'Also the Real Thing'
Various Artists at Johannesburg Art GalleryTEN YOUNG ACTORS, just having graduated from their acting school. Their education has been about creating emotions, taking on a character, being credible. They have learned techniques of shifting and becoming someone else.
In the vast rooms and corridors of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, a holder of cultural history, between historical portraits, sculptures and landscape paintings, the actors now portray themselves. Live. It’s the day of their audition.
Also the real thing: The Johannesburg Auditions documents the actors' personal histories as well as their ability to manipulate, swinging between reality as tactic of confusion and authenticity as a matter of technique.
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CREDITS - Also the real thing: The Johannesburg Auditions is a collaboration between the Swiss director Boris Nikitin and the Indian director Zuleikha Chaudhari, the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Market Theatre Lab and its graduates of 2014.
With Lindani Dlamini, Musa Mhlophe, Sibongile Fisher, Katlego Letsholonyana, Busi Letwaba, Thandi Ramashi, Thando Mahlangu, Lawrence Simelane, Teboho Thuswa, Reneilwe Mashitisho, and Arya Lalloo
Supported by Pro Helvetia Johannesburg.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS - Performance on Saturday 25 October, at the JAG, 12pm-4pm. Reception from 3pm.
25 October - 25 October
