A Day, Across

Thanks to the UCT WW1 lectures (with John Maytham and Finuala dowlingand) for bringing this to our attention. How could we miss such an apt reasoning for the whole start?

One hundred years ago, in the summer of 1914, a series of events set off an unprecedented global conflict that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 16 million people, dramatically redrew the maps of Europe, and set the stage for the 20th Century.

CITY HALL 1

30/09 - 16:30

01/10 - 12:30

02/10 - 20:30

04/10 - 18:30

At the funeral of her grandfather, a woman inherits a box of letters that belonged to her great-grandfather. All she knew about him was that he was one of the few black South African soldiersin the Great War.  The fading letters, dated from the 20s, postmarked from Europe, have all been censored. Armed only with the address, she decides to uncover who wrote them and what was said. Her quest challenges her to travel across continents and through time to confront the event that triggered World War 1.

Performance

A Day, Across

June 28th, 1914 - June 28th, 2014