Afrovibes Skierlik

Presented by arrangement with Lentswe Arts Projects. Written and performed by Philip Dikoltla.

This award-winning play revisits the horror of a racially-motivated shooting spree that devastated the remote settlement of Skierlik in 2008. Thomas moved away after his wife and three month old daughter were killed in the atrocity: the burden of living alone in the family home was unbearable. But now he’s returning. We ride with him on the long dirt road back to Skierlik. Following Thomas’s thoughts, we too experience what he is about to face back home in his tiny shack: the blue shack that he knows so well, with the padlock on the door.

Winner of Best Production at the 2013 Zabalaza Theatre Festival
Winner of the Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2013 National Arts Festival

I left the Baxter Theatre with my emotions shaken and stirred … I could smell the red dust while sitting in the dark of the theatre with the tears coursing down my cheeks. - Marilu Snyders, What’s On in Capetown.

This performance will include a post-show discussion with the playwright and performer Philip Dikoltla alongside the creative producer Karabo Kgokong, hosted by Playwright Studio Scotland.