Charl-Johan Lingenfelder Playing Emcee in
director on the production in SA, Paris and New York has been the biggest highlight of his career so far.
“As South Africans, we are so used to undervaluing when comparing ourselves with international counterparts,” he says. “Working with Eve Ensler and [director] Jo Bonney proved that talent is one thing; being willing to work hard and push to become the best you could be is a different thing. We need to believe more in ourselves and then understand that once we take up the challenge of an undertaking, we also take on the responsibility of striving to be exceptional. We won’t always achieve it, but we should always strive for it.” Eugene Yiga
Cabaret is at Cape Town’s Fugard Theatre from March 10