Enchanting Afrikaans drama at the Baxter

01 November 2017 | Story Kate-Lyn Moore. Photo Nardus Engelbrecht.
Enchanting prose: an extract of this play was submitted to the Kunste Onbeperk’s first Teksmark (script market) in Cape Town and was swiftly snapped up for further development.
Enchanting prose: an extract of this play was submitted to the Kunste Onbeperk’s first Teksmark (script market) in Cape Town and was swiftly snapped up for further development.

Die Dans van die Watermeid, the debut work of playwright Amee Lekas, comes to the Baxter Theatre this November.

The piece features UCT alumni Rehane Abrahams, Ephraim Gordon, Gretchen Ramsden, Celeste Matthews and Deidre Jantjies in a talented ensemble of seven.

Set in the town of Willowmore in the Klein Karoo, a community presided over by the church, sweeps its troubles under the rug.

Amid a myriad social issues flits the mythical figure of the water nymph, whose dance reverberates with the promise of rain and of deliverance.

The show runs from 1 to 25 November.

Book your tickets…

For block bookings contact Sharon Ward or Carmen Kearns.


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