Following its successful run last year, Shadow Boxing will return to the Baxter Masambe Theatre for a short season in late July, 2023 – dates are still be finalised. It’s directed by Mdu Kweyama and features Daniel Newton. The one-hander is written by James Gaddas.
Newton received the Fleur du Cap Best Performance in a Revue, Cabaret or One-person Show, earlier this year for his performance as Flynn in the production. Following the upcoming Baxter, the production will transfer to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland in August.
Read BEVERLEY BROMMERT’S WS review here.
Coming-of age story
The coming-of age story deals with the demons of the past and discovering of one’s identity. Flynn is a young boxer, the son of a professional boxer whose career never really took off. Unlike his father, Flynn is determined to become a successful professional boxer. In doing so, he must fight off his inherited perceptions of masculinity as he discovers his own identity.
Kweyama, artistic director of the award-winning Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival, was awarded the Naledi award for Best Actor in a Lead Role and Best Original Choreography for Karoo Moose in 2008. His directing accolades include Most Honest Man, Reza De Wet’s Missing, Woza Albert and Edward Albee’s The Goat, or who is Sylvia?
The Visigoths
Actor, writer and musician Newton completed his BA Honours in Drama and Acting at the University of Cape Town in 2021. While he started acting for film in 2016, Shadow Boxing marked his first professional performance. In 2023 he performed in Louis Viljoen’s, The Visigoths and before that, wrote and directed, The Rangers.
The son of a wrestler, writer James Gaddas is an English actor and writer. He is well-known for his roles in Starter for 10, Jonathan Creek and Bad Girls.
What: Shadow Boxing
Where: Baxter Masambe Theatre Cape Town
When: Late July 2023
Shadow Boxing tickets: Here
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