My Fellow South Africans

Mike van Graan's multi-sketch satire, My Fellow South Africans performed by the multiple award-winning Kim Blanche Adonis, returns for two performances only to mark two years since its premiere in May 2023! Winner of the US Woordfees Best Solo Award, winner of the Independent Theatre Best Solo Award, Bronze Ovation Award winner at the National Arts Festival in 2024 and more than 150 performances later, My Fellow South Africans continues to resonate with audiences as it did in Durban during the first week of May!

What reviewers said:

My Fellow South Africans is bracing satirical sketch comedy, performed by Kim Blanche Adonis with great skill…Adonis…is funny and fabulous and there are moments of laugh-out-loud laughter and we need that. – Robyn Cohen, Cape Robyn

My Fellow South Africans does exactly what it promises to do: it gives audiences an entertaining satirical take on contemporary South Africa and does so by merging wit and commentary in a provokingly entertaining manner. – Barbara Loots, Theatre Scene Cape Town

1. My Fellow South Africans is a provocative satirical sketch comedy that grips with poignant humour and uncomfortable truths. Performed with exceptional dexterity by (Kim Blanche) Adonis, the piece balances edgy laughter with serious reflection, exploring the complexities of South Africa’s struggles through finding solace in fun.- Ebrahim Fakir, political analyst and commentator

1. Van Graan carries the moniker cultural activist because that is exactly what he does with all the skill of both his perceptive and piercing gaze and his writing wizardry….The text is dense, the demands on the actor intense, but she (Kim Blanche Adonis) has taken this on with a will and willingness to make it her own….Van Graan has found a warrior for his sharpest words. - Dianne de Beer, freelance journalist and blogger, former editor of STAR Tonight, Pretoria News

1. A satirical review comprising back-to-back skits performed with barely a break to breathe by Kim Blanche Adonis, My Fellow South Africans takes on South African politics and its sometimes funny and often desperately worrying madness and ineptitude in a way that inspires laughter but also provokes – and that is precisely the right word – a response from its audiences…Adonis is a brilliant conduit for all the anger and intelligence and acuity, being a smart, sensitive and magnificently talented actor… - Bruce Dennill, freelance journalist and arts reviewer

1. My Fellow South Africans by Mike van Graan was everything it promised to be. The compilation of sketches, a creative balance between the uproariously funny and the ‘uncomfortable’, gave the full house audience…a highly satisfying evening of political satire.- Romi and Gemma Schumann