I See You

By Mongiwekhaya

I SEE YOU (English) NGIYAKUBONA (Zulu) EK SIEN JOU (Afrikaans) NDIYAKUBONA (Xhosa)
I don't need your sorries white boy, yes. You heard right. You know white people think we are the same? We both look black. But only one of us is black . . . Speak to me in your mother-tongue and I will let you go.

Post-Apartheid South Africa, after dark.

Ben meets Skinn for a night out. But the party is interrupted by the police. Ben, a young student who doesn't know his own history, is accused of a crime he didn't commit. And Officer Buthelezi, a former freedom fighter, can't let it go.

Based on a real encounter.

This programme text was published to coincide with the world premiere of the play at the Royal Court Theatre, Upstairs, on 25 February 2016.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474288111
• ISBN13: 9781474288118
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"