Catching up in the man cave
AWARD-WINNING actor Tim Plewman, of Defending the
Caveman fame, has a cave in KwaZulu-Natal. It’s a beach cottage at Port Edward called “The Cave”.
Plewman is due in Durban at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on October 2 to perform his iconic one-man show about the misunderstanding between men and women for the 1 803rd time. “The good thing about Defending the Caveman that I pick up is that the girls feel they come off better than the guys. We all need the affirmation in these times that all men are not a ****** s.”
His mentor, Rex Garner, introduced him to the script, written by Rob Becker, in the nineties and it instantly resonated with him.
“What I read was also the truth about our existence and what we are as people.
“I thought it was funny and also important.”
Plewman has updated the play by introducing technology such as GPSes, personal computers and cellphones that did not exist back in the day and they’ve fitted into the theme, he said.
“What’s so fascinating is that the way we use them as men and women is like everything else we do.
“There’s a difference in the way we send text messages and look at iPads and iPods… ” Then he stops in his tracks, saying he’ll be giving away too much.
Once his Durban stint ends, Plewman will head back to Johannesburg with little or no time to duck into his “cave” at Port Edward. He will be directing Road
Warrior, the story of the life of boxing legend Brian Mitchell, which he has written and in which Mitchell will act.
“It’s a piece of drama,” said Plewman. “Real and true.”