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''[[Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater]]'' 

''Not to be confused with '''[[The Fire-eater!]]''', a one-act farce by Charles Selby (c.1802-1863)''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Selby]

==The original text==



The play text has been published by [[Wits University Press]].

The play was the winner of four [[Naledi Theatre Awards]] for Best Production, Best Actor in a solo performance, Best Director and Best lighting design, and was nominated for four more awards. At the 2024 [[Woordtrofees]] awards it won Best New South African text, Best Solo Performance for [[Mpume Mthombeni]] and Best Technical Achievement for [[Tina Le Roux]]. It was selected as the Noorderzon Critics Choice at the 2023 Noordezon Festival of Performing Arts in the Netherlands. 

==Translations and adaptations==


== Performance history in South Africa ==



2025: Performed at the [[Baxter Flipside]] (9 to 19 April), directed by [[Neil Coppen]].

==International performances==

2023 Noordezon Festival of Performing Arts in the Netherlands. 

== Sources ==

https://www.newslink.co.za/isidlamlilo-the-fire-eater-at-the-baxter/

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2025: Performed at the [[Baxter Flipside]] 9 to 19 April, directed by [[Neil Coppen]].