‘The Thing Between Us’ play at Maitisong
Friday, April 05, 2024 | 30 Views |
It will be a double show where he will also be hosting an SA theatre group dubbed, Blah Blah Brothers, for their play ‘Corner 2 Corner’. In an interview with Arts&Culture, Tlhaolang, also famous as Magwaneng in the theatre industry, explained that he was inspired to write the story because of the relationship that parents and children have in Botswana.
He said in most cases, parents do not have a good bond with their children, especially when they are in their youth ages. He pointed out that some have a negative bond while others have a positive one.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...