The Kings of the World by William Harding

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Robyn Sassen

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HIGH drama and a naked friend: Kaz McFadden and William Harding in ‘The Kings of the World’. Photograph by Thandile Zwelibanzi.

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THREE YOUNG SOUTH African men with fabulous repartee and a bag of psychological issues are what you will encounter in this brand new gem of local theatre. The Kings of the World is a play effectively about nothing: crumbling dreams, cloudy suppositions, silly beliefs and thin promises. Constructed in a Beckettian framework, the piece never loses its beat, the rhythm of the give and take between the cast members is infectious and strong and the backdrop which laughs darkly at self-indulgent wokeness, security issues and the masturbatory notion of ‘finding oneself’ in a world where the truth doesn’t count any more, is rich.

Dogs bark. Lights flash. A young man (William Harding) stands rigid, clutching a small table lamp in the darkened space of a curtainless window. And thus unfolds a deliciously rickety plot, held together with fantastic use of…

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