(22) Sizwe Banzi is Dead
$5.00 - $100.00
About This Show
The Outer Loop Theater Experience presents:
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona
directed by Jonathan McLawhorn
Raven theatre will require patrons to wear a face mask at all times inside the building (when not eating or drinking in the lobby). We will no longer require patrons to provide proof of vaccination to attend a production. If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, please contact our box office to reschedule your tickets free of charge.
Synopsis: In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Sizwe Banzi, an African worker whose passbook is not in order, walks into the photography studio of Styles, another African. Without a proper passbook, Sizwe Banzi cannot work and therefore cannot support his wife and four children. Returning drunkenly from a bar one night, Sizwe Banzi and his friend, Buntu, stumble across the body of a dead man whose passbook is in order. Photographer Styles attaches Sizwe Banzi's photo to the dead man's passbook. So Sizwe Banzi "dies" by taking on the dead man's identity and so, too, lives again so he can support himself and his family.
Content advisory: Thematic content is available upon request by calling or emailing our box office (773) 338-2177 || info@raventheatre.com.
Run time: 80 minutes, no intermission.
Seating: General Admission for this event. We recommend arriving to the theatre at least 15 minutes before the performance begins. Due to the intimate nature of our performance space, there will be no late seating.
Accessibility: Raven Theatre has step-free access throughout all patron areas: parking lot, lobby, restrooms, and the first row of audience seating in both the Schwartz Stage and East Stage. Our lobby doors are equipped with an automatic door opener.
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