Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town
presents
Mies Julie
Assembly Rooms | Music Hall
3-27 August (except 14th and 21st)
The Baxter Theatre Centre’s 2012 Edinburgh smash hit production, Mies Julie, written and directed by Yael Farber, returns to the Assembly stage, following its unprecedented international success.
Assembly Hall, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD
Winner of more than 20 prestigious international theatre awards (including the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, The Scotsman Fringe First Award and the Bank of Scotland Herald Angel Award), amassing over 30 five-star reviews and a breathless supply of superlatives, this sensational adaptation of the August Strindberg classic Miss Julie, stars Bongile Mantsai, Hilda Cronje, Zoleka Helesi and Tandiwe NoFirst Lungisa.
Music composition is by Daniel and Matthew Pencer, set and lighting design by Patrick Curtis and costume design is by Birrie le Roux.
In the smouldering kitchen of a remote South African farmhouse, 23 years after apartheid, a single night of brutality and tenderness unfolds between a black farm labourer and his white master’s daughter. The visceral struggles of contemporary South Africa are laid bare as the couple’s deadly attraction spirals out of control and they battle over power, sexuality, memory, mothers and land.
Mies Julie is one of six award-winning South African productions, Karoo Moose – No Fathers, The Inconvenience of Wings, The Fall, Tshepang and Tobacco, showing at the Assembly Festival, Edinburgh in August.
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Venue: Assembly Rooms Music Hall
Time: 14:30 Running Time: 90mins
Dates: 03 – 27 August. Previews 3 & 4 August, No Shows 14 & 21 August
Tickets: Preview £10; 5-6, 9-10. 15-17 & 22-24 Aug £16 (£15); 7-8, 11-13, 18-20, 25-27 Aug £17.50 (£16)
Bookings: assemblyfestival.com, 0131 623 3030 or Assembly box offices at Assembly Hall and Assembly Roxy, Assembly George Square and Assembly Checkpoint
