THEATRE
The Fall turns the lens on societal transformation
Stage production recreates the scenes of student protests that rocked the University of Cape Town in 201
After a tour abroad, where it received critical acclaim for graphically capturing the issues of the student movement in SA, the stage production of The Fall: All Rhodes Lead to Decolonisation is back on the boards in SA. It was first staged at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town in 2017 and is now on at the South African State Theatre. The production recreates the scenes of student protests that rocked the University of Cape Town in 2015. The first target was the statue of Cecil John Rhodes, which had for decades occupied a prominent plinth below the Jameson Hall. The protests spread like wildfire to other universities, especially former white universities such as Rhodes University and University of the Witwatersrand, which became the epicentre of student protests for the decolonisation of curricula. Protesters added the demand for free tertiary education. The Fall does not pretend to tell the whole story about the students’ dissent. Workshopped by former UCT drama students who were par...
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