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Charl-Johan Lingenfeld­er Playing Emcee in

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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

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