Happy. Period. As in Full Stop AND Speaking in Tongues

DOUBLE BILL

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 Venue : Moving Space      /           Price :  P40-00 per person

Start : 7pm

Synopsis- The concept behind HAPPY. Period. As in FULL STOP!

is the exploration of the pursuit of happiness by young women living in present day Africa. The play is structured as a talk show with a vibrant host and two actors on stage. The performance is interactive; the audience is encouraged to engage in dialogue and to debate issues with the characters on stage as well as to change or influence the action in the scenes and the plot. Two stage performers play various female characters in various situations and the audience gives their feedback on the given circumstances.

Synopsis of SPEAKING IN TONGUES 

SPEAKING IN TONGUES is the long awaited collaboration between director Refiloe Lepere, and actor Raymond Ngomane.

The play is about a character who is battling unemployment and the established forms of language. When language is a currency for success it raises new stumbling blocks in the already complex intersection of life for a young black man. “Speaking in Tongues” is an exploration of the pursuit of a dream.

 Set in a traffic intersection in Joburg, Albert does all he can to show the world that he is a good performer and actor and given the chance he can entertain the world.

Through his interaction with different characters he illuminates the intricacies and complexities of language and its role to being successful in the dog eat dog world.

The play deals with the world and its people in a subtle, witty, subversive, intelligent and informative manner.

 It’s a 45 minutes play, starring Raymond Ngomane and directed by Refiloe Lepere

Biographies

Raymond Ngomane is a Wits University graduate in Dramatic Arts. He has travelled to Holland working on an experimental project called “Kashtankah” with Collin Mill. While there he also worked on an educational project – “Power”: De Appel meets South Africa (Wits-UCT) – with directors; Mike Van Graan and Jaco Bouwer.

 He has performed in a number of travelling theatre productions such as “Woza Albert”, “Welcome to Joburg,” “Afrika Mama Yo!” – which received much acclaim at the Grahamstown Arts Festival – and “Much ado about Nothing,” directed by Sarah Roberts.

He is also a performance poet featuring in Kgafela oa Magogodi’s “Bread” and many other productions.

He has starred in a number of short films “A Pair of Boots and a Bicycle” by Vincent Moloi, which won Best Documentary film of the year 2007 and won Best Audience attraction documentary.

Recently he started doing motivational talks in schools in Mpumalanga where he hails from.

Refiloe Lepere is a writer, actress and a director and is interested in developmental theatre.

She graduated from University of the Witwatersrand with Dramatic Arts (Honours) and Honours in Journalism.

She has co-written, produced and acted in a forum theatre production called “Money for Shoes”.

She also co-wrote and acted in a Steve Biko Foundation commissioned play called “Talking Black” for the Biko 30:30 festival in 2007.

She has worked also on other plays such as “Happy. Period. As in Full Stop”, “The Way to a Man’s Heart”, “The Colored Museum” and “Green Man Flashing”.

She recently acted in “School of Whoredom” which showed in Grahamstown Arts Festival and a return run at the 969 festival in Joburg.