THE RETURN OF ELVIS DU PISANIE
Written and directed by Paul Slabolepszy
Performed by Ashley Dowds

A story that moves from pure nostalgia, through extreme heartache, to unbridled joy… The Return of Elvis du Pisanie is all at once – sad, amusing and gloriously uplifting…!

Tag line: Who would have believed that a simple act of switching on a car radio could change the course of your life!?

Eddie du Pisanie – a forty-nine year old East Rand salesman – is retrenched and decides life is no longer worth living. He writes a suicide note to his wife and is about to gas himself in his car in the garage, when he switches on the car radio. The Elvis Presley song he hears does more than take him back 30 years – it recalls an event in his childhood that changed his life forever. Abandoning – for the moment – the idea of suicide, he drives the 200 kilometre journey to the town in which he grew up, to a lamp post opposite the ex-Carlton Bioscope in Can we change our own destinies…? “Elvis” du Pisanie is about to find out…

Reviews:
https://thecaperobyn.co.za/review-ashley-dowds-delivers-a-tender-and-nuanced-performance-in-the-return-of-elvis-pisane/
https://www.eatplaydrink.capetown/play/theatre-doesnt-get-much-more-brilliant-than-elvis-du-pisanie/

To wish upon a King

THINGS TO KNOW:
* Please arrive on time – no entry is allowed after the show starts. Latecomers will be admitted at interval only.
* Children must have their own seat – no sitting on laps.
* No outside food or drinks are allowed. Refreshments are available for purchase inside.
* You’re welcome to take food and drinks into the theatre, but please return your glasses to the bar afterward.
* No flash photography or videography is permitted during the performance.
* Free secure parking is available just 50 meters past the theatre (next to the Woodshop). The lot closes 30 minutes after the show ends. Please avoid parking in residential roads to keep access clear for local residents.
* Disabled parking is available on request. Please email admin@themasque.co.za.
* Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.