A crime has been committed. The 5 suspects all have 1 thing in common. Therapy! They all went to therapy on the same day as the crime. Now their inner most private conversations are used as evidence and shared out loud. Their therapist is tasked to give a character witness for each of these men. This puts their dreams, their fears and deepest shame on showcase for all to see. This is done by revealing all the conversations that were held while they were in therapy, while the therapist shares his professional and at times not so professional opinion on each case. The therapist has to share what he REALLY thinks about his clients and their problems. At this stage there is no hard evidence and it is anybody’s game as to who is guilty.
Geen Diagnose is an Afrikaans play by Dwayne Vorster. Dwayne has worked in mental health for close to a decade before moving into the world of acting and performance, where he is now also approaching close to a decade of work. In this play he has attempted to marry his past and current vocation as Psychology and acting has sigficant touch points. This is Dwayne’s writing debut and as an actor he has acted both on screen and in theatre productions. Most notably; Niggies, Die Byl, Miskien Ja and Legacy.
The play explores the emotional landscape of 5 Afrikaans men by putting their therapy conversations on display as evidence to solve a crime that has been committed in the therapist’s office. Between these 5 men, we get to see it all. From addiction, to financial strain and just not getting it right and feeling that you are the only one that is missing the mark. The audience gets a glimpse of what actually goes on in the therapy sessions of other people from someone that has towed both sides of the line.
There are heartfelt moments of true therapeutic breakthrough, moments of utter frustration towards why someone can’t see a problem that is so apparent and moments of laughter as we see what a therapist actually thinks about the problems of his clients.
The play consists of adult themes and is restricted to people older than 16.