SQUASH

A man falls in love with a statue. A father returns from the dead. The last two gay men on earth decide whether a relationship would be worth the trouble. A road trip with your ex-boyfriend’s mother. These stories all form part of a lovingly satirical look at the experiences of gay men who had to grow up listening to Steve Hofmeyer.

Squash is a translation of the award-winning comedy “My Hart is ’n Muurbal.”
Written and directed by Wessel Pretorius
With: Jayden Dickson & Wessel Pretorius

Wessel Pretorius obtained his BA in Drama from The University of Pretoria and his Honours in Acting from the University of Stellenbosch. His breakthrough work Ont- received four KykNet Fiësta awards. It was later translated as Undone and travelled to the National Arts Festival (Standard Bank Ovation: Gold), Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Vienna.

His published plays include Die Dag is Bros and his second solo-piece, Die Ontelbare 48. Other highlights include Klara Maas se Hart is Gebreek: Die Vloeistof Trilogie (writer, director and performer), Balbesit (written by Saartjie Botha and directed by Jaco Bouwer) and Kiss of the Spiderwoman (written by Manuel Puig and directed by Sylvaine Strike, The Unlikely Secret Agent (adapted and directed by Paul du Toit), The Life and Times of Michael K (adapted and directed by Lara Foot) and Othello (adapted and directed by Lara Foot), Faustus in Africa! (created William Kentridge) The One Who Stays (writer, director) and ‘Kuns’ (by Yasmina Reza, directed by Marthinus Basson). Wessel is a freelance writer, actor and theatermaker currently living in Cape Town.

Jayden Dickson is a trained triple threat who graduated from LAMTA in 2024. His theatre credits include Principal Dancer in Hollywood, Assistant Dance Captain and Onstage Swing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ernst in Spring Awakening, Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire, and Ensemble/Cover Lurch in The Addams Family. A Fleur du Cap nominee for Most Promising Student and a two-time Naledi Award winner as part of the ensembles of Joseph and Spring Awakening, he has also appeared in commercials and as a dancer on TV series. He recently starred in Wessel Pretorius’s Ge-Gebergtes, which debuted at KKNK. He is excited to continue his exploration of all aspects of the industry.