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The Kid Just Vanished to feature at Crossing Borders Festival

Published: 24 July 2012

As part of the Drama for Life Crossing Borders Festival at Wits, the play The Kid Just Vanished will be staged from 24 to 26 July at the Wits Nunnery. It is directed by Lamar Bohomme and Jesse Dullabh in collaboration with the cast.

This is a piece about the political and social wellbeing of the very citizens that occupy South Africa. Following the journey of four individuals, as they explore their own personal engagements with each other and as well as reflect on their own situation and how the current situation in South Africa affect them. Ideologies surrounding homelessness are addressed in unique ways that highlight our current situation in South Africa.

Lamar Bonhomme is a young emerging director and actor from the University of Witwatersrand. During the period spend at university, Bonhomme has spent numerous hours developing his ability to understand the dynamics that lie between film and theatre. This has led him to being casted as a main character in a short experimental film titled Cane, directed by Jordache Ellapen. Other achievements are directing two independent shows entitled Finding Nemorena 1 and 2 which were showcased at the 2012 National Arts Festival, as well as being cast for the ANC 100 years celebration which was broadcasted SABC1 in January. He is going to the US in January 2013 to complete his MFA at the New York Film Academy.

Jesse Dullabh is a graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand majoring in television and film. He has spent his four years understanding the dynamics of theatre and the contribution that theatre plays in the film medium. He has been a National Arts Festival technician and was one of six South Africans selected for the NSSE Exchange which allowed 12 young filmmakers from Ghana, South Africa and Finland to travel and develop four short documentaries in four months.

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