Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater
Not to be confused with The Fire-eater!, a one-act farce by Charles Selby (c.1802-1863)[1]
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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 by at the Baxter Flipside (9 to 19 April), directed by Neil Coppen, with lighting design by Tina Le Roux, sound design by Tristan Horton, set design by Greg King and set dressing by Dylan McGarry, Neil Coppen and Wendy Henstock.
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.
