How do you follow something as universally well-liked and praised as that? Well, that is a question that has plagued artists who have created something that has resonated with a large subset of people for the longest time.
Although Foot’s newest production features the entirety of the ‘Karoo Moose’ cast, plus new addition Rob van Vuuren, her interpretation of Goerg Büchner’s centuries old play ‘Woyzeck’ is pretty far removed from the aforementioned play in terms of intent and general delivery.

‘Karoo Moose’ had a wonderfully hopeful spirit pervading it, which it made it a lot easier to sit through some of the horrors its characters experienced.
‘Woyczeck’ on the other hand leaves one a lot more naked against some of its more grim happenings.

Although it might not appear it upon immediate reflection, there are actually some significant thematic similarities between this production and ‘Karoo Moose.’
Whereas the latter show took a mostly outward view of the kind of violence and grim realities out there that we read about in the papers on an almost daily basis, things that mostly happen to “other” people, “elsewhere”, ‘Woyzeck’ takes us right into the heart of a kind of psychology that gives us many of our headlines.

Foot doesn’t so much interpret Georg Buchner’s classic text as claim it for herself and in so doing, reemphasises her deep concern with the moral state of our country and particularly its effects on innocents.
The cast, as usual, is an absolute joy to behold, and I for one hope that Foot continues her collaboration with this remarkable group of performers. * Book at Computicket.