The hilarious and extremely thought provoking one-hander, A Vegan Killed my Marriage, comes to The Drama Factory in Strand in February.
Starring Aaron Mcilroy, it is written and directed by the multi-award winning Craig Freimond. The well-known funny man, known for his many performances, including the lunatic father Mr Milton in the Spud movie franchise, plays James, a red-blooded, meat-eating South African male. He is fully aware of constant concerns about the meat industry’s role in the impending climate catastrophe.
Over the years James has done his best to evade and ignore such concerns studiously, until a work trip creates an unexpected double whammy, and he is shaken out of his comfort zone. Out of the blue he becomes a vegetarian, not realising how unwelcome this change and his newfound fanaticism will be in his meat-eating home.
The skirmishes at home escalate into a full-blown war. Could it be a mid-life crisis? James, who only months before had been king of the braai, has had a change of heart and now demands an entirely meat-free home.
Mcilroy won a bronze Ovation Award at the 2023 National Arts Festival in Makhanda for the comical and highly entertaining solo performance for his work in A Vegan Killed my Marriage.
The production will be staged at 19:30 from Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 February, with a matinée scheduled for 15:00 on Saturday 24 February. Tickets, at R220 (standard) and R200 (pensioners and students) can be booked online at www.thedramafactory.co.za.
For more information, phone The Drama Factory on 073 215 2290.
