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.
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