Media Watch
Lessons of the Deep Night
If I had to describe PJ Sabbagha’s Deep Night, I would call it ‘The thin line between fantasy and reality at almost midnight’. I have a feeling he would agree with me.
The theatre piece is set outside a nightclub. The use of multimedia, particularly the video projected at the back of the stage, contributes to the argument for reality. However, as soon as the dancers start moving to the unusual choice of music, opera, the lines between reality of a night on the town and the exhausting battle with human emotions and thought becomes blurred...
As part of the Life Beats - ARTS. JOURNALISM. HIV workshop, participating journalists wrote about PJ Sabbagha and his Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative's dance work, Deep Night. This is journalist Molebatsi Manzi's impression, after seeing the piece and speaking to the performers and choreographers.
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