| Groet die Grotman [boodskap #110136] |
Wo, 19 April 2006 15:59 |
Moira de Swardt
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The English version of this show, "Defending the Caveman" is now the
longest running one-man show on Broadway. South African audiences
loved it when it was running locally and it played to sold out
houses night after night. I reviewed it at the time.
Koos Kombuis has now translated this into Afrikaans and I saw the
Afrikaans version at the Tesson Theatre, Civic Complex, last night,
where the house was respectably fully, despite Tuesday nights being
traditionally bad nights for getting full houses, together with a
short week and a new school term, all factors which keep people out
of theatres. It is drawing Afrikaners from far and near to come and
be entertained in their home language.
Of course, there is not much theatre available in Afrikaans, and
sadly, very little of our indigenous stuff is this quality. It is a
truly hilarious show and it works surprisingly well in Afrikaans
with a truly delightful homegrown feel to the insults and comments
that simply don't exist in the original version. It seems to be
naughtier and nicer this time round. Importantly, the Afrikaans is
of a fairly simple everyday use variety, and is accessible to people
who understand Afrikaans, but are not comfortable with declaring
themselves "completely bilingual".
The other thing that adds a lot of impact to the show is the
intimacy of the Tesson Theatre, where anyone in the first eight or
ten rows is able to feel "connected" to the cast.
Speaking about the cast, Hannes Muller is the one man in this
one-man comedy about men and women, and importantly, the differences
between men and women, and under the direction of Sandra Prinsloo,
he creates an entirely believable, and likeable character. Even
the women liked him. This may have had something to do with the way
he smiled or gently laughed at his own punchlines. One sensed that
he was enjoying himself as much as the audience was.
And we enjoyed ourselves mightily.
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