Passings

Friendship under a Magnifying glass

This edgy play, written by Vianney Henry Farmer and Quntin Wils, will bie coming to the Pierneef Theatre for a once off performance this Friday, 23 June 2017.  It stars the very talented Deanre Reiners and co-writer Vianney Henry Farmer.  The play is directed and designed by Quintin Wills.

PASS(ings) puts friendship under a magnifying glass, in conversion with John Donnelly’s ‘The Pass’. On the night before Liam’s wedding day, Liam and his estranged childhood friend, Jayden, reminisce about the past; their days as rising rugby stars, try’s, girls and glory. Together they made their first team debut. But the game started long before they’ve even walked out onto the field. A fast paced story about friendship, stature, sex and how much you’re willing to lose in order to win.

Reiners plays Liam.  He found his love for the arts at an early stage of only 4 years when he stepped on a stage for the first time, ever since then his love for entertainment grew even further. In 2013 he entered his professional career as actor in the Afrikaans soap, Binnelanders, as Emil. In 2014, ‘Seun’ his debut film was well received by the public and critics both alike. For this film he won ‘Audience Choice best Actor’ at the Silwerskermfees. ‘Verskietende Ster’ also premiered at the Silwerskermfees, a film that won ‘Audience Choice best Film’. In 2015 he worked on a few films including ‘Dis koue kos, skat’ and ‘Mignon ‘Mossie’ van Wyk’ – a film for which he won the “Special Mention Award” at the Indie Karoo Film Fest where both ‘Mignon Mossie van Wyk’ and ‘Verskietende Ster’ was showcased. Currently Deanre can be seen in the KYKNet soap ‘Getroud met Rugby’

Jayden is played by Farmer. One of the Mail&Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans, Vianney Henry Farmer, studied Drama at Northlink College where he was selected to further his studies at the Tshwane University of Technology and obtained his Honours Degree in Drama & Film. Vianney has ever since been on stage in productions such Verwagtings, Outers, Pillowman, In Our Blood, Verve, Glitches, the one man show Simfonia (National Arts Festival) and also the world acclaimed play, Equus, for which he scooped up the Best Actor Award at the Glass Crown Awards in 2011 for his portrayal of Dr Martin Dysart. More recently Vianney was seen in Sarah Kane’s award nominated CRAVE (Cape Town Fringe) and in South Africa’s very first Mobile Thriller production, ONSkuld – ‘n Mobile Thriller which was nominated for a Naledi Theatre Award for Best Cutting-Edge Production. He also produced and starred in the Award Winning aLEXA – A Mobile Thriller which was received by rave reviews and sold out houses all over the country. Vianney is also the producer for the production of SUSTER which recently won 2 Awards at Die Reviewer Awards and is currently still showing in theatres all across South Africa. Recently Vianney was seen in the State Theatre’s multi-award winning production of Porselein, as well as in the sold out hit of bRENT – A Mobile Thriller which he also produced and is still showcasing across South Africa.  He obtained BroadwayWorld Award nominations for both his roles in bRENT and Porselein. Currently Vianney is the CEO and Producer of VNA Productions, as well as the Editor-In-Chief of the South African Theatre Magazine (SATMag).

Multi-award winning theatre maker, director and producer, Quintin Wils, graduated from the Tshwane University of Technology. Not even 3 years into the theatre industry and Wils has already been named as one of the Top 5 young theatre makers of 2016 by the South African Theatre Magazine. In this time he has also already directed 16 professional productions, received 14 Awards and has been nominated for a further 31 Awards, including 6 Naledi Theatre Awards. Wils was also named as one the Top 200 Young South Africans by the Mail & Guardian and was also named as one of the ‘Rising Stars’ of the 2014 National Arts Festival. Currently he is the Artistic Director of VNA Productions and has also recently been appointed as the new Theatre Manager of the Eldo Theatre Complex in Centurion.

Don’t miss this stellar production of ‘PASS(ings)’ for one night only at the Pierneef Theatre, 23 June, 19:00. Tickets at R100 p.p.  Mail info@pierneefteater.co.za or 0738313675 for bookings*