Louis Viljoen's THE EMISSARY Returns to Alexander Bar Upstairs Theatre for Cape Town Fringe Season

Having played a premiere season at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre earlier this year, Louis Viljoen's THE EMISSARY, starring Emily Child and Andrew Laubscher, will play a return season at this year's Cape Town Fringe.

A dark study of a friendship rooted in a lie, THE EMISSARY begins with Delia waiting for her long-term boyfriend to return from an extended stay overseas. She agrees to meet Douglas, her boyfriend's best friend, in order to discuss the tensions that have been brewing between them since the beginning of their relationship. But one of them is hiding something terrible and this is a night when old wounds resurface and secrets are unearthed. What follows is an unnerving examination of two troubled people who think they know each other, but have no idea what awful things can lurk in the soul.

Cape Town-based writer and director Louis Viljoen has written and produced numerous plays including THE BILE BOYS, THE FRONTIERSMEN, THE VERBALISTS, CHAMP, PORNO 88, THE KINGMAKERS and THE PERVERT LAURA. Viljoen has twice won the Fleur Du Cap Theatre Award for Best New South African Script, for CHAMP in 2013 and THE KINGMAKERS in 2015. He was also the recipient of the Rosalie van Der Gucht Prize for New Directors for THE KINGMAKERS and THE PERVERT LAURA. His play DANGLED, written for Rob van Vuuren, is also on the boards at the Cape Town Fringe this year.

Emily Child graduated from the University of Cape Town in 2007 with a Theatre and Performance Degree, specializing in Acting. Since then she has worked independently and as a proud member of acclaimed Cape Town-based theatre troupe, The Mechanicals. Her work has garnered her numerous awards and nominations including the 2015 Fleur Du Cap Theatre Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Play for THE PERVERT LAURA. Other Theatre Projects include LEAR, CHAMP, URBAN DEATH, A CERTAIN LADY, BORN IN THE RSA and CONTRACTIONS.

Andrew Laubscher is a Cape Town-based actor. Having earned a Fleur Du Cap Theatre Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for LOVBORG'S WOMEN, Laubscher won the 2014 Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance as Riff-Raff in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. Some theatre highlights include MIRROR MIRROR, AS YOU LIKE IT, COSI, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, MAFEKING ROAD, A COMEDY OF ERRORS, and BALBESIT, directed by Jaco Bouwer. At the Cape Town Fringe, he will also appear in THE FINKELSTEINS ARE COMING TO DINNER.

Tickets for THE EMISSARY cost R90 and can be booked online at the Cape Town Fringe website. The play runs from 22 September - 8 October.

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