On the Boards

A STEADY RAIN: Actor Adrian Collins makes his directorial debut with this Broadway hit by Keith Huff. It is on at Alexander Upstairs from Tuesday until November 21, at 7pm and stars Nicholas Pauling and Brent Palmer. The “gritty, rich and entirely gripping noir tale of two Chicago police officers whose inner need to serve and protect both consumes them and rips them apart” is sure to resonate with audiences in the wake of student uprisings around the country and police intervention. “The subject of police is always a contentious issue whether it’s #FeesMustFall, Marikana or the Black Lives Matter movement in the US,” muses Collins. “The play naturally resonates with all these but one does not have to push any of these themes. This play focuses on two accounts of the same story. Among many other things it’s about friendship and violence and how we become desensitised to them.” Tickets are R80-R90. Bookings www.shows.alexanderbar.co.za or on 021 300 1652 or at venue. AN AUDIENCE WITH PIETER-DIRK EISH! Uys is performing in his acclaimed show at Theatre on the Bay, until November 28. Boxes containing different characters are laid out on the stage. The audience selects boxes and Uys performs according to what’s revealed. No two shows are the same. Tickets: R110-R170. Book at Computicket/0861 915 8000/www.computicket.co.za or at the theatre 021 438 3300. ACCEPTANCE. Simona Mazza, a Rhodes honours graduate, has written a play based on events last year in England, around the multiple filicides (a parent killing his/her own child), by a South African-born woman who killed her three disabled children. It’s on at the Drostdy Teater in Stellenbosch from November 11-15. Tickets R150. Book at www.drostdyteater.co.za or call 071 931 9954. – Robyn Cohen, cohenry@netactive.co.za

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