Get Kraken

Get Kraken is a play by Jon Keevy.

The original text

The ensemble piece sees four actors play multiple characters and tell a story above and under the sea, about Jay and his oupa who have a whale of an adventure in search of the mythical kraken.

Performance history in South Africa

2013: Presented at the Intimate Theatre in April, and at the National Arts Festival in June/July, directed by Kim Kerfoot, with Jason Potgieter, Stefan Erasmus, Dylan Esbach and Shaun Acker. The production won a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival.

2014: Presented with the same cast in the City Hall at the Cape Town Fringe Festival in October.

Sources

'Get Kraken and take the kids', IOL, 23 April 2013

'Fringe festival: Monstrous tale reels in all ages', Daily Maverick, 30 September 2014

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