416 Booysens Street is a play about two brothers-at-heart, who built everything together fall into a dangerous love triangle with a woman, torn between passion and stability. A single betrayal threatens to destroy their brotherhood, their business, and everything they have fought for to rise above. Tablet and Kotsi's (real names, Sbonelo and Katiso) meet when Kotsi steps in to protect Tablet from a group of bullies in Grade 8.
 

What starts as an act of bravery grows into an unbreakable bond; The two quickly become inseparable in their mischief, fawning over Mandisa (a smart, beautiful girl in their grade) and business, secretly selling sweets (Kotsi’s sweet tooth) and over-the-counter medicine (Tablet’s thieving nurse mother) to their classmates to make pocket money. They bond over school tours, games of marbles, discover porn together and compete in the puberty Olympics and teach each other how to fight. Years later, as adults determined to remain entrepreneurs, they open a basement fight club called 416 Booysens Street.

Their friendship reached an impasse due to infidelity and disloyalty and after nearly a year of not seeing or speaking to one another, Kotsi shows up uninvited to 416, seeking: revenge, money, and a way back into the underground business they started together. Not much is said, they let their fists do the talking in front of an audience/their regulars at 416.

Age Restriction: 12+

PARKING, ACCESSIBILITY, REFRESHMENTS, RULES
ARE REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE AT VENUE? YES

PROHIBITED: NO CAMERAS OR RECORDING DEVICES ARE ALLOWED – ONLY AUTHORISED PERSONNEL

WHAT PARKING FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED AT THE VENUE:

• Safe parking available via the Station Street Entrance – off Jorissen Street after 17h00.
• For daytime shows, all visitors should park at the visitors parking on Yale Road at the Anglo – Dome.
• For visitors on foot, please use the Sutton Close Entrance, to scan your ID and make your way to the Wits Theatre
• For high schools coming to attend, all schools should report to Wits University an hour before the show, park buses at the visitors’ parking spaces by the Anglo - Dome and may make their way to the Wits Theatre.
• For Uber drop off, please use Sutton Close Entrance, to scan your ID and make your way to the Wits Theatre
• All visitors and guests PLEASE HAVE YOUR VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE OR I.D WHEN VISITING THE CAMPUS

WHAT DISABLED FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE VENUE: WHEELCHIR RAMP & ELEVATOR