SPECIAL THANKS TO GUESTS FROM AFAR

Special Thanks to Guests from Afar – Written by Nicholas Spagnoletti
Directed by Matthew Wild Artscape Spring Drama Season – 7-24 November 2012

The fourth play in Artscape’s 8th annual Spring Drama Season is Special Thanks to Guests from Afar, written by the award winning playwright Nicholas Spagnoletti and directed by Matthew Wild.

Two South African friends who haven’t seen each other in years are reunited at a wedding in a small resort town on the Baltic coast in the former East
Germany. Luke is a gay Economics professor from UCT; Thabisa is a Zürich-based banking executive and the daughter of a struggle hero. They arrive a day early by mistake and meet the attractive sexually ambiguous brother of the groom, Markus, a German physiotherapist who takes regular assignments abroad with Médecins Sans Frontières. Over the weekend the three chat, grumble, get drunk, fight, tickle, laugh and wonder about their strange ways in life, intimacy and friendship. The play is for anyone who has ever felt like an extra-terrestrial on the edge of a wedding.

Special Thanks to Guests from Afar features actors Nicholas Dallas, Chi Mhende and Gideon Lombard. The costume design is by Angela Nemov and set and lighting design is by Alfred Rietmann.

The Artscape Spring Drama Season began on 13 September with Amy Jephta’s Other Peoples Lives, followed by Louis Viljoen’s Champ, with both plays receiving outstanding reviews.  iSystem, the Showcase Production written by Anele Rusi, runs this weekend, on 26 and 27 October.

Special Thanks to Guests from Afar runs at the Artscape Arena Theatre from 8 to 24 November with tickets R50 for the previews on 8, 9 November and R85 thereafter, via Computicket or 0214217695. Special discounts are available for Students and Pensioners and Group Bookings of ten or more.