Kunene and the King London Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (3)
See it if you want to get stuck into the aftermath of Apartheid in a very well-written play (even if it rams its point down your throat a bit).
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See it if you want to see a new play. Both men discuss their professional standing, culture, political views & passion for Shakespeare.
Don't see it if you want to see a fast paced modern play - this is new but it felt old.
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Critic Reviews (7)
It reduces the struggles of the would-be rainbow nation to an odd-couple double act. It feels like theatre by old people, for old people.
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The play is a compelling if cursory exploration of the legacy of Apartheid as expressed through the fast-flowering yet prickly rapport between a dying white South African actor and the elderly black male nurse who comes to tend to him.
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But what makes the play so absorbing is that Kani draws us into the lives of the two individuals living out their lives in front of us.
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Kani in particular paints powerfully a picture of a man whose essential goodness and dignity hides a constant anger at all that has happened to him. He is wonderful to watch.
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In other words, it's a play rich in humanity and experience, and it is rewarded by performances that match it note for alternately anguished and uplifting note.
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But even if ‘Kunene and the King’ is predictable in its shape and story arc, and feels a mite old-fashioned, it’s a good-hearted 90 minutes.
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A Shakespearean voyage through the legacy of apartheid.
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