Read Broadway World’s review of “Sizwe Bansi is Dead” at Matrix Theatre
The Matrix Theatre Company opened their 2016-2017 season with Sizwe Bansi is Dead, an incredibly thought provoking play, by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona. The three-man play directed by Oliver Pookrum is a powerful story about man living under apartheid rule in South Africa whose only hope for financially supporting his family means he must relinquish his very name.
The 80-minute, intermission free, actor-driven production of Sizwe Bansi is Dead is full of talent. The play is extremely well cast with each actor suited for their role and doing a wonderful job portraying each additional role they were given to represent in the show.