RHUMBELOW THEATRE
42 CUNNINGHAM RD, OFF BARTLE RD, UMBILO, DBN

Presents

The Moon Looks Delicious From Here

Written and performed by Aldo Brincat

Directed by Sjaka Septembir

Physical Theater - Festival  style

Running Time 60 min. 

FRIDAY                      24 FEBRUARY 2023   Show starts 19.30 – DBN
SUNDAY                     26 FEBRUARY 2023   Show starts 14.00 – DBN
(Venue opens 90 minutes before show for drinks)

Through the mediums of physical theatre, mime and characterisation, The Moon Looks Delicious From Here, is a 60 minute, one-man theatre show which explores immigrant family dynamics and how they shape identity and heritage in a first-generation citizen.

The drama is driven by a loving father and son - each from different eras and motherlands. Here Brincat plays an array of characters in and around this fragile young nuclear family; some foreign, some local - all of whom are finding, or losing themselves in the ever-changing political landscape of their new homeland, South Africa.

Language, religion, ambition, sexuality and political leanings are brought into sharp focus as our two lead characters fight off ‘otherness”, while attempting to assert themselves into a volatile new country. Key moments in their lives are juxtaposed against powerful developments in South Africa’s history during the 70s and 80s, and as the effects of apartheid begin to reach boiling point - family ties threaten to fall apart. Though set in Durban, the story is universal in its theme, particularly at this time when the intersectional effects of migrancy are brought increasingly into our consciousness.

Biography- Aldo Brincat

South African theatre die-hards may remember Brincat from his award-winning productions, King Kong, The House Husband, The Boy With The Clown’s Heart, as well as Blacks Like Me, Moron Than Off, and Defending the Cave Brats. Having begun his professional career under Nicholas Ellengobgen at the newly founded Loft Theatre Company at the Natal Playhouse in 1987, Brincat then went on to study theatre in Paris at the legendary Ecole Jacque Le Coq, after which he toured Scandinavia, Europe and Russia as a professional ballet dancer. In the early 1990s, Brincat returned to Durban to establish his theatre company, Brincat Productions. Among his theatre awards and nominations, Brincat was voted by the Mail & Guardian SA, as Best Solo Performer of the decade 2000-2009, along with Pieter Dirk Uys, Rob van Vuuren, Andrew Buckland, and James Cunningham. He also received invitations to perform for then-president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela; the World Bank in Washington, DC, as well as theatres across South Africa and neighbouring countries.

Brincat is currently a Masters student of Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University.

Biography- Sjaka Septembir

The Moon Looks Delicious From Here is directed by theatre stalwart, Sjaka Septembir; a jackal with many tricks up his sleeve: writer, director, actor and producer. Staal I: Nag van die Slang-Uil (2020), and Staal II: Slot en Grendel (2020) are his ‘boere-noir’ theatre productions that were performed at Woordfees and the Vrystaatkunstefees (online). He writes poetry for the Ons Klyntji zine and has turned his poems into a dark cabaret called SKOP! He is the co-creator of the graphic novel Bal-oog en Brommel se Moord in Ixiastraat, which gained a cult following in 2019. In 2021, during lockdown, he directed a play, Die Uitweg, based on a Kafka short story. He teaches clowning, yoga and physical theatre. His first novel, Die Bardo van Biko April, will be released in October 2022.

R 160-00 a ticket 

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Limited secure parking available     

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Bar Available

(no alcohol may be brought on to the premises)

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