Jo'burg theatre picks: September 30 2011

If you have not been to the Market Theatre to watch Death of a ­Colonialist, a production written by Greg Latter, make your way because the play runs for only another two weeks.

When it had a run at the same theatre a few years ago, the Mail & Guardian wrote: “The Eastern Cape occupies a special place in the history of this country, indeed that of the subcontinent.

­Grahamstown comes alive in Death of a Colonialist, a drama about a family falling apart because of crime, disease and post-1994 racial dynamics.”

Also running at the same complex is the exquisite pyschosexual language drama, The Girl in the Yellow Dress. When the drama opened last year, the M&G wrote: “The strength of The Girl in the Yellow Dress lies in its intelligent and subtle use of language and ­dialogue. Just beneath the verbal sparring is a vast landscape in which concepts like race, truth and sex are endlessly examined. It is a ­fascinating production, showing the possibilities that abound when Europe and Africa are cleverly brought together.”

Death of a Colonialist runs until October 16 and The Girl in the ­Yellow Dress, which opened on September 27, runs until ­December 18. Market Theatre Complex, Miriam Makeba Street, Newtown. Book at Computicket. Website: www.markettheatre.co.za.