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SA’s silent children given a loud voice
The Children’s Monologues dramatises testimonies of young children from Rammulotsi township in the Free State, highlighting their plight of poverty and conflict
Ask children from Rammulotsi township in Viljoenskroon, Free State to describe a day in their lives and the reply will illustrate the harrowing truths of the failure to see their needs and their small sparks of hope. This is the basis for The Children’s Monologues, staged for the second year on Monday night — at the same time as the production premiers at New York’s Carnegie Hall, directed by award-winning directors James Ngcobo locally and Danny Boyle (of Slumdog Millionaire fame). Besides being in the news for a pit-toilet saga central to a service delivery debate during the May 2011 local government elections, Rammulotsi is seldom in the public eye. The Children’s Monologues dramatises testimonies of young children from Rammulotsi, highlighting their plight of poverty and conflict. This is a one night-only fund-raising event for Dramatic Need, a creative arts charity that uses arts education to develop confidence, empower vulnerable youth and provide nonviolent means of expressio...
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