London, 13 January
Our first visit to Africa has finally come to an end. Our work at the
University of Port Elizabeth and in the townships continued into December.
Our final workshop was at Lwandlekozi School in Port Elizabeth's red
location where, with township actors, a student from UPE and four teaching
students from Denmark, we ran a morning's workshop on Macbeth.
The students
presented their own versions of a scene from the play, retold in Xhosa and
in a contemporary setting. The whole school turned out in the sun to see the
scenes performed. We look forward to being back in Lwandlekozi next Summer
and Noel Greig is hard at work arranging for that school in New Brighton,
South Africa to be 'twinned' with one in Brighton, England.
We are extremely busy preparing for Macbeth and At Break of Day which go
back into rehearsal in January before opening at the Hong Kong City
Festival. Both plays then tour through the year.
In March we are working with Middlesex University and members of Brecht's
Berliner Ensemble on a Brecht Cabaret that will be seen at the Drill Hall in
London - our first show in German.
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