by Athol Fugard
directed by Stephen Sachs
presented by Richard Jordan, Martin Platt & David Elliott, in association with Assembly, Dasha Epstein, Rosalie Beer and A.J. Epstein

with Morlan Higgins and William Dennis Hurley

at Assembly (venue 3) @ George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

We teamed up with our old friend, Richard Jordan, to present the European Premiere of Exits and Entrances on the Fringe in Edinburgh in 2007. I was thrilled to be a part of presenting a play by this incredibly important author.

The play was an autobiographical look at Fugard’s youthful association with André Huguenet, a noted South African actor of the 50s, who struggled, alongside Fugard, to establish a new form of drama. To Fugard, this was a critical time in formulating his place as an artist.

Fugard wrote: “It certainly found and defined for me the way in which South African theatre had to change, and mutate in terms of its structure, and it certainly has done that. It seemed to reflect a time when the whole country had to make radical changes and departures. This change happened politically, but before it happened to politics it had already happened to theatre.” When Fugard later moved to Johannesburg in 1958, he set up a multi-racial Theatre, for which he wrote, directed and acted. His plays and attacks on apartheid brought him into conflict with the South African government, and in 1962 he supported an international boycott against the practice of segregation of theatre audiences.

The critics said:

“Exits and Entrances is a richly textured, thoughtful work, which demonstrates Fugard’s ability to rouse ghosts from the past and place them firmly in the present. William Dennis Hurley and Marlon Higgins give what may one day become seminal performances.” - Broadway Baby

“Exits and Entrances is a big play on a small scale, taking in such sundry topics as national independence, racial bigotry and those famous “little vipers.” - the FEST