'White Rabbit, Red Rabbit' performed by Albert Pretorius

The Pink Couch, in association with Aurora Nova presents ‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit’

by Nassim Soleimanpour

Will you participate? Will you be manipulated? Will you listen? Will you really listen?

With no rehearsals, no director, a different actor each and every single performance, and a script waiting in a sealed envelope on stage, internationally acclaimed ‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit, by Iranian writer Nassim Soleimanpour, is an audacious theatrical experiment and a potent reminder of the transgressive and transformative power of theatre.

Forbidden to leave his native Iran, Soleimanpour wrote a play which travelled the world in his place. The audience joins each different performer on a journey into the unknown; stumbling upon the personal and profound, the limits of liberty and ultimately where theatre can take you. ‘White Rabbit, Red Rabbit’ has been performed over 1000 times in 25 different languages. On March 13 every year, performers around the world perform the play at the same time to commemorate the closing of theatres due to COVID-19 and the resiliency of theatre to survive a global pandemic.

In 2023, there were 65 presenters in over 30 countries. In Cape Town, the 2023 performer was Rob van Vuuren. The performer for the 2024 one night only performance in Cape Town will be Cape Town’s illustrious Albert Pretorius.

Note: This play is NOT overtly political, and should not be portrayed as such. It operates on a deeper, metaphorical level, and very expressly avoids overt political comment. All media and press agents have to keep in mind that the playwright is an Iranian native. We therefore ask the press to be judicious in their reportage.

Duration: between 50 - 80 minutes.