Environmental Play to Enthral Cape Town Audiences!

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An environmental play is set to grace the stage in Cape Town; bringing song, dance and eco-activism into the spotlight!

Cape Town, South Africa (26 May 2024) — An environmental play is set to bring song, dance, adventure and eco-activism to Cape Town audiences in a one-of-a-kind show with an important message.

‘Captain Kwanda’s Fanplastic Adventures’, adapted from The Legend of Captain Fanplastic will take to the Homecoming Centre’s stage in late June, thanks to the Jungle Theatre Company. The environmental play is described to be much more than a theatrical performance, classed instead as a “mission to weave environmental education and action into African storytelling.”

Environmental Literacy Takes Centre Stage

For those new to the beloved Captain Fanplastic, the hero raises environmental literacy among youth around the world in the kind of stories where eco-heroes are superheroes. Through experiential education (with Captain Fanplastic leading the way) the shift toward eco-conscious mindsets becomes much easier for our future leaders. This way, behaviours are encouraged to connect children to their environments all while preventing plastic pollution and encouraging better waste-management efforts.

An Environmental Play with Real Impact

This kind of activism comes at an ever-so-relevant time with the Global Plastics Treaty in the current public view. Directed by the talented Heather Gielink, the play features a stellar cast including Noxolo Magadla, Marvin Safoor, Beviol Swartz, and Siphesande Mkokose. These accomplished artists bring the vibrant characters of the Fanplastic universe to life, delivering a performance that is both entertaining and enlightening and that holds the possibility for real impact.

“The play explores, in true African storytelling fashion, themes of climate change, global warming and human overconsumption and production of plastic the subsequent causes of the former. However, audiences will be spared from environmental despair with inspiring songs and dance that will leave them inspired at curtain call,” says Heather.

To the Future and Beyond

Driven by collaboration and harnessing the power of the arts and storytelling, Captain Fanplastic’s very real mission to achieve the goal of reaching one million young people with eco-awareness is on and counting.

This crew of positive storytellers is also on a mission to ensure many people see this play with current fundraising events to ensure a class can benefit from this intersection of culture and environmentalism.

Anyone who wishes to make a contribution towards getting a school class or group to see the play they can contact Captain Fanplastic’s founder and head of programme, Ruben Hazelzet on Ruben@captainfanplastic.com.