Kwasha Theatre Company returns with the first showing of a provocative new work, On a Serious Note Press Play : A performance that slices through media myths, weaponised narratives, and silenced truths. Running at POPArt Theatre from July 31 to August 3, this satirical and unflinching piece invites audiences to reckon with the power of perception and their place within it.
This original work flips through the channels of a manipulated world. From twisted commercials to National Geographic clichés, Bible parables to glitchy video games, Press Play interrogates the manufactured mythologies of crime, race, and poverty in South Africa and the global gaze that consumes them.
“What unfolds is not the myth but the truth about people killed for being hungry, the bodies buried in silence, and the media machine that rewrites their deaths into trending headlines.”
Combining song, dance, satire, and raw honesty, On a Serious Note Press Play hands the remote control back to the audience and dares them to stop skipping, scrolling, and silencing.
You chose to watch. Now sit with what you see.
