Some Mothers Sons
When last did you visit the Market Theatre? Come come now, having a good time is not always about rock ‘n roll and pumping beats. If this is “not your scene”, I urge you to expand your horrizon and go check out this play by Mike van Graan and directed by Jay Pather at the Market Theatre.
After a national tour that would have included five festivals and two theatres, as well as short seasons in Lo…
ndon and The Hague, Some Mothers’ Sons by award-winning author, Mike van Graan (Green Man Flashing, Hostile Takeover, and Two to Tango) will be staged at the Market Theatre from 3 -29 October 2006.
Some Mothers’ Sons is a play that confronts directly the moral and political challenges of violent crime afflicting contemporary South African society – was the Jury Runner-Up at the NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Contemporary Writing (a national competition to encourage the development of new plays) held in November 2005. One of six finalists, Some Mothers’ Sons also won the Audience Award and earned Jerry Mofokeng the “Best Director” award.
Story Line: The play features two characters, Vusi Mataboge and Braam Visser who meet in the mid-eighties when Vusi is being brutally assaulted in detention, and Braam is acting as his lawyer. They become close friends and eventually, partners in a leading human rights legal firm. Then, in 2004, Braam is a victim of a violent crime and he responds in a manner that leads to his arrest. The original roles are reversed. Braam is in custody, and Vusi is there to act as his lawyer.
Two good men experience violence in an intensely personal way in very different circumstances twenty years apart. How do they react? And what are the consequences of their actions for those around them, and for themselves?
“As one of the few practicing contemporary South African playwrights able to construct morally complex and dramatically layered scripts dealing with highly controversial socio-political topics, Mike van Graan’s latest play, Some Mothers’ Sons, is highly recommended.” – Brent Meersman, Mail and Guardian
Some Mothers’ Sons features Wiseman Sithole and Gideon van Eeden. In the mould of Green Man Flashing, it is a play that will move audiences, but will also make them think about, and debate the issues raised in the play for some time afterwards.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION:
Author: Mike van Graan
Director: Jay Pather
Cast:
Wiseman Sithole – playing Vusi Mataboge
Gideon van Eeden – playing Braam Visser
Season: 3 – 29 October
Performance Times: Tues – Sat 20h15 and Sun 15h15 Venue: Laager Theatre
Price: Tickets for all previews and Tuesday performances R30 only.
Wednesdays: Thursdays: R65
Fridays – Saturdays: R75
Sundays: R50
Not too painful yeah…go check it and let us know what you thought of it.
