Alex Burger is an author, screenwriter, and playwright who lives in Los Angeles, California and whose work explores the intersections of race, love, and imagination.
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We are Winnie, Winnie is us.
Adapted from the novel of the same name written by Njabulo S. Ndebele, the play felt like an apparition straight from the book cracked open at the spine. Review by Pheladi Sethusa The set of The Cry of Winnie Mandela at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. A quote from Winnie Nomzamo Mandela adorns the wall….
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Ode to the Women who Wait
SHE WAS SO many different things to so many people: a wife, a mother, a hero, a witch, an icon, an enemy, but what was she to herself? Review by Robyn Sassen Read full article here
Theatre Review: The Cry Of Winnie Mandela – Waiting Winningly, Or In Harmony With History
With the performance under review happening on the night of some of the heaviest rainfall Johannesburg had experienced in years, a full theatre confirmed that audiences will go to the theatre – in the middle of town, in a storm – if they feel that a show is worth attending. Read full article here
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