Rainbow in George

After its first public outing at the Avalon Theatre in Cape Town in April, I reworked  So Over The Rainbow, cutting two sketches, editing others and adding three new sketches.  Rondo Mpiti-Spies rehearsed these amendments with director Dion van Niekerk over Zoom (Dion was in Durban and Rondo in Bloemfontein). The first opportunity I had to see the new work was at the Community Market Theatre in George, a lovely 80-seater that concentrates on the less-resourced communities in the city.  It was a mostly young audience who were enraptured by the piece, and appreciated seeing someone who looks like them - Rondo - performing theatre with such energy, skill and talent.  It was also very useful for Rondo to do a show before the first sold-out audience at In Toto Retreat the next evening.