THE NAUSEATING CLASH of religious dogmaticism and sexualities which contradict hetero-norms is not something new. If you look at the issue of sexuality more broadly and infuse it with an historical glance at the culture and persecution of so-called witches, it simmers and seethes there too. Young playwright Koleka Putuma mines these old realities to create something new, fresh, fearsome and extraordinary in No Easter Sunday for Queers.
Featuring Momo Matsunyane as Napo, opposed Tshego Khutsoane as Mimi, the tale is a simple one, formed with fierce and astonishing language and the spine-chillingly beautiful use of choral elements. The group of 20 first year Market Theatre Laboratory students make excellent use of the passage framed by a wire fence that surrounds the theatre space, and their song and gesture, whispers and presence in a miscellany of flannel skirts, trousers and lacy…
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