The Inconvenience of Wings, Lara Foot’s play which tackles issues of friendship, dysfunction, addiction and angels will be at the Theatre on the Bay and the Baxter Theatre.
Since its premiere in 2016 Lara Foot’s award-winning play, The Inconvenience of Wings, has achieved sold-out success in South Africa at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town and the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, amassing five-star reviews along the way, including the Edinburgh Assembly Fringe Festival.
Set in a landscape of memory and dreams, The Inconvenience of Wings tackles the issues of friendship, dysfunction, addiction and angels. Sara (Jennifer Steyn) has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder; she is compulsive, alive and hates women who know how to make cupcakes. Paul (Andrew Buckland), her husband, is on a mission to find a cure for her afflictions and Professor James (Mncedisi Shabangu) quietly tries to save Paul from the inconvenience of his wings.
The play is, at its heart, a love-story, which makes for compelling viewing with burning contemporary themes such as bipolar disorder and compulsion and its devastating effect on the family. It cuts close to the bone for anyone who has suffered mental illness themselves, or has lived with someone who has.
This powerful and poignant new drama was inspired by author Abraham J Twerski`s book Addictive Thinking that examines the notion of compulsion, addiction, denial and abuse of self, as well as conversations on bipolar disorder that Foot had with celebrated psychiatrist Dr Sean Baumann. It was further stirred by her father who has suffered from dementia for more than a decade.
Fleur du Cap Winners:
2017 Fleur du Cap award for Best Director – Lara Foot
2017 Fleur du Cap award for Best Actor – Andrew Buckland
2017 Fleur du Cap award for Best Actress – Jennifer Steyn
What: The Inconvenience of Wings
Where and when: Theatre on the Bay from 30 January to 10 February 2018 / Baxter Theatre from 13 February to 3 March
Book: Computicket or 021 438-3301 (Theatre on the Bay) / Webtickets (Baxter)
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