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Multi award-winning doyenne of the cabaret stage, Amanda Strydom, wrote “State of the Heart”in 1993 and won the Dalro and Showtime awards for Cabaret of the Year and Show of the year. ”State” was the first of her six self-penned one woman plays to date, in which she integrates a
storyline with music to create a one woman musical theatre experience. This iconic piece of musical theatre has reached cult status through the years and it gives
Strydom great pleasure to celebrate “State of the Heart” at the Umtiza Arts Festival, Guild Theatre.
This timeless love story gently pokes fun at the Afrikaner soul and gives a glimpse of the history
of South Africa from the twenties to the late seventies. It was a time when women had to know
their place, peroxided their skins ( because freckles was considered ‘common’) and men wore
braces and smoked Springbok twak and Boeremeisies had to marry Boereseuns.
The heroine, Maxie de Meyer (a boeremeisie) falls in love with Raymond G. Bartlett (a dashing
rooinek) who also happens to be a R.A.F fighter pilot – and a drama in the tradition of Springbokradio serials unfolds.
Strydom sings in English, Afrikaans, French, German, Dutch and Zulu and is accompanied by her long-standing pianist and musical director, the brilliant Coenraad Rall.
Tickets available from Computicket.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Corner Union Avenue & Dawson Road, Selborne , 5201 East London, South Africa, East London, South Africa
