The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults
The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults is a play by Gwydion Beynon.
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The original text
The play uses a range of drawing and narrative styles and techniques to take the audience on a journey ranging from old Japanese folk tales to a tongue-in-cheek pornographic piece, ending with an anime rendition of Nelson Mandela's long walk to freedom. Her energy is infectious, and her assistant 'Chalk Girl' is an insolent audience favourite.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2012: Performed by Daddy's Little Secret at the National Arts Festival in July, directed by John Trengove with Jemma Kahn and Klara Van Wyk (as "chalk girl").
2012: Performed in The Nunnery at the University of the Witwatersrand on 10 August, as part of that year's at the 969 Festival of works from the NAF.
2013: Performed at the Market Theatre in April, directed by John Trengove with Jemma Kahn and Klara Van Wyk (as "chalk girl").
Sources
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
Report on the production by Kayla Roux & Amaal Salie, RUTV Journalism Rhodes University [1]
Moira de Swardt. 2012. Review on What I do, see, hear, eat and drink: Posted on August 12, 2012 by moirads[2]
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