Award winning playwright Louis Viljoen’s ruthless new play The Kingmakers is to be staged at the Alexander Upstairs Theatre.
The dark political comedy will make its debut in Cape Town at The Alexander Upstairs, and will run 25th August to 13th September, 2014.
The Kingmakers follows a group of opposition-party strategists as they attempt to place a neutral party member in contention for leadership. After an internal power struggle leaves them out in the cold and on the fringes of the party, they come up with a plan to shape a seemingly ambition-less, but well-respected politician into a leader. With the help of a rising corporation seeking political clout and possible government contracts, the stage is set for a merciless power grab and perhaps a chance at revenge.
The Kingmakers stars 2013 Fleur du Cap Theatre Award winner Brendon Daniels (Rooiland), Pierre Malherbe (Sexual Perversity in Chicago) and Rebecca Makin-Taylor (Last Rounds).
This pitch-black comedy, written and directed by Louis Viljoen, the award winning writer of the critically acclaimed plays Champ and The Frontiersmen, is set in the familiar world of skullduggery, backstabbing, one-upmanship, disloyalty, blackmail and profiteering, otherwise known as South African politics.
Our three heroes spend their days making sure the system works for no one except the lucky few or the ones who can afford to do as they please. But after years of working in the dark and the cold, financially speaking, they conspire to get something for themselves, whether it be gold or power. Preferably both.
Never mind the body count.
WHEN: 25th August to 13th September
WHERE: Alexander Bar, 76 Strand Street (corner Loop), Cape Town 8001
TICKETS: from R90 to R100, and are available online or through (021) 300 1088.
Warning: The Kingmakers contains explicit language. PG16
