{"id":53900,"date":"2022-04-19T06:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T04:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/play-checks-naked-truth-20220418\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:33:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:33:41","slug":"play-checks-naked-truth-20220418","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/play-checks-naked-truth-20220418\/","title":{"rendered":"Play checks naked truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The coming-of-age story <span>Born Naked<\/span> will make its Cape debut at the Baxter Theatre this April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by true events, the play tells the story of two young drag queens and their journeys of becoming. It centres around the character Blaq Widow and her relationship with her drag mother, Queen Bling. Travelling in time, it follows Blaq Widow on her journey on trains, to drag pageants, inside back rooms and dressing rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theatrical work was devised by the director Kirsten Harris, and cast, Kopo Jake Nathane and Lethabo Bereng, with script assistance by award-winning writers Ameera Patel (<span>Scandal<\/span>, <span>Whistle Stop<\/span>) and Paul Rowlston (<span>Isibaya<\/span>, <span>Jacob\u2019s Cross<\/span>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A myriad of real South African queer stories are woven into the play, with specific reference to the life of Thapelo Makhutle, who was murdered in a hate crime in Kuruman in the Northern Cape in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cape Town-born Kirsten Harris studied at Rhodes University. She is an award-winning theatre-maker, director and producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harris explains <span>Born Naked<\/span> pays homage to Thapelo and to the many other LGBTQI+ people and the lives they lived. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wanted to explore these stories with the cast to interrogate the way in which queer stories are told by the media. I want us to shift our focus to celebrating the memory of their lives rather than the way in which they died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMost importantly, I want us as South Africans to have critical conversations and dialogue about hate crimes and the society that we have created. 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