Foreplay
By Mpumelelo Grootboom
Year staged: 2009
Opening night: 26/05/2009
Theatre Company: South African State Theatre; 1981
Staged in: Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Cast Size: 5
Synopsis
An encounter between Prostitute and Thug (who has just robbed Soldier) starts a cycle of interlocking and overlapping sexual encounters played out under the shadow of HIV/AIDS in South Africa as ten people form an unwitting interpersonal circle. The encounters reveal political bribery, religious corruption and casual violence as the circle turns and then closes with the same character, Prostitute. Based on Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde.
Original Cast
Mandla Gaduka
Spoilt Young Man / Playmaker
Boitumelo Shisana
Politician
Excellentia Mokoena
Prostitute
Kokesto Mojela
Barmaid / Schoolgirl / Preacher's Wife / Actress
Sello Zikalala
Soldier / Preacher
Production Team
Wilhelm Disbergen
Designer
Mpumelelo Grootboom
Director
Israel Bereta
Choreography