MET | WITH Antoinette Kellermann & Dawid Minnaar TEKS | SCRIPT Breyten Breytenbach VERWERKING | ADAPTATION Tessa Louw & Marí Borstlap REGIE & ONTWERP | DIRECTOR & DESIGNER Marí Borstlap BELIGTINGSONTWERP | LIGHTING DESIGN Faheem Bardien KLANKBAAN | SOUNDTRACK Wilken Calitz VIDEO-ONTWERP | VIDEO DESIGN Richard Thomson VERHOOGBESTUURDER | STAGE MANAGER Anina van de Wall ASSISTENT-VERHOOGBESTUURDER | ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Katy Jones VERVAARDIGER | PRODUCER Suidoosterfees


’n Ko-produksie van die Suidoosterfees & Momentum Aardklop, moontlik gemaak deur Spier Arts Trust, NATi, die Het Jan Marais Nationale Fonds, die Festival Enterprise Catalyst (FEC), die Jobs Fund & Audi Centre Claremont

A co-production of Suidoosterfees & Momentum Aardklop, made possible by Spier Arts Trust, NATi, the Het Jan Marais Nationale Fonds, the Festival Enterprise Catalyst (FEC), the Jobs Fund & Audi Centre Claremont

In Breyten Breytenbach se laaste toneelstuk word ons op reis geneem deur die meester wat homself by sy eie begrafnis voorstel. Breyten tree hier in ’n bewussyn-verruimende asook intieme gesprek met ’n ou verhoogaktrise. Vir oulaas wil hy álles opweeg – maar kan die ou aktrise sy laaste woorde na waarde vertolk? Verwelkingslied is Breyten Breytenbach se ontroerende swanesang, kort voor sy dood in 2024 vir die Suidoosterfees geskryf en opgedra aan Antoinette Kellermann en Marthinus Basson.

In Breyten Breytenbach’s last play, we are taken on a journey by the master, who imagines himself at his own funeral. Breyten enters into a consciousness-expanding and intimate conversation with an elderly stage actress. For one last time, he attempts to balance the score – leaving the old actress with the daunting task of paying homage by performing his final words … Verwelkingslied is Breyten Breytenbach’s moving swan song, written for Suidoosterfees shortly before his death in 2024, and dedicated to Antoinette Kellermann and Marthinus Basson.

Duration: 70min
Age Restriction: 13 PG
Language: Afr