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SUMMARY:Family Meeting replaced by My Fellow South Africans
LOCATION:Hawksmoor House
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your interest in FAMILY MEETING. \nUnfortunately
 \, the performer is no longer available but the multiple award-winning MY 
 FELLOW SOUTH AFRICANS will be offered instead.\nThe FAMILY MEETING perform
 er has been optioned for a movie in Johannesburg\, and given the gig natur
 e of the performing arts economy where actors make their livelihoods from 
 gig to gig rather than earn a regular salary\, it's inevitable that actors
  will need to make decisions that offer better financial returns.\nI am ve
 ry pleased though\, that Kim Blanche Adonis - the incredibly talented perf
 ormer in My Fellow South Africans - is in town between international engag
 ements related to a US play\, and is available to perform this satirical m
 ulti-sketch revue on 2 Oct.  Ironically\, Kim was supposed to perform Fami
 ly Meeting\, the sequel to My Fellow South Africans\, but her talent has b
 een recognised and she has spent much of the last year touring the USA and
  the UK with two plays.  Awethu Hleli - another talent! - was recruited to
  replace Kim in Family Meeting\, and so here we have Kim replacing Awethu 
 on 2 October!\nA little bit more about My Fellow South Africans:\nWe launc
 hed this revue in 2023 as part of the build-up to the 2024 elections\, and
  given its popularity\, it continued to be performed around the country\, 
 as recently as this last Saturday\, to senior students at the University o
 f Stellenbosch as part of the Listen\, Live and Learn leadership and devel
 opment programme. (Family Meeting was written as part of the build-up to t
 he local government elections in November).  \nMy Fellow South Africans ha
 s evolved to address contemporary themes beyond the elections of May 2024 
 and has earned the talented performer Kim Blanche Adonis two “Best Solo
 ” Performance awards (including at Woordfees) as well as the production 
 receiving the Standard Bank Bronze Ovation Award at the National Arts Fest
 ival.   It also won the Best New Script award at the Independent Theatre A
 wards in Gauteng and has been nominated in the Naledi Theatre Awards (Gaut
 eng).\nThe production has been performed more than 180 times around the co
 untry in theatres\, community halls\, corporate boardrooms\, festivals\, u
 niversity campuses\, retirement villages\, on a jazz cruise and even in pe
 ople’s homes!\nThe satirical revue has resonated with audiences across t
 he demographic board\, touching on themes which are of concern or interest
  to many.  Academics and NGO leaders\, teachers and corporate CEOs\, stude
 nts and retirees have all praised the work as tapping into our current anx
 ieties and frustrations while allowing us a moment of catharsis and hope.
 \nHere’s what some have said about My Fellow South Africans:\nSo clever 
 and entertaining as well as educational\, funny\, profound\, real. Best ho
 ur spent in an intimate setting. Not to be missed.  - Laurence Esteve\, co
 -director of the Zip Zap Circus\nPolitical satire at its best. Brilliant s
 cript and exceptional acting that sharply capture the nuances of our socie
 ty. Evokes laughter\, sadness and hope. - Mansoor Jaffer\, Cape Cultural C
 ollective\nIt is such a cleverly constructed play\, with a brilliant perfo
 rmance by Kim Blanche Adonis.…It is the kind of play that should be perf
 ormed to young people throughout the country and…followed by a discussio
 n of the issues raised. - Ryland Fisher\, former editor of the Cape Times
 \nExtracts from some of the reviews are:\nMy Fellow South Africans is brac
 ing satirical sketch comedy\, performed by Kim Blanche Adonis with great s
 kill…Adonis…is funny and fabulous and there are moments of laugh-out-l
 oud laughter and we need that. – Robyn Cohen\, Cape Robyn\nMy Fellow Sou
 th Africans does exactly what it promises to do: it gives audiences an ent
 ertaining satirical take on contemporary South Africa and does so by mergi
 ng wit and commentary in a provokingly entertaining manner. – Barbara Lo
 ots\, Theatre Scene Cape Town\nThank you for supporting independent theatr
 e\n\nBoletos: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/397972-family-meeting-repla
 ced-by-my-fellow-south-africans/
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