
Choreography: Gary Gordon
Performers: Tracy Lewis, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Alan Parker
Design: Gary Gordon
Lighting Design: Jacques de Kock
“fassinerend…humoristiese gewoontes” (Van den Berg, Krit)
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Choreographed by: Frauke
Performed by: Frauke, Gary Gordon, Juanita Finestone-Praeg, Levern Botha, Nadine Joseph, Alan Parker, Sifiso Majola, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Sonja Smit.
Music composed by: Henrik Astrom
Design by: Vincent Truter
Design Collaborator: Gavin Krastin
Lighting Design: Royden Paynter, Wesley Deintje
Production Manager: Wesley Deintje
Stage Manager: PJ Waugh
“a spark of genius in this Festival programme… awe-inspiring energy” (Kai-Ella Louwe, Makana Moon June 25 2010)
“with sensational design, and absolute investment from the talented cast, this production is an avant garde yet accessible piece of work. A truly sensational theatrical experience, where the macabre is beautiful and the strange sublime” (Danielle Bowler, Cue, 22 June 2010)
“Physical Theatre dominated the 2010 Grahamstown Fringe….if anyone is to ‘blame’, it is Rhodes University’s Professor Gary Gordon, his First Physical Theatre Company collaborators, colleagues and drama graduates.” (Adrienne Sichel, Cape Argus, 13 July 2010)
“Gordon and Juanita Finestone-Praeg, in particular, encapsulated the transformative and spiritual nature of this deep, dark poetry of the human body” (Adrienne Sichel, Cape Argus, 12 July 2010)
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“As much as Butoh remains foreign to many of us, I believe Ama-No-Gawa has managed to give us, the audience, and of course its performers a lifetime experience.” (Sifiso Sikhakhane, ArtSmart, 24 June 2010)“The dancers show an ability to single out each body part, from toe to spleen, tongue to eyeball, reflecting the mouth as a shocking black hole, and the eyes as a viable dance muscle.” (Robyn Sassen, Cue, 26 June 2010)
The Cycle – from The Unspeakable Story
Choreography by: Gary Gordon
Performed by: Richard Antrobus, Levern Botha, Juanita Finestone-Praeg, Tracy Lewis, Alan Parker, Maria Praeg, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Nomcebisi Moyikwa
Music Composed by: Leonhard Praeg
So Long Mister
Choreographed by: Siyabulela Mbambaza
Performed by: Alan Parker and Siyabulela Mbambaza
Design by: Siyabulela Mbambaza
NightFlower
Choreographed by: Juanita Finestone-Praeg
Performed by:Levern Botha
Design by: Juanita Finestone-Praeg and Tanya Poole (after the original)
DirTweny-ten
Choreographed by: Levern Botha
Performed by: The First Physical Youth Company
Live Music by: Siyabulela Mbambaza
I Thank you
Choreographed by: Sifiso Majola
Performed by: Sifiso Majola and Siyabulela Mbambaza
Visual concepts by: Ingrid Gordon
Performances: Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience
1 - 2 September 2010
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre
Durban
Critical Reviews:
"A very emotive work and the accompanying music allows for some eloquently controlled movements" (Caroline Smart, ArtSmart, 3 Sept 2010)
"A new direction for this young dance maker, who uses layers of text, music and dance to express his message" (Mary Jordan, Business Day, 7 Sept 2010)
Flight, Fight or Fright
Choreographed by: Alan Parker
Performed by: The First Physical Youth Company
Design by: Alan Parker
Performances: Youth Company End of Year Concert
7 November 2010
Box Theatre
Grahamstown
Everyday Falling
Choreographer by: Athena Mazarakis
Performed by: Siyabulela Mbambaza and Alan Parker
Text by: Alan Parker, Athena Mazarakis and Siyabulela Mbambaza
Performances: Youth Company End of Year Concert
7 November 2010
Box Theatre
Grahamstown
Do what you can
Choreographed by: Siyabulela Mbambaza
Performed by: Tracy Lewis, Siyabulela Mbambaza and Nomcebisi Moyikwa
Text by: Anton Krueger
Performances: Youth Company End of Year Concert
7 November 2010
Box Theatre
Grahamstown
Retrospective – altered daily
Choreographed by: Alan Parker
Performed by: Alan Parker, Gavin Krastin, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Thalia Laric,
Ikalafeng Tigelo
Design by: Gavin Krastin
Performances: Dance Umbrella
26 February – 7 March 2011
The Dance Factory, The Wits Theatre, The UJ Arts Centre
Johannesburg
"In the foyer, Alan Parker performed his roving installation work on a small temporary stage. While he moved and shaped his body, guests, dancers, choreographers, arts journalists and enthusiasts milled about conversing with each other and taking in the art happening right in front of them." (Annette Bayne, The Citizen, 27 February 2011)
"Theatre with a street-wise bite…Alan Parker is targeting seasoned dance-goers in Retrospective – Altered Daily…a series of Dance Umbrella interventions… site-specific? History-specific? Post-modernism African style? Viewers will decide." (Adrienne Sichel, The Star, 2 March 2011)
"Shredding (not pushing) the artistic envelope. First Physical Theatre Company’s Retrospective – Altered Daily cheekily and intelligently revisited South African contemporary dance history… this academic exercise links US modern/post modern dance origins with our own evolution" (Adrienne Sichel, The Star, 9 March 2011)
Mole – a look at being looked at
Choreographed by: Sonja Smit
Performed by: Sonja Smit
Filmed performer: Joni Barnard
Film created and edited by: Sonja Smit
Performances: Dance Umbrella – Fringe Programme
28 February 2011
Wits Theatre
Johannesburg
2009
Inner Piece
Choreography: Juanita Finestone-Praeg
Direction: Juanita Finestone-Praeg and Dion Van Niekerk
Design: Jenni-Lee Crewe
Text: Dion Van Niekerk and Leonard Praeg
Lighting: Guy Nelson
Performed by: Shaun Acker, Richard Antrobus,Tracy Lewis, Sifiso Majola, Awelani Moyo, Alan Parker, Acty Tang, Tshegofatso Tlholoe
“Grahamstown’s First Physical Theatre Company proved why it deserves its national profile. Juanita Finestone-Praeg’s inner piece (in the old Nun’s Chapel) resonates with invention and intellectual vigour.” (Adrienne Sichel, Tonight, July 14 2009)
“Inner Piece is not only physical theatre, it is physical theatre which is both conceptual and complex.” (Artsblog, July 4 2009)
“…an intelligently choreographed and enthralling work…a cleverly staged piece infused with a strong and dynamic choreographic aesthetic.” (Danni Bowler, Cue, July 4 2009)
Stilted
Stilt: n. 1. either of a pair of two long poles on which a person stands or walks. 2. a long post that is used with others to support a building above ground level.
Stilt+ed: adj. 1. (of speech, writing, etc.) formal, pompous, or bombastic. 2. not flowing continuously or naturally: stilted conversation.
Through absurd clowning, mime and risk, Stilted transports Eric from the natural world to a crazy, extraordinary realm of between. From physical limits of suspension and gravity, to restrictions of body, language, expression, “Stilted” takes a fun glimpse into the exposed performer-self caught in an imposed world, society, body, theatricality.
Created by: Richard Antrobus
Direction: Andrew Buckland
Performed by: Richard Antrobus and Chris Fisher
“This is an inventive piece of performance art showing just how magical good physical theatre can be…wonderful stuff!” (Gillian McAinsh, The Herald, July 10 2009)
“Physical theatre is taken to new heights by this virtuoso performance…The skills which Antrobus displayed left the audience gasping for breath.” (Michael Whisson, Cue, July 3 2009)
“Say hello to startling, notable, talents: First Fizz dancer, stilt artist and clown, Richard Antrobus.” (Adrienne Sichel, Tonight, July 14 2009)
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I have always been fascinated by the body’s response to music. Not only those big movements we conventionally call ‘dance’, but particularly those small, idiosyncratic, and often involuntary, movements of the body’s inherent musicality. Musicians, as they play their instruments, often move in a way that is separate from the physical action of playing. People on buses and trains, with their iPods playing secretly into their ears, hint at unknown rhythms through tapping feet, bouncing knees, or nodding heads. In this work these ‘little’ physical responses become the source in the creation of a ‘big’ dance, from small impulses.
Choreographer: Alan Parker
Performers: Richard Antrobus, Nicola Elliott, Alan Parker, Tshegofatso
Tlholoe
Live music: Keith Moss (after Bach)
“Intriguing” (Sichel, Tonight)
“Exciting Experimentation” (Sichel, Tonight)
Tired…and still talking
What do I think about when I'm tired other than "I'm tired"? Do I stop
thinking and start feeling? If and when I stop thinking, which I think I do,
what is my body thinking or trying to say? This piece is my body's response
to that question.
Choreographer: Tshegofatso Tlholoe
Performer: Tshegofatso Tlholoe
Designer: Sonja Smit
“Relentlessly energetic…a soloist and a choreographer are born….” (Sichel, Tonight)
“This dynamic First Physical dancer is one of the discoveries of Dance Umbrella 09” (Sichel, Tonight)
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Tracking Memories
Choreographer: Sifiso Kweyama
Performers: Tracey Lewis, Sifiso Majola, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Alan Parker,
Tshegofatso Tlholoe.
Text: Sifiso Kweyama and Acty Tang
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Choreographer: Sifiso Majola
Performers: Tracy Lewis, Siyabulela Mbambaza, Alan Parker, Tshegofatso
Tlholoe
Text: Sifiso Majola
Lovers – A duet from ‘Bessie’s Head’
Choreography: Gary Gordon
Performers: Tracy Lewis and Siyabulela Mbambaza
Design: Ingrid Gordon
2008
Between
Between 2007
Choreographed & performed by Alan Parker and Tshego Tlholoe.
Design by Ingrid Gordon
Music by Astor Piazzolla and Goran Bregovic
Programme Information:
He’s big, she’s small. She’s short, he’s tall. He likes line, but she prefers to dance in circles. Between big and small, short and tall, circle and line, there is a place: an in-between space where things fit together.
Duration: 10 minutes
"simply breathtaking" (Sichel, Pretoria news)
"distinctively original" (Sichel, Star)
"a tango between intelligent bodies" (Sichel, The Star)
"charming!" (Moira de Swardt, Artslink)
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Ballad
Choreographed by Nicola Elliott (MA student)
Performed by Alan Parker and Acty Tang
Music: Extracts from “Seven Tunes Heard in China” by Bright Sheng, performed by Yo-Yo Ma
Duration: 10 minutes
"a playful, flirtatious piece" (Moira de Swardt, Artslink)
"blissfully sweet" (Moira de Swardt, Artslink)
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Monogram…
Choreographed by Juanita Finestone-Praeg
Performed by Alan Parker and Tshego Tlholoe
Lighting design by Guy Nelson
Costume: Juanita Finestone-Praeg and Tanya Poole
Music by David Darling: Cello Cycles
Duration: 17 minutes
Programme Information:
(Monogram. 1. A picture drawn in lines without shading, or colour; a sketch. 2. A device composed of two or more letters (especially of a person’s name) interwoven together.)
Vignette (i) Cowboy with girl/sheep (the return)
Vignette (ii) Night Flower
Vignette (iii) Solo with 17 hesitations and woman waiting
Vignette (iv) Proximities…man and woman
Vignette (v) Accumulations…solo without
Vignette (vi) Cowgirl with walking boy
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Textures
A Video Dance Work
Conceived and Choreographed by Acty Tang, Nicola Elliott, Alan Parker and Tshego Tlholoe.
Directed and Edited by Acty Tang.
Directors of photography: Nicola Elliott and Acty Tang.
Performers: Shaun Acker, Richard Antrobus, Alan Parker, and Conrad Rocher.
Featuring Gary Gordon, Acty Tang and Robin-Niel Williams.
Music by J.S. Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C Major
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Ozymandias
Collaboration between First Physical Theatre Company and the John/Allen Project
Dancers include: Gary Gordon, John Allen, Acty Tang, Anna Morris, Richard Antrobus, Donna Crump, Diogo de Lima, Sifiso Majola, Alan Parker, Tshego Tlholoe
Chorus: Kyle de Boer, Shaun Acker, Robin Williams, Zoe Reeve
Musicians: John Edwards, Marc Duby
Design: Ingrid Gordon
Lighting: Guy Nelson
Text: Anton Kreuger
Artist: Christine Maree
Duration: 70 mins
Programme Information:
Ozymandias is a meeting between New Orleans and Grahamstown, a gathering of choreographers, dancers, musicians, writers, visual and film artists to share our arts and experiences. Energetic American dance meets expressive South African choreography for a multi-media dance-theatre experience that is powerfully motional and emotional.
But we’re also scatterlings across four continents. Between us, we’ve lived through repressive regimes, natural disasters and endless migrations. We’ve lost religions, found love across oceans, and have tasted what it’s like to gather up our belongings and flee.
Rather than being “representatives” of elusive cultures – “American”, “South African” – we look to Shelley’s poetic reflections on human ambition to build nations and identities. And in our theatre – the most transient of the arts – we perform our vulnerability and fragility in the face of the torrents of history, nature, and of time itself.
“I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Members and guests of the First Physical Theatre Company, John/Allen Project and Rhodes University Music Department including:
Main Collaborators:
John Allen
Gary Gordon
Acty Tang
Ingrid Gordon
John Edwards
Marc Duby
Christine Maree
Guy Nelson
Anton Kreuger
Performers:
Richard Antrobus
Donna Crump
Diogo de Lima
Sifiso Majola
Anna Morris
Alan Parker
Tshego Tlholoe
This collaboration is made possible by the generous support of Tulane University, Rhodes University, the National Arts Council, and the National Arts Festival.
Standing, Sitting and Lying Down
Choreographer: Gary Gordon
Dramaturg: Anton Krueger
Design: Ingrid Gordon and Anton Krueger
Performers: Richard Antrobus, Alan Parker, Acty Tang,
Tshegofatso Tlholoe.
Performances: SHARC HIV/AIDS Benefit Concert
9 August 2008
Guy Butler Theatre
Grahamstown
First Physical Supper Theatre
21-22 November 2008
Rhodes Box Theatre
Grahamstown
“…intriguing…” (Nicola Saner, Grocott’s Mail)
Ozymandias – a collage
Choreographer: Gary Gordon (after the original choreography by Gary Gordon and John Allen)
Music: “Smash” – played by John Edwards
Performers: Richard Antrobus, Alan Parker, Tshegofatso Tlholoe.
Lighting Design: Guy Nelson
Performances: First Physical Supper Theatre
21-22 November 2008
Rhodes Box Theatre
Grahamstown
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