Brincat, head of Drama at Maru-a-Pula and the director of this year's Maitisong Festival, believes they are ready to shock or amaze people with this production. He has uniquely designed the play as the flagship production for this year's festival, which also happens to be the 21st anniversary of the Maitisong Festival. As the flagship production, Brincat says a lot of effort was put into play to make it a show to remember. Unlike the original play and movie, the cast for Brincat' Sarafina also includes whites, West Africans, as well as Batswana. While he is sure this move could enrage those Africans who treasure the ideals of the original play, Brincat says he is proud to be associated with this unique and first ever multi-national Sarafina.
"The film is based on the original play and movie, but we have put in new ideas and technology which did not exist 30 years ago, we have also removed some characters and created new ones, but we kept the music original", he explained to Showbiz when we visited him at his Maru-a-Pula office early this week. Brincat says he chose to make the play multinational for a number of reasons. Firstly, he said, he wanted foreigners to experience the journey of Sarafina.
