The Moon Looks Delicious From Here

Winner of a Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award at the 50th anniversary of the National Arts Festival, in Makhanda (2024), and The Special Jury Award at the Bitesize Theatre Festival in London (2024), The Moon Looks Delicious From Here, is a theatrical tour-de-force, rich in heartstopping drama and pathos in which themes of identity, heritage, and sexuality are explored through the eyes of a first-generation South African.

Playright Aldo Brincat is that first-generation South African of Mauritian, Egyptian and Maltese heritage. Born in mid-60’s South Africa, Brincat, along with his family, find their maturing years playing out against the backdrop of a country in turmoil.

Aldo Brincat’s award winning hit, The Moon Looks Delicious From Here, is a 70 minute, largely autobiographical solo performance, which is driven by a loving father and son relationship - each from different eras and motherlands. Here, Brincat plays an array of characters in and around a fragile young nuclear family - some foreign, some local - all of whom are finding or losing themselves in the ever-changing political landscape that is South Africa. Language, religion, ambition, sexuality, and political leanings are brought into sharp focus as our two lead characters fight off ‘otherness’, while attempting to assert themselves into a volatile new country. Key moments in their lives are juxtaposed against powerful developments in South Africa’s history during the 70s and 80s and, as the effects of apartheid (and its homophobic policies) begin to reach boiling point, family ties threaten to tear apart.

The Moon Looks Delicious From Here, is directed by Sjaka Septembir, with Caroline Esterhuizen as assistant director, with music by
Bongeziwe Mabandla.

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