01 May 2009 In CLOSER, a play by Patrick Marber, a quartet of strangers meet, fall in love and become caught up in a web of sexual desire and betrayal. Directed by Warren Nebe, Closer is a sensational look at sexual politics in a modern urban environment. Masasa Mangena, Cherae Halley, Tefo Paya and James Reynolds, four senior Wits Dramatic Art performance students take on the lives of Larry, Anna, Dan and Alice.

Charles Isherwood from the Daily Variety notes that Closer is “a brilliant and bracingly adult new play…both bruising and beautiful, shatteringly funny and devastatingly sad…’

Warren Nebe is the head of Drama, Wits School of Arts. He is a graduate of Wits University, UCT and New York University. He has taught and directed for UCT, NYU, Maru-a-Pula, and Maitisong. Warren is a leading educator and drama therapist both in South Africa and abroad. He is also the Director of Drama for Life – Africa’s leading postgraduate and research programme in Applied Drama and Theatre.

CLOSER is part of the Wits Arts and Literature Experience (WALE) which is set to take place from Wednesday, 6 to Saturday 9 May 2009 at Wits University.

This experience embraces a suitably diverse and stimulating line-up of activities that are open to the public as well as students, staff, alumni and friends of Wits and is devised as a platform for showcasing the creative and intellectual achievements of alumni, staff and students of the Faculty of Humanities.

Tickets are pre-booked through Strictly Tickets and are very reasonably priced at R 55,00 and a discount price of R 33,00 is available to Wits staff, pensioners and students.
Tickets bought at the door are R 60,00 and R 40,00 (discount)

NO UNDER 16’s
Light meals and a full cash bar can be enjoyed in Café Dulce, situated in the Wits Theatre Foyer.
Free, covered parking in the adjacent Senate House (the entrance is on Jorissen Street) ensures peace of mind.

PRODUCTION: CLOSER
VENUE:  The Nunnery
SEASON: 7 – 16 May @ 19h30; Saturday 16 May @ 15h00 & 19h30
PRESS EVENING: Friday 8 May @ 19h30
RUNNING TIME: 60 minutes no interval
BOOKING:  www.strictlytickets.com or 087 806 5000                                              
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