Sometimes, in war, famine and radical times of change, there is someone still standing. And sometimes, they are not alone. Amongst the dunes of post-2050 earth a mirage of humanity glimmers in the heat.

Directed by Helen Iskander (Nominated ABSA ‘Best Director 2009’ award at the KKNK, for The Famished Road). Designed by Jemma Kahn and performed by Kyla Davis (ImpACT award winner for Theatre 2010) and Mongi Mthombeni (NAF Golden Ovation Award Winners for The Butcher Brothers (2010) and Naledi Award winners for Best Cutting Edge production 2010) this collaboration of award-winning artists brings you an exquisitely visual new play of epic proportions.

Planet B was originally performed as part of the SA Devised Season at WITS Theatre in 2011 and subsequently went on to tour to the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown 2011 and the Out The Box Festival, Cape Town 2011 (where it received a special mention for Excellence at the Handspring Awards.) The play also formed part of the official cultural programme at the international COP17 conference on climate change in Durban (Dec 2011).

Details

Duration:

75 minutes

Recommended Age:

No min or max grade set

Recommended Grade:

Grade 8+ No max grade set

Language(s):

English (first language) No second language listed.

Curriculum Connection:

Creative Arts, Design, Dramatic Arts, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences

Themes Covered:

Change, Choices, Climate Change, Creativity, Death, Environmental awareness, Fate/Free Will, Identity, Imagination, Life skills, Morality, National/global conflicts, Relationships, Survival, Xenophobia

• Out The Box Festival, Cape Town (2011)
• National Arts Festival, Grahamstown (2011)
• SA Devised Season, WITS Theatre (2011)