Venus
Title
Venus
Department
Theatre
Keywords
Theatre
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Production Type
Fourth Year Acting Student Production
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Description
Susan-Lori Parks' Venus is a spectacle of the senses, an act of transgressing prescribed theatrical modes and interrogating the paradoxes of being. We follow the archival life of Sara Baartman/The Venus Hottentot through the interrogation of the Negro Resurrectionist/s and uncover moments patched together like an ill-fitting quilt upon the senses.
This interpretation of the play at UCT's Centre for Theatre Dance and Performance Studies is presented by 4th yr acting students: Zizo Solontsi, Katlego Mhlongo, Lungile Lallie, Luhle Macanda, Kylie Fisher, Mamello Makhetha, Anathi Rubela, Kaylee McIlroy, Luthabo Maduna and Lwanele Nqambi under the direction of Warona Seane.
The play is but a fictional presentation drawn from the myriad archives that exist, around the life of Sara Baartman in Europe. Parks mentions that it is meant to be a show, a spectacle of remembrance and re-membering, a transgression and subversion of any supposed modes possibly prescribed by the ever-increasing isms we are allegedly governed by.
Cast:
Venus / The Girl / Saartjie - Zizo Solontsi
Baron Docteur - Lungile Lallie
The Mother Showman / The Grad-School Chum - Katlego Mhlongo
The Negro Resurrectionist(s) - Luhle Macanda & Kylie Fisher
The Man - Anathi Rubela
The Man's Brother - Kaylee McIlroy
Chorus of Freaks / Spectatots / Court / Anatomists - Lwanele Nqambi, Mamello Makhetha, Luthabo Maduna, Kaylie McIlroy, Anathi Rubela
The Father - Lwanele Nqambi
The Mother - Mamello Makhetha
The Bride-To-Be - Kylie Fisher
The Young Man - Luthabo Maduna
The Uncle - Kaylie McIlroy
This interpretation of the play at UCT's Centre for Theatre Dance and Performance Studies is presented by 4th yr acting students: Zizo Solontsi, Katlego Mhlongo, Lungile Lallie, Luhle Macanda, Kylie Fisher, Mamello Makhetha, Anathi Rubela, Kaylee McIlroy, Luthabo Maduna and Lwanele Nqambi under the direction of Warona Seane.
The play is but a fictional presentation drawn from the myriad archives that exist, around the life of Sara Baartman in Europe. Parks mentions that it is meant to be a show, a spectacle of remembrance and re-membering, a transgression and subversion of any supposed modes possibly prescribed by the ever-increasing isms we are allegedly governed by.
Cast:
Venus / The Girl / Saartjie - Zizo Solontsi
Baron Docteur - Lungile Lallie
The Mother Showman / The Grad-School Chum - Katlego Mhlongo
The Negro Resurrectionist(s) - Luhle Macanda & Kylie Fisher
The Man - Anathi Rubela
The Man's Brother - Kaylee McIlroy
Chorus of Freaks / Spectatots / Court / Anatomists - Lwanele Nqambi, Mamello Makhetha, Luthabo Maduna, Kaylie McIlroy, Anathi Rubela
The Father - Lwanele Nqambi
The Mother - Mamello Makhetha
The Bride-To-Be - Kylie Fisher
The Young Man - Luthabo Maduna
The Uncle - Kaylie McIlroy
Script Type
Adapted
Year Created
2019
Opening Date
2 October 2019
Closing Date
5 October 2019
Start Time
19h30
Ticket Price
R70 / R50 (students/pensioners)
Performance Venue
Geographic Location of Performance
Cape Town
Producer
CTDPS
Director
Warona Seane
Cast
Zizo Solontsi
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Lungile Lallie
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Katlego Mhlongo
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Luhle Macanda
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Kylie Fisher
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Anathi Rubela
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Kaylee McIlroy
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Lwanele Nqambi
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Mamello Makhetha
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Luthabo Maduna
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Set Designer
Wilhelm Disbergen
Lungile Cindi
Lighting Designer
Wilhelm Disbergen
Shamiel Abrahams
Costume Designer
Digital Designer
Production Manager
Ronel Jordaan
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