Originally published in ThreeWeeks.
If there is peril in writing a play about the theatre, writing yourself in as a passionate, idealistic playwright must be nearly fatal. But this is what Athol Fugard does in his latest work. 'Exits And Entrances' is based on Fugard's relationship with the Afrikaans actor Andre Huguenet - "South Africa's Olivier". Morlan Higgins fills the theatre as Andre - you can hardly tear your eyes away, which is just as well because there isn't much complexity to Fugard, and Andre has a lot of long speeches with excerpts from famous plays ('Hamlet', 'Oedipus Rex', etc). It's a performance worth the price of admission, but make sure you're in the mood for serious theatre - by the curtain call, even the actors looked a little bored.
Exits and Entrances is playing at Assembly @ George Street until 26 August, every day at 3:20pm. Buy tickets here.
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