/ 3 June 2011

Cape theatre picks: June 3 2011

Tuesdays with Morrie is the autobiographical story of journalist Mitch Albom (Asher Stoltz) and his relationship with his former college professor, Morrie Schwartz ­(Graham Hopkins).

Sixteen years after ­graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a ­television news programme and learns that his old professor is battling with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie and what starts as a ­simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage. Directed by Alan Swerdlow with set design by Niall Griffin and lighting design by ­Oliver Hauser.

Until June 11 at the Theatre on the Bay, 1a Link Street, Camps Bay. Book at Computicket. Tel: 021 438 3301. Website: www.theatreonthebay.co.za.