Sandra Prinsloo will star in the multi-award-winning Afrikaans drama Die Moeder at The Baxter from 12 to 29 April, 2023 at 7.30pm. There will also be Saturday matinees at 3.30pm.
Celebrated director of films such as Kanarie and Poppie Nongena, Christiaan Olwagen, directs a stellar cast. He has translated the original work, The Mother, into Afrikaans (with English surtitles), and transposed events to contemporary South Africa.
Playwright Florian Zeller
The work is a compelling portrait of empty nest syndrome by award-winning playwright Florian Zeller, who also wrote The Father.
The film version of which won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins) and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Die Moeder debuted at the 2022 Toyota SU Woordfees and according to Netwerk24’s national arts editor, Laetitia Pople, this shift is so recognisable that it could just as well have taken place here. She said, “Every mother is going to identify with Die Moeder … A brilliant production … It shows once again the calibre of our artists.”
Sandra Prinsloo plays the role of Anna, who is unable to come to terms with the realisation that motherhood, as she has known it, is over. Her children have grown up and have lives and loves of their own.
She spends hours alone and the world seems to tilt around her. Is her husband really having an affair? Did her favoured son really come home? Or has the loneliness driven Anna to madness?
Theatrical dance
Prinsloo is joined on stage by Dawid Minnaar (7de Laan, Binnelanders), Ludwig Binge (Balbesit, Johnny is nie dood nie) and Ashley de Lange (Bad Jews).
“Binge, Prinsloo, Olwagen and his technical team spin a theatrical dance that will be remembered for a long time. A dance of unforgettable oblivion,” writes Machelle van Zyl in INK.
Die Moeder was awarded three kykNET Fiestas this year – Best Festival Production; Best Director and Best Performance in a Leading Role (Sandra Prinsloo) – and received five Woodtrofees awards.
What: Die Moeder
Where: Baxter Flipside Cape Town
When: 12 to 29 April, 7.30pm, Saturday matinees 3.30pm
Die Moeder tickets: Here or Pick n Pay
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