Preview: Love Me, Feed Me, Never Leave Me- comedic play – love, loss, longing, relationships and modern world of dating

Preview: Love Me, Feed Me, Never Leave Me- comedic play about love, loss, longing and relationships with a keen look into the modern world of dating- directed by Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards nominated Emma Amber

Love Me, Feed Me, Never Leave Me: Fab title for the new production by Cape Town’s Origen Productions, headed up by Emma Amber. She has been nominated for Best New Director for The Marvelous Wonderettes, for the 58^th Fleur Du Cap Theatre Awards [productions from 2022, for awards for 2023, to be announced March 26 at Oude Libertas Ampitheatre]. The Marvelous Wonderettes has also been nominated for a FDC for Best Actress by an actress in a musical or theatre show, with the nod going to Noluthando Dlamini. It great to see Origen, starting 2023 with another production on the boards- Love Me, Feed Me, Never Leave Me– written and directed by Amber. It is a four hander – a big production. This comedic play, premières,in Cape Town at Theatre Arts in Observatory. Read on for more:

Love, loss, longing and relationships…regret

Emma Amber reflects about the play: “Love Me, Feed Me, Never Leave Me is a comedic play about love, loss, longing and relationships with a keen look into the modern world of dating. It is about finding yourself, learning when to let go and how to deal with regret. Throughout the play we meet an array of different characters through short vignettes: A young couple meeting for the very first time, a woman on the brink of a nervous breakdown, first time dads trying to get a handle on fatherhood, a man faced with the opportunity to cheat and so many more.  This is a light-hearted play about heavy-hearted conversations. Love Me, Feed Me, Never Leave Me is sad, funny, and universal. Everyone in this day and age can relate.”

Creative and cast credits

Origen Productions is the production company and it has been nominated for two nominations for the 58^th Fleur Du Cap Theatre Awards for the Marvelous Wonderettes.

Creative credits

Emma Amber is writer and director of Love Me, Feed Me, Never Leave Me. Her director credits include multiple runs of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Alexander Bar & Galloway Theatre), Grease (Stardust Theatrical Dining), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Stardust Theatrical Dining) and most recently a run of The Marvelous Wonderettes. (Theatre Arts, Galloway Theatre, Koelkamers Theatre). Amber has received a Fleur du Cap nomination for Best New Director for The Marvelous Wonderettes.

Cast

Tiffany Miller – Her recent theatre credits include: Things We Leave Behind, A Swansong production (Galloway Theatre), Pippin (Galloway Theatre), History Girls (Galloway Theatre), Our House (Artscape Theatre).

Anja Taljaard – Her recent theatre credits include: Chicago (Stardust Theatrical Dining), Mamma Mia (Stardust Theatrical Dining), Breek (Woordfees Festival), Lost in the lost and found (The stage).

Vash Singh – His recent theatre credits include: Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (Theatre of Marcellus & The Globe Theatre), The Tree Snake (Theatre Arts, Galloway Theatre and Masambe Theatre)

Siphe Sibiya – His recent theatre credits include: Umgeni River: More than Water (Narrator),  The Outsiders and The Crucible (John Proctor).

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