WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
By Edward Albee
Direction by Sylvaine Strike
Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF celebrates a 60th anniversary production in South Africa!
Gloucester Productions is proud to announce a 2022 production of a theatrical classic at Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town and Pieter Toerien's Montecasino theatre in Johannesburg.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is regarded by many as one of most powerful plays ever written and this year it celebrates it's 60th anniversary.
Back in 1962, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games with a younger couple, Nick and Honey, who get caught up in the battle.
By the evening's end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play's razor-sharp dialogue, witty and hilarious scenarios and the stripping away of social pretense it has been described as "a brilliantly original work of art, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire" (Newsweek)
The production is in the wonderfully capable hands of a multi award-winning team:
Sylvaine Strike (Fleur du cap best director for Endgame) directs a stellar cast including:
Alan Committie (Fleur du cap best actor for Richard III), and Robyn Scott (Fleur du cap best actress for Elizabeth - Almost a woman) with Sanda Shandu (Fleur du cap nominee for best supporting actor King Kong) and Berenice Barbier (making her professional stage debut)
The show is designed by Wolf Britz (fleur du cap best lighting design Valsrivier)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf will run at Theatre on the Bay from Friday 16th September to Saturday 8th of October with performances every tuesday to Saturday
It will then move to Pieter Toerien's Montecasino theatre in Fourways, Johannesburg where it will run from Friday 14th October to Sunday 13th of November. There will be performances Wednesday to Sunday.
Tickets are now available through Computicket or by calling the theatres: Theatre on the Bay: 021 4383300 and Montecasino: 011 5111988 or click below to book.
Age restriction: PG13 | Duration: Approx' 2 hours 30 minutes with interval