Ashwin Singh returns to The Playhouse this weekend
The Playhouse is delighted to welcome the return of acclaimed playwright, director, and academic Ashwin Singh with a double bill of two of his most compelling works.
KwaZulu-Natal is in for a treat with the new productions hitting our shores this weekend.
The Playhouse is delighted to welcome the return of acclaimed playwright, director, and academic Ashwin Singh with a double bill of two of his most compelling works.
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Comprised of High Stakes and Reoca Light, this run will take place in The Loft from 19 to 20 May. The former piece portrays a complex, mischievous, and endearing character named Gita Singh.
Gita is a businesswoman, a community worker, a widow, and a grandmother. She is also a gambler, indebted to a loan shark, who is coming to collect.
High Stakes examines Gita’s life of contradictions on a particular Saturday in Rainbow Casino.
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She experiences a gauntlet of wins and losses in a variety of ways while dealing with her oppressive family, some over-zealous friends, a ruthless villain, and her own greed.
It is consummately performed by award-winning actress and dancer, Sivani Chinappan, and directed by Mr Singh himself.
As well as making a welcome return to the Playhouse stage, Singh’s companion piece, Reoca Light, depicts Sunil Mohan, who is overseeing the closure of his parent’s convenience store after a series of robberies.
Approached by a journalist for the backstory about the store which became known as the 'light of Reoca', Mohan recounts his family’s humble past, and their dreams of starting a convenience store while working on the sugar cane plantations in the 1870s.
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Mohan also recalls the three men who influenced his life. His father; his mentor, Uncle Johnny; and his parents’ employee, Themba.
Performed by Rory Booth, an award-winning actor on stage and screen, the production, which has been and continues to be performed abroad to wide acclaim, is again directed by Singh.
Time:
19 May at 19:00 & 20 May at 14:00 and 19:00
Tickets at R100 Webtickets
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