The Candidate

The Candidate 

A Political Satire 

Writer and Director: André Gerber 

Choreographer and Assistant Director: Frances van Rooyen 

Composer: Antoni Schonken 

Stage Manager: Katherine Gruenbaum 

Assistant Stage Manager: Hannah Pheiffer 

With Lukhona Mkunyana, Nichola Viviers, Merwe van Gent, Kristen Fichardt; dhania kara schultz, Frances van Rooyen, Josef Joubert, Shannon Hendry, Zara West, Khaya Manare, Matthew Gray, Enzo Cocciante, Aidan Davies, Jurie Boshoff, Kimi de Beer, Anlia Marais, Fezeka Nontlanga, Mila Sobolewski, Malebogo Taunyane, Heinrich Wentzel 

In this absurdist comedy, things are about to go off with a bang. When a street explodes in the slums of Biatlopol, leaving a young mother homeless, the town descends into a circus of chaos. Three politicians – Tomczak, the trigger-happy cowboy; Dabrowska, the relentless power-hound; and Kowalski, the sex-fuelled deviant – claw their way through scandal, betrayal, and bloodshed to seize the mayor’s throne. As corruption oozes from every corner, and dark secrets come to light, the town teeters on the edge of annihilation. 

The Candidate draws back the curtain on the farce of political machinations; a riotous look at how corruption is born and bred. 

The show is PG 18 (Nudity, Language, Sexually Explicit)