Life & Times of Michael K is the hauntingly beautiful story of a simple man who embarks on a journey through South Africa, ravaged by civil war, to return his mother to die on the farm where she was born. He finds strength in his own humanity, his profound connection to the earth and his unique path which, as it unfolds, reveals to him his reason for living. Michael becomes a metaphor for the earth itself—mistreated and neglected in times of political tumult, but gentle and generous in spirit.
Handspring Puppet Company, who stunned us with War Horse and stole our hearts with Little Amal Walks NYC, joins Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre (Mies Julie) to transform a sweeping adaptation of J.M .Coetzee’s 1983 Booker Prize-winning novel into puppet theater. Presented by St. Ann's Warehouse.
