THE BONFIRE THEATRE COMPANY - Cape Town

It is through our stories that we remind ourselves and each other what it means to be human. The Bonfire Theatre Show is an interactive and improvised theatre experience where the audience is an active part of the performance. Traditional barriers between the audience and the performers as well as between audience members are broken down. To warm the audience up to storytelling the actors and musicians create theatrical responses to the descriptions of daily life that are suggested by the audience. In playing the story back the actors’ focus on the essence of the story, often giving the teller new insights and perspectives on their own story. The musicians enhance and emphasise the action with improvised music. In playing the stories back we use physical theatre, spoken word,  

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puppetry, music, dance, comedy, along with a range of theatrical styles. During the show each story is played back in a different style, using different media as suits the story. This creates a dynamic and aesthetically pleasing result that is both entertaining and moving.