KIM KERFOOT | Statements After An Arrest Under the Immorality Act

Statements After An Arrest Under the Immorality Act was performed in late 2011 at Theatre Arts. Athol Fugard attended the performance twice, was part of a post-show conversation and recommended that the performance go the The Fugard Theatre. After an extended season at The Fugard in early 2012 it was selected to be part of The Assmebly's curated season at The Edinburgh Festival, UK.

Presented in partnership with GIPCA and The Baxter Theatre Centre
Written by Athol Fugard
Directed by Kim Kerfoot
Set, Costume and Lighting Design by Guy de Lancey
Mentored by Guy de Lancey
Performed by Bo Petersen, Malefane Mosuhli and Jeroen Kranenberg
Poster design by Guy de Lancey
Photos by Dex Goodman

Kim Kerfoot directed Statements After An Arrest Under the Immorality Act forty years after it was written and first performed in 1972 at The Space Theatre.

Statements is a compelling love story set in a library during apartheid. It is about the struggle of two people to love who are trapped in their lives, trapped in their roles, trapped in the time they live in: what two lovers face in a social system that regards their relationship as being criminal.

“What excites me about my production is that it is complicated, it doesn't try to give easy answers. It has a visceral power. The emotional immediacy lets you in, past the history and the politics to see what this Act, what this System did; the devestation it caused at a fundamental level, to one relationship, to two people.” - Kim Kerfoot

“I am thrilled to be part of this production, the landscape of the play resonates on many levels for me, the brutal legislation is part of my personal history” - Bo Petersen

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