Past Shows

Pieter Toerien presents
KickstArt’s production of RED!

Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best New Play
Winner of the 2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

First produced by the Donmar Warehouse, London in December 2009, starring Alfred Molina
South African premiere – National Arts Festival 2012

Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant and the threatening presence of  a new generation of artists, Rothko struggles to accept his growing riches and praise, which become his ultimate undoing.

The audience is witness not only to his passionate and challenging discussion of making art, but also to its actual making – the action of stretching and priming canvasses and the visceral thrill of painting itself.

Rothko insisted that he was not an abstractionist and that such a description was as inaccurate as labeling him a great colorist. His interest was “only in expressing basic human emotions – tragedy, ecstasy, doom and so on.  And the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate those basic human emotions.  The people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when I painted them.  And if you, as you say, are moved only by their colour relationship, then you miss the point.”

In 2007 Rothko committed suicide.  He was sixty-six.

"RED is, without doubt, one of the most brilliant plays I've been privileged to see. A true theatrical masterpiece." Estelle Sinkins - The Witness

"This challenging and exciting theatre experience held me enthralled. I strongly urge lovers of good theatre to make it a must-see." Caroline Smart - Artsmart

"A true theatrical masterpiece." Estelle Sinkins - The Witness

Michael Richard
The History Boys, God of Carnage, My Mother's Italian My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy,
Ying Tong - A Walk With The Goons, Decadence

Jeremy Richard
The History Boys