Free Falling Bird
Title
Free Falling Bird
Description
Free Falling Bird, by acclaimed Cape Town writer Amy Jephta, was written as part of her Masters' Research focusing on feminist performance practice. In her thesis she writes that she aims to explore: “how feminist play-writing may offer an intervention which disturbs the representation of women in stage. Secondly, I explore a practical model for creating and staging theatre which is located in the ‘sphere of disturbance’…I work to-wards staging work which embodies and gives voice to the female experience.”
The play is set in a warehouse with a group of women escaping a war and is inspired by Euripides The Trojan Women. The classical text is remixed with the language of free-form jazz, poetry, tragedy and spectacle. Free Falling Bird is an anthem of defiance, raising urgent questions about race, female identity and violence. This is a play about the defiant resilience of women in a landscape of war-both in the home and in the streets of a city.
The play is set in a warehouse with a group of women escaping a war and is inspired by Euripides The Trojan Women. The classical text is remixed with the language of free-form jazz, poetry, tragedy and spectacle. Free Falling Bird is an anthem of defiance, raising urgent questions about race, female identity and violence. This is a play about the defiant resilience of women in a landscape of war-both in the home and in the streets of a city.
Genre
Greek Tragedy
Proficiency Level
Student
Script Type
Scripted
Year Created
2022
Opening Date
2022-06-12
Closing Date
2022-06-16
Start Time
Sunday 12 June 2022 @ 11h00
Wednesday 15 June 2022 @ 18h00
Thursday 16 June 2022 @ 20h00
Age Restriction
16
Restriction Warning
This play makes use of flashing lights and a haze machine which may affect some audience members.
Performance Venue
228 Theatre on Lower Main Road
Geographic Location of Performance
Cape Town
Producer
AFDA Cape Town
Director
Lara Bye
Text By
Amy Jephta
Performers
Sebastian Albertyn
Claudelle Botha
Marcelline Butware
Liandra Fortuin
Mone Geldenhuis
Sarah Lazarus
Unathi Somdaka
Kate Wanjohi
Production Website
Social Media
Play Based On
Script of the Production
Rights Holder
This production was done in 2022 with graduating students in the Live Performance School at AFDA, Cape Town. All pertaining written documentation and visual material belongs to AFDA and may not be reproduced without the permission of AFDA, Cape Town. All use of this production material must be accredited to AFDA and referenced accordingly. This work may be used for research purposes only and is the intellectual property of AFDA.
