UK Arts International presents

Woza Albert!

2005 - 2006 UK tour September / October 2005

Small to medium scale

With song, dance, mime and drama, two extraordinary performers create dozens of characters as the Second Coming arrives in apartheid-ridden South Africa.

A series of lightning character sketches zig zag through the course of Christ's second ministry, illuminating the stark contrasts of everyday life in South Africa. Tourist show spots like the gold mines and Sun City are shown against the teaming pavements of Albert Street and the frantic search for work. The meat seller, the hairdresser and the old woman forced to dig through rubbish for her food all have something to ask of Him...

Hailed as South Africa’s finest-ever piece of social theatre, Woza Albert! has had over 1000 performances all over the world and is as relevant now as when it burst on to the stage of the Market Theatre Johannesburg in 1981. This is a show rich with inventive wit, energy and optimistic fun.

“It is sensational.” The Stage, 2002