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My Children! My Africa! was written five years before the end of apartheid by Tony award-winning South African playwright Athol Fugard, who said of the work: “Should violence be met with violence? The play is actually about my internal debate, at the end of which I found myself believing that putting words on paper is a valid form of action. You can throw stones, petrol bombs and molotov cocktails as hard as you like at those armoured cars, but you’re not going to do much damage. Words can get inside those armoured cars. Words can get inside the heads of the people inside those armoured cars"
Trafalgar Studios Whitehall, London, SW1Y 4th – 29th August 2015 Tickets from £15 Book Tickets here 0844 871 7632
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Terms and conditions apply. Tickets are valid for all performances until 29th August 2015. Subject to availability. Prize is as stated and cannot be transferred or exchanged. No cash alternative will be offered.
April, 1984. 13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is always watching.
The "definitive book of the 20th century" (The Guardian) is re-examined in this radical and much lauded staging exploring surveillance, identity and why Orwell's vision of the future is as relevant now as ever.
My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard
South Africa, 1984 - the fourth decade of apartheid. Two opposing forces struggle for the soul of Thami, a young, brilliant black man. His teacher insists that education, even the inferior “Bantu” education he is forced to teach, is the way to liberation. But Thami has begun to listen to angrier voices…My Children! My Africa! was written five years before the end of apartheid by Tony award-winning South African playwright Athol Fugard, who said of the work: “Should violence be met with violence? The play is actually about my internal debate, at the end of which I found myself believing that putting words on paper is a valid form of action. You can throw stones, petrol bombs and molotov cocktails as hard as you like at those armoured cars, but you’re not going to do much damage. Words can get inside those armoured cars. Words can get inside the heads of the people inside those armoured cars"
Trafalgar Studios Whitehall, London, SW1Y 4th – 29th August 2015 Tickets from £15 Book Tickets here 0844 871 7632
FOLLOW US mychildrenmyafrica.com @MCMAtheplay
Terms and conditions apply. Tickets are valid for all performances until 29th August 2015. Subject to availability. Prize is as stated and cannot be transferred or exchanged. No cash alternative will be offered.
1984 at the Playhouse Theatre
"1984 STORMS THE WEST END" Time Out The international five-star smash hit production of Orwell's dystopian masterpiece 1984 is back in London this summer. "A show that blows apart the safe conventions of the West End play" (Mark Shenton), and now seen by a quarter of a million people, theatre's most powerful event will run until 5th September. We’re offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to see the show in the final weeks of its strictly limited season.April, 1984. 13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is always watching.
The "definitive book of the 20th century" (The Guardian) is re-examined in this radical and much lauded staging exploring surveillance, identity and why Orwell's vision of the future is as relevant now as ever.
For more information about the show, see www.1984theplay.co.uk
Competition Ts&Cs: Tickets valid for Monday-Friday evening, Wednesday matinee and Saturday matinee performances until 29 August 2015. Subject to availability. Tickets are non-transferable. No cash alternative and exclusions apply.
