The Market Theatre presents Pass Over written by Antionette Nwandu, directed by James Ngcobo by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French Inc will make its South African debut from Friday 26 February – Sunday 28 March 2021.
Pass Over explores the unquestionable human spirit of young black men who dream about a promised land and hoping a miracle will happen. Moses and Kitch are struggling to survive in the tough streets of America. A provocative riff on Waiting for Godot, it’s a rare piece of politically charged theatre by Antionette who is a bold new American voice.
Pass Over is staged in commemoration of Black History Month. Although mainly celebrated in America, the play will inspire South Africans to have the tough discourse around issues of common interest like police brutality and white supremacy long after Apartheid.
The South African premier of Pass Over production stars Charlie Bouguenon, Hungani Ndlovu and Khathu Ramabulana. The trio has been gifted with a challenging task of portraying larger than life characters in the play that resemble real life stories.
Kabomo Vilakazi or simply known as Kabomo is no stranger to South African audiences, he joins the creative team of Pass Over as musical composer. Speaking on his journey for the creation of the music he had this to say “I have created music that will help Pass Over turn the volume up on some of the key themes in the play such as brotherhood, black empowerment, self-belief, violence, white privilege fear, trust, trauma etc. The music is going to be emotional and the genres I will be dabbling between rap and jazz chords in quite places. This will allow the story to flow uninterrupted”.
Kabomo best known for the roles in the films and television series Zabalaza , Sink and Seriously Single. Apart from acting, he is also a writer, poet, editor, musician, rapper, producer and an artist manager.
James Ngcobo’s passion for working with emerging actors, young designers and for mentoring young industry enthusiasts has yielded impressive results. In Pass Over he chose Sibusisiwe Gugu Manqele as assistant director. Sibusisiwe is currently writing for GOMORA the Mnet Mzansi Magic Telenovela.
She has written two plays YINI? / WHAT IS IT? And Migration of the Heart. She starred in a lead role on the SABC award winning edutainment series Intersextions 2 in 2013, had a feature role in Saints and Sinners 1 on Mzansi Magic and starred as a guest presenter on SABC 1’s YOTV Crib notes
Pass Over premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in May 2017. The play was recorded live at the Steppenwolf Theatre, adapted for film by co-director Danya Taymor and co-director and producer Spike Lee and premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 20, 2018.
Catch the South African premier of this spectacular drama Pass Over from Friday 26 February to Sunday 28 Mach 2021. Book your seats now!
Age Recommendation 13Venue: The John Kani Theatre Performance times: Tuesday – Saturday @18h00 and Sunday @15h00 Ticket prices: Tuesday – Thursday R90.00 Friday – Saturday R150.00 and Sunday R130.00
