The Shadow of the Hummingbird

Athol Fugard returns to the stage after 15 years in his new play The Shadow of the Hummingbird which had its South African Premiere at The Fugard Studio and opened on 10 July 2014 before transferring to the Market theatre and a brief season at PACOFS in Bloemfontein before returning to the Fugard for a final season.

In The Shadow of the Hummingbird, Athol Fugard takes on the role of Oupa, a retired South African teacher living in self-imposed exile in Southern California, and is joined by his grandson, Boba. During one afternoon spent together, Oupa and Boba leap across a generational divide to teach and be taught and to be reminded that the transient beauty of the world is seen too briefly through unassuming eyes.