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#AfterMarikana

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The final Drama Seasons production for the current cycle – #AfterMarikana will open at the Barn Theatre PE Opera House on 31 August 2016 at 19:00 and the run will end on 2 September.

#AfterMarikana, When all is lost after the Marikana massacre, families and friends of the deceased find hope in the false notion that the Farlam Commission of Enquiry shall give them answers, so they could find peace and closure, in order to move on with their lives. But one man is having sleepless nights and bad dreams. He sees a man in a green blanket in his sleep and another gentlemen being hung, this man is a policeman by the name Welcome Sizani.

On the eve of the funeral of Marvelous  Mpofana a miner who died a mysterious death found hanging in his one roomed shack in Enkanini at Marikana just before he was about to testify at the Harlam Commission. Welcome travels to Ngqushwa to meet with Marvelous’ family to ask for forgiveness. Why does Welcome seek redemption? What secrets is he keeping? What drove Marvelous to kill himself?

Mpofana, a miner who died a mysterious death by hanging at his one roomed shack Enkanini Marikana before he was to testify at the commission, Welcome travels to Peddie (Ngqushwa) to meet with the family so as to ask for forgiveness.

?#?AfterMarikana is Written & Directed by Xabisolwethu Zweni and stars Anele Penny, Olwethu Mdala, Asanda Hanabe, Nomabotwe Mthimkhulu & Xabisolwethu Zweni, opens on the 31st of August at 19:00 at the Barn Theatre, PE Opera HouseMpofana, a miner who died a mysterious death by hanging at his one roomed shack Enkanini Marikana before he was to testify at the commission, Welcome travels to Peddie (Ngqushwa) to meet with the family so as to ask for forgiveness.

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Alan Straton

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