Overview
Celebrated actresses Wilna Snyman and Antoinette Kellermann join forces to play two elderly women living in a nursing home. Klaasvaakie was performed on the main stage opening on 24th October 2011 and was directed by Marthinus Basson.
Julienne and Albertine are locked in a bitter and bitchy rivalry, but above all else, they are trying to exorcise the ghosts of their individual (and collective) pasts: There is Julienne – raped as a girl; a child who had to birth a child. Then there is wealthy Albertine, whose situation was advanced through her father’s involvement in shady, political double-dealing.”
Details
First performance
24 October 2011
Final performance
5 November 2011
Venue
Main Theatre
Original Cast
Albertine
Wilna Snyman
Julienne
Antoinette Kellermann
Nurse
Nicole Holm
Creative team
Originally De Zandman by Laurens de Vos
Afrikaans Translation
Marthinus Basson
English translation for surtitles
Kayang Gagiano
Producer
Hugo Theart
Direction and Design
Marthinus Basson
Stage Manager
Poksie Pienaar
Assistant Stage Manager
De Klerk Oelofse
Lighting Design
Jaco van Wyk
Operators
Juanita Ferreira
Poksie Pienaar
Klaasvakie was developed by TEATERteater in collaboration with the ABSA Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK). With the support of the Flemish South African Cultural Institute and the Flemish Government’s Delegation to Southern Africa.