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SoloAfrika Festival of MonoDrama – an Applauz Arts Initiative trio takes to the stage at Artscape Theatre!

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Fat Man’s Coop and The Real Mrs Muhammad formed part of the SoloAfrika Festival of Monodrama, a 6-day festival that showcased a series of one-man and one-woman shows at the Artscape Theatre. Fat Man’s Coop , a play on the name of an American hip hop personality, starring Dominic Paulsen, tells the story of a young South African man and his struggles with obesity, depression and suicide. The story starts inside the bedroom of the character, which became his “coop” as he withdrew from his world. The character then takes the audience on a journey of his childhood, telling the story of his alcoholic father who reared him with violence as a way to “make me right for the big world”. The character also touches on how obesity lead to the end of his singing career, memories of throwing stones at cars with friends in Belhar (only at the BMW’s want hulle kan betaal!) and the day he brought his girlfriend home for Christmas Lunch – all which proved to be both traumatic and entertaining.