My Fellow South Africans

My Fellow South Africans, the award-winning multi-sketch satirical revue written by Mike van Graan and performed by the brilliant Kim Blanche Adonis, will be staged for four shows only from Wed 5 November to Friday 7 November at 19.30, and on Saturday 8 November at 14.30 at the Hope Gin Distillery, 7 Hopkins Street, Salt River. Initially created to encourage debate and participation in the 2024 elections, My Fellow South Africans was performed more than 150 times over 17 months around the country earning numerous awards and nominations for Kim, and a Best Script Award at the Independent Theatre Awards in Gauteng. For audiences new to Mike's work and who may have experienced his recent human dramas - To Life, With Love and/or I Can Buy Myself Flowers - this is an ideal introduction to his satirical work even as the creative team works on the next edition, Family Meeting, in anticipation of the local government elections next year.

The Hope Gin Distillery is an intimate space with 60 seats and a gin bar facility, a good venue and satirical offering for the end of the year!

What the critics 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

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

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

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