Directed by Bairbre Ní Chaoimh
Featuring Conrad Kemp, Abraham Osuagwu and George Seremba
A rainy afternoon in a small café: Sam and Willie, two middle aged waiters, try to find time to practice their ballroom dancing, while the young Hally finishes his homework… Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical play is a wonderfully entertaining story of one young man’s coming of age in 1950s South Africa.
Hally is growing up and with that come difficult decisions and choices. Caught between feelings of duty to his bigoted alcoholic father and love for Sam, his lifelong friend and mentor, Hally grapples with his understanding of the changing society beyond the café walls, mixed loyalties and the realisation of just what is expected from him…
Originally banned in his native South Africa, Fugard’s classic is a funny and powerful expose of the impact of Apartheid.
” ***** brave and finely executed … intellectually challenging and emotionally engrossing”
Fintan O’Toole, Irish Times
“The best piece of theatre in years”
The View
Fugard’s semi-autobiographical classic is a wonderfully entertaining story of 1950s South Africa.
Calypso,
by Aurthur Fugard
Directed by Bairbre Ní Chaoimh
Featuring Conrad Kemp, Abraham Osuagwu and George Seremba