Mies Julie (Riverside Studios, Hammersmith)

Verdict: Steamy South African Strindberg raises the bar

Physically violent, emotionally raw and sexually graphic, Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre are showing the most powerful version of Strindberg’s sex-war drama I’ve ever seen.

Yael Farber rewrites and directs a visceral, harrowing and steamy rendition of the play, digging up the brutal truth behind South Africa’s official rainbow dogma.

X-Rated: Mies Julie stars Hilda Cronje and Bongile Mantsai in the play written by August Strindberg

Hilda Cronje is a predatory, wounded Afrikaan cougar seducing Bongile Mantasi as her father’s bitterly subjected black servant.

No holds barred, it sets a new benchmark for what’s become an over familiar classic. Strictly grown-ups only.

Steamy scenes: The play is strictly for adult viewing only

 
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