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In 1950s Jo'burg nothing stirs ... IT JUMPS! Can Themba is a man who lives for a party - illegal booze, gangsters slang, the fizz of jazz music and the thrill of a knife fight - all pepper the wicked prose of Drum Magazine's 'Shakespeare of the Shebeens'. And Drum's Chief Reporter, Henry Nxumalo, parties harder than anyone. But now Sophiatown is being cleared for white housing. Henry lies dead with twenty-three stab wounds. And Can's flaunting the law by loving a white girl ...
Who Killed Mr. Drum? brings apartheid South Africa's black underbelly jumping to life, and counts the cost of one man's struggle to avoid opposition. Age 14+ Running time 2 hours plus interval.
Cast/Performers
Sello Maake Ka-Ncube (Can Themba),
Stephen Billington (Sylvester Stein),
Wela Frasier (Bob),
Marcel McCalla (Casey),
Lucian Msamati (Zeke)
Creatives/Company
Author(s):
Fraser Grace,
Sylvester SteinProducer(s):
Andrew Fishwick,
Sarah Trahearn,
Paul RobinsonCompany:
Treatment TheatreDirector(s):
Paul Robinson,
Bernadette Iglich (movement),
Andile Sotiya (movement),
Terry King (fight)
Design:
Francisco Rodriguez-WeilMusic:
Juwan OgungbeLighting:
Ben OrmerodSound:
Paul Groothius