I See You, a new play by South African writer, Mongiwekhaya, to be staged at the Royal Court Theatre

Friday, 16 October 2015

“Speak to me in your mouther-tongue and I will let you go”

The Royal Court Theatre has announced its 60th anniversary season: Sixty Years New, which includes I See You by International Playwright Mongiwekhaya, supported by the Genesis Foundation.

I See You, directed by Noma Dumezweni, will run from Thursday 25 February – Saturday 26 March 2016 in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Mongiwekhaya will also give a post-show talk with Royal Court International Director, Elyse Dodgson; Mongiwekhaya in Conversation will take place on Friday 4 March in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs as part of a series called The Big Idea.

Based on a real encounter, I See You is set after dark in Post-Apartheid South Africa and addresses the questions of a new generation of South Africans encountering their country’s traumatised past.

After its run at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, I See You will play at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg.

Click here to see The Royal Court Theatre’s full Sixty Years New season which also includes a co-production with the Young Vic Theatre directed by Genesis Fellow Gbolahan Obisesan, Cuttin’ It.

Find out more about the Genesis Foundation’s partnership with the Royal Court Theatre here.