ANOTHER’ ONE’S BREAD
ANOTHER’ ONE’S BREAD Light take on funerals makes for black comedy
As is his nature, playwright Mike van Graan breaks new ground again — in a fashion. His latest work, Another One’s Bread, is commissioned by the Centre of Excellence in Food Security, but he has also used the opportunity to tap into the trending world of woman power quite magnificently.Commissions are not a new thing, but kudos to the centre for taking its topics of interest and giving them to activist playwright Van Graan who, in recent years, has found the ideal way to juggle comedy and crisis.His latest work is a dark comedy about food, funerals and feeding schemes.The Centre of Excellence in Food Security was established by the Department of Science and Technology’s National Research Foundation. It conducts research on how a sustainable food system can be achieved to realise food security for poor, vulnerable and marginalised populations in SA.Van Graan’s writing is always crisp and insightful but finding a handle, in this instance on food security, and tying it to something as ...
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