GIFT NDOLWANE
JOHANNESBURG – Legendary Theatre, Film and TV actor Jerry Mofokeng will play a lead in the hard-hitting and thought-provoking play Acceptance to be staged at The Fringe in Joburg Theatre next month

The play will run from from the 5th to 16th . Mofokeng will play the judge, alongside Lisa Derryn Overy as Jemma, Lea Vivier as Sam and Francois Viljoen as Nic.

Acceptance is Directed by Rhodes University graduate Simona Mazza, written by Eva Mazza and was debuted at Drostdy Teater in Stellenbosch in November 2015.

Simona Mazza, Director of Acceptance is optimistic Mofokeng‘s polished performance will shake some opinions that are often defined by society’s prejudices and the idea that some lives are less worthy than others

“I am so excited to revisit this text with Jerry’s acute theatrical intuition by my side. Showing this in Johannesburg to a discerning and conscious theatre-going community will be great learning curve and springboard for growth” said Simona.

It is based on the events around the highly publicised multiple filicides (the deliberate act of a parent killing his/her own child) by a South African-born mother of her three disabled children in England in April 2014.

The sixty-minute drama aims to give a voice to child-victims, whose voices are often buried with them. Through staging this play, the writer hopes the audience will deliberate over rather than skirt around the issues of a tragedy such as this one.

The fast-paced action, using straight dramatic technique married with physical theatrical elements and the use of visual projection, provides a platform to raise more awareness of filicide, the disabled, and the right to terminate life.

Jerry Mofokeng is the 2013 Golden Horn lifetime achievement award recipient for Acting. He is a South African legend whose professional work in acting covers almost 3 decades. This includes local and international work in Theatre, Film and TV. His roles were featured in Tsotsi, The Line, Scandal, Mama Jack, Mandela and De Klerk, Sizwe Bansi is Dead, In Ongenade and many more is excited of his latest theatre project.

“I’m thrilled to skate the boards of theatre again in a role that flies the social mask and touches the raw nerve of a man of power” states Jerry Mofokeng.

Other cast members Lisa Derryn Overy , Lea Vivier and Francois Viljoen with accomplished experiences from television to theatre makes Acceptance a must see show for theatre lovers .

-Guardian