Little Red Riding Hood and The Big, Bad Metaphors
Little Red Riding Hood and The Big, Bad Metaphors is a play by Mike van Graan (1959-).
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Van Graan was commissioned by the University of Pretoria to produce a play on the theme of the Sustainable Development Goals, during his residency at the university in 2019. In 2021, the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) prescribed the play for study at IEB schools.
Little Red Riding Hood and The Big, Bad Metaphors is a stinging trip as it rips through GBV [gender based violence], poverty, hunger, climate change, carbon emissions, corruption, elections and poses that ultimately it is down to us to do something –personally, politically; individually and collectively.
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Performance history in South Africa
2019: The play premiered at the National Arts Festival in 2019 and won a Standard Bank Ovation Award. It was staged that same year at The Hilton Arts Festival.
Sources
https://mikevangraan.co.za/plays/little-red-riding-hood-the-big-bad-metaphors
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