Featured on the Main Stage of the curated National Arts Festival this is a must see!
Who are "the men that eat" and what accounts for their rapacious appetites that are never satisfied? The Ultimate price is paid for corruption but who will foot the bill?

Mother of All Eating is a satire by Zakes Mda. The play explores the debilitating culture of corruption and greed known as 'eating'. The culture has become synonymous with corrupt state officials who enrich themselves by abusing government funds. Set in Lesotho the 1992, the play exposes the catastrophic effects of greed and the tragic effects that accompany unchecked corruption. With crafty direction by Chris Weare this pair of actors become a parade of rogues.  This tragicomedy bites close to the bone in this sharp, witty and superbly performed piece.

Performed by the brilliant Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Luntu Mazisa.  

"Brilliant performances .....crafty and cheeky direction" Tracy Saunders/Heart of Theatre

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Photo credit: Mark Wessels

Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi - An actor who has trained both locally and internationally, Mkhwanazi is a respected and admired performer, writer, composer, choreographer and theatre-maker. He is known for the many theatre performances and educational programmes that he has devised. A Fleur du Cap Theatre Award nominee for his performances in CATTLE DRIVE and A MAN AND A DOG, his extensive list of credits also includes UNDERMINED, THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, MY LOW-FAT ALMOST ITALIAN WEDDING, MAMA TEMBU'S WEDDING, SUBJECT TO CITIZEN, THE DIARIES OF DIESEL DU TOIT, NGUNI: THE LOVE STORY, ORFEUS, THE BIRD, NOW NOW and CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY.
Mkhwanazi has toured the SADC regions, as well as the United States of America, England, Europe and Asia, performing and facilitating theatre workshops. He has helped build four theatres and worked with many of South Africa's premier theatre companies, including Theatre for Africa, FTH:K, Third World Bunfight and Artscape. He is a founder member of Sakhile Theatre Company and served as Roy Sergeant's joint artistic director for Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre.

Luntu Masiza - the winner of the  the prestigious Fleur Du Cup award (2018). In April 2018, Luntu won another award in Czech Republic, the Setkani/Encounter Theatre Director’s Special Award for his performance in The Island, directed by Chris Weare . Only five awards were made at this festival in which 12 highly reputable international schools participated: actor [SA] actress [Israel], scenographer [Czech Republic], costume design [Germany] and new writing [Scotland]. The award was given to Luntu for his personal acting statement and significant ethic insight into totalitarian tendencies and racism within the society in broader context expressed in the synergy with his acting partner and fellow AFDA alumni Siya Mayola. The Island was recently staged at the National Arts Festival, Luntu Masiza and Siya Mayola have recently won the Standard Bank Ovation Awards, an award given for outstanding work presented on The Fringe at the festival.While in the UK, Luntu Masiza was involved in training programs such as the Director’s course at the Young Vic Theatre, The Soho Theatre Writers Lab and a training programme run by BBC with Mamma Youth. He also had the opportunity to showcase two of his 15 minutes plays, Status 319 and Ubudoda which were performed in West End London. Ubudoda, written, directed and starring Masiza, was redeveloped as a full-length play and featured in Baxter’s Zabalaza Festival 2016 where it won. Recent roles ‘Christian’ in Ruined by Lynn Nottage, directed by Lara Bye (3rd year AFDA production), ‘Skuwit’ in Horn of Sorrow directed by Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi (2nd Year AFDA production), ‘Luthando’ in Ubudoda directed by Luntu Masiza & Chris Weare (Cape Town Fringe Festival), ‘The Porter’ in Macbeth directed by William Straford (Dudley College) and ‘Paris’ in Romeo and Juliet directed by Vicky Roberts & Pamelia Williams (1st Chance Youth Theatre at the Birmingham Rep).

Audience Responses

Excellent. The Drama Factory is a new find for us. We enjoyed the acting and the clever script. Really easier to focus without expensive flats. Please let us know if you put on "Every Year, Every Day, I am Walking" - it was produced by Lara Foote some years ago. A serious plea: please put your font into black and at lease size 10 point, better 12. Website designers do not design for user friendliness. If you want us to read your page, and I imagine you do!, please make it easy. Right now its strains to eyes and pains the neck. Not goo.d But thank you for bringing ud such great plays as we are no longer able to flit into Cape Town as we used to!

Very different to anything we have seen before and superbly acted. How he remembered all that dialogue was remarkable.

Great script and great acting.

Very well written and excellent acting. A very thought provoking cautionary tale well executed. Should be compulsory watching for all government... And other... Employees! We were sad that they did not play to a full house, as we felt that they deserved that.

Excellent production and acting. Amusing with serious message throughout.

Really enjoyed it, gave me lots to think about. Great performances. I liked the engenuity in costume changes, using a bare minimum to great effect. Good plot twists and turns at the end.

An excellent production. The two actors were excellent. Amusing, apt, and finally a sobering message. We found the Drama Factory easily enough, once I realised it was opposite the heritage Park entrance on N2. Should be more clearly advertised as such maybe? Also going into the Close, a notice would be good. Pleasant venue.

Very topical play reflecting what's going on not just in SA but throughout the world but bringing it home with perspectives that one might otherwise miss. The underlying twists and turns in the play are revealing. Minimalist props but wonderfully acted.

Very topical play reflecting what's going on not just in SA but throughout the world but bringing it home with perspectives that one might otherwise miss. The underlying twists and turns in the play are revealing. Minimalist props but wonderfully acted.

Not the best we have seen. The production was very topical but not well produced.

Fabulous acting

So relevant and humorously to the point - explaining how the ROT set in. Excellent acting.