REVIEW | A moving and electrifying piece of theatre: Iconic Saturday Night at the Palace is still relevant

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The play became famous for its depiction of menacing toxic white masculinity and, at its inception, it was dubbed resistance or 'struggle' theatre.

THEATRE:The magnificent play, directed by award-winning director Albert Maritz and written by one of South Africa's most renowned playwrights, Paul Slabolepsky, delves into the ugly impact of institutionalised racism during the height of apartheid, narrating the stories of two working-class white men and a black waiter.

which debuted in 1982, during the height of apartheid, at the Market Theatre, is on at the Lesedi, Joburg Theatre. The play was written in response to a real-life 1981 event, which was reported in the news and caught the attention of Slabolepsky - two white youths had trashed a Krugersdorp diner.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

 

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