Sizwe Banzi is Alive
One text, one missing man, two actors, more than 5 interchanged characters = playfulness, spontaneity, intense physical characterisation, mime, laughter, silence, drama. The critics called it "the perfect mix of comedy, drama and suspense…” Nadia Pandit. "Sizwe Banzi is Alive is a brave piece of theatre. Forty years on from the point at which Sizwe Banzi took over the identity of another man, that man’s past comes back to haunt him" Moira de Swardt. "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots" - Marcus Garvey. “Through a startling lack of props and a bare stage, the cast effectively captures its audience as they bring to life the beautiful and equally heartbreaking tale of so many families of this country” Erin-Dianne Richards. “Wiseman Langa, a young man, your brother, your peer, searching for his past, your past and what makes it even more prickly is that Wiseman’s presence digs your own scab and suddenly the wound of your lost past, is fresh and bleeding again. The Director’s words, Eliot Moleba, suddenly surface as a face in the mirror, staring at you confrontationally, when he said “our relationship towards the past...
