My new glass house in Johannesburg . . . .
Throwing Stones . . .
Rumble Play Reading: 13 April
Last night I held a reading of my “Rumble in the Jungle” play at my new glass house in Johannesburg. Blessed to have everyone participate and bring this beast to life. My head and heart is now full of changes to make. Thanks everyone . . .
25 March, 2012
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“You said you didn’t even know my name . . . told me might that we might as well make ours the same.” – John Legend, Quickly |
100 Word Play
My 100 word play is now on the Royal Court website.
Ball Play by Alex Burger
11 March, 2012
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“Elvis was a hero to most . . . Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me. Straight up racist the sucker was simple and plain (mother fuck him and John Wayne!)“ – Chuck D and Flavor Flav |
3 March 2012
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“Never be proud for what you are or the position you hold, because after a game of chess, the king & the pawns go into the same box.” – A Fante (Ghanaian) saying |
I am fennel . . .
An odd thing has happened as I have moved back to working full time within a big mining organization. I took the job because I was worn out by being out there on my own – managing so many jobs and writing projects – a heavy freedom. Now, being part of an organization, I now imagine myself as fennel. On its own fennel is a strange and sometimes difficult food, but as part of a soup, it add a unique flavor while losing its singular bite. I am now enjoying being part of a mix, my identity now much more about how I influence others and they me. The break and context I’ve sorely needed.
Amazing Life
Have been working in Ghana, Liberia, South Africa, DRC, and Tanzania for the last six months, and will continue to do so for awhile. One of my big jobs to figure out how to co-exist with the hundreds of thousands of Artisanal and Small Scale miners that work in and around our mining operations. Some pictures from Tanzania. An amazing life . . . .
26 Jan, 2012
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“I think all African taxi-drivers, we all must have the same mother, because we look and drive the same.” – Musings from my taxi driver in Ghana. |
Whose Blood featured in Wellcome History Publication
Whose Blood was recently featured in the Wellcome Trust History magazine. “What would you do for love? Alex Burger’s new play, which premiered in London in March 2011, explores this question (and much more) in the medically and socially charged atmosphere of Britain in the early 1830s.” Wellcome Trust: Whose Blood Review