Greg Homann’s

A Marry Little Christmas

Directed by Charmaine Weir-Smith

In a FIRST co-production with The Market Theatre, How Now Brown Cow presented this brand new South African Comedy in December 2023. Below is the press release …

Non-Stop Laughter: Brace yourself for a night of unstoppable laughter with an outstanding cast that will keep you entertained from start to finish. You won't want to miss this laugh-a minute comedy!

A MARRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS was commissioned out of How Now Brown Cow’s Writer’s Collective during the 2020 Pandemic shutdown. It was written by Greg Homann before he took on the appointment as the Market Theatre’s Artistic Director in January of this year. This premiere production of the laugh-a-minute play will be directed by multiple award-winning Charmaine Weir-Smith featuring an impressive cast of nine.

Owner of How Now Brown Cow Productions, Julie-Anne McDowell says, “How Now Brown Cow is thrilled to see the first of The Writers’ Collective plays by Greg Homann go from the page to the stage.  We are proud to present a brand spanking new South African festive offering in co-production with The Market Theatre on the John Kani stage with some of the best loved local talent”.

This hilarious new South African play is set on an unnamed golf-estate somewhere on the north-west edge of Johannesburg and promises to be the heart-warming holiday comedy you need at the end of this year. It’s story about family, love, misunderstandings, and the tops-turvy nature of following cultural practices will lift spirits and leave you smiling.

Arnold Hartmann is 45 and three quarters. He has big plans to propose to Natalie Cloete before hosting the perfect ‘traditional’ Christmas lunch to unify his and her family. But a nightmare has caused him to oversleep, and before he can build up the courage to pop the question, the two families have started to arrive …

Homann says, “This play has been a few years in the making, with the initial idea for it dating back to an animated festive lunch with my own family. Although not based directly on my family, the roots of it are deeply connected to my own families dynamics and antics.” 

CAST

Bandile Dube Zolani Shangase
Evelyn Sharpe Judy Ditchfield
Arnold Hartmann Antony Coleman
Val Hartmann Louise Claire Richard
Donald Cloete Trevor Lynch
Henry Hartmann James Borthwick
Gary Hartmann Roberto Pombo
Natalie Cloete Kim Cloete
Patricia Cloete Ilse Klink