Clean Sheet evokes discourse on societal ills
Friday, September 02, 2022 | 130 Views |
Ikakanyeng Performing Artists thrilled the audience during the GIMC theatre PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
The event was held during the Gaborone International Music & Culture Week (GIMC) theatre. Clean Sheet is a theatrical play that highlights the social ills in the society.
The artistic play is directed by Dops Baipidi who holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Drama and Theatre Studies from the University of Witwatersrand. The imaginary stage theatre production has three main plots being earth, heaven and the womb. It is about an unborn baby who kept on postponing her birth date because of her fears of what is happening on earth.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...