Île

Île - Winner of the Gold Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival 2022 and nominated for Best Actress at Woordfees 2022 and Fleur de Cap for Best Performance in a Revue, Cabaret or One-Person Show 2023.

The smash-hit one-woman show is back! Catch Île at the Baxter this May before it heads off to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Written and performed by Sophie Joans and directed by Rob Van Vuuren, this coming-of-age story follows an 18-year-old girl who visits her ancestral home: the Island of Mauritius.
A trip to a tropical island to connect with her extended family (and have some fun away from her mother) gets too real as she uncovers the dark history and encounters strange characters who call the island home. She soon realises that underneath paradise, a volcano is still waiting to erupt.

“It’s a hell of a play. The writing is superb. It’s fast, funny, and able to turn on a dime – from the outrageous and the absurd to moments of striking sincerity. It’s a play that excavates and animates the aforementioned matrilineal lines as a point of connection, a search for one’s personal history to better make sense of the present. We’re just along for the journey, and happily so.” - Dave Mann, The Critter

“Sophie Joans’ Île is a deliciously captivating piece of theatre. Heightened stand-up comedy, together with knockout physical comedy, astute use of props (wooden cubes) and activation of the stage space. It is uplifting, funny and inspiring. The show reverberates in terms of our families (especially our mothers), our relationships, the stories we cherish, tell and embrace.” - Robyn Cohen, The Cape Robyn

“It’s like a South African/Mauritian Fleabag!” - Audience Member
It’s a story of coming-of-age, family feuds, and the hilarious insanity that happens when people stay in the same place for too long.

Price: R150 (Mon-Fri), R170 (Sat)
Seniors, Students, Block bookings (R80)


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