Bitter Winter: the show will go on but what of the people in it? – The Mail & Guardian

Bitter Winter: the show will go on but what of the people in it? – The Mail & Guardian

A new play by the masterful Paul Slabolepszy is always a cultural event. His latest is in many ways a form of meta-theatre, conveying a deep sense of the tragedy that awaits this country’s artists at the tail end of life. But it is also a story of hope for the future. The trick, of course, is to stretch and expand time. That ability possessed by great writers to use words and dialogue, dramatic conflict and connection to parse open and peer insi…