Daphne Kuhn presents Neil Labute’s BASH – It will blow your mind… 9th – 27th September
- Ovation Award Winner and smash hit at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown 2014 -
Directed by MEGAN WILLSON
with DANIEL JANKS, ASHLEIGH HARVEY,
JAMES ALEXANDER and JESSICA FRIEDAN
Beautifully written and exquisitely crafted, BASH, a dark triptych, is one of 2014’s unmissable shows! Provocative and fresh from a highly acclaimed run at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, BASH opens at Sandton’s Auto & General Theatre on the Square from 9th September.
Daphne Kuhn is very proud to present American playwright Neil Labute’s controversial, gripping and lauded work, with tour de force performances by the South African cast – Daniel Janks, Ashleigh Harvey, James Alexander and Jessica Freidan – with direction by Megan Willson.
The themes explored in BASH profoundly resonate with issues facing South Africans today: masculinity; job loss; homophobia; appearances versus reality; revenge; privilege.
Who are the people behind these crimes? Are they in fact, one of us?
Part of families or even ourselves?
BASH presents the audience with three disturbing one-act plays. The characters are the kind of people you meet every day – ordinary – except for the creeping horror of what they have to say. We are introduced to a businessman; a glamorous pair of college lovers and a young mother. The Auto & General Theatre on the Square, by arrangement with Wider Ground Drama Collective is excited to provide South Africans with the opportunity to experience mesmerising pure theatre and the chance to look at our own darkness.
Bookings can be made by calling Strictly Tickets on 082 553 5901 or
Online via Strictly Tikcets: www.strictlytickets.com or call the box office on 011 883 8606. Performances are at 8.15 from Tuesdays to Fridays and at 6pm and 8.30pm on Saturdays. There are special group booking discounts and dinner/show packages can be arranged.
For further media info and interviews, call
Daphne Kuhn or Mika Stefano at the theatre on tel. 011 883-8606
