This is the first showing of the play after its successful run in Edinburgh.
Written by acclaimed young author of highly charged plays in the new millennium Mandisi Gobodi, directed by award-winning film and theatre director Patience Tawengwa, featuring a rare two man combination of high-powered Daniel Hargrove and versatile Everson Ndlovu, “Allegations”, is both an emotional and comical piece that examines the not so distant past in Zimbabwe while looking to the future and possible reconciliation.
What does ‘national healing’ mean to a white farmer and a black rural dweller? What do these two people from different classes have in common? Is it possible to let sleeping dogs lie? Reason, a black peasant farmer (played by Everson Ndlovu) has his home burnt down during a politically motivated attack and Spud (played by Dan Hargrove) a white commercial farmer loses his farm and his father during a farm invasion. When they meet, relate and argue they actually realise that they have more in common than they previously imagined- including a feeling of powerlessness to do anything about a third force that has brought them both to their knees. Rooftop Promotions