BOY CALLED RUBBISH is a truly South African legend of a child on a journey from degradation and deprivation to the discovery of his real worth.

Using a handful of props, all of which could probably be found on a rubbish dump, Ellis and Bheki tell the story of a little boy called Rubbish who grows up in the adverse circumstances of a squatter (refugee) camp and tormented by his step-mother, Ma Dudula. Luckily, his special, imaginary friend gives him great courage and encourages him so that he eventually becomes the hero of the local community. Ellis plays Rubbish, Bheki the rest of the world.

Workshopped theatre that works like a dream

- B. Adkins, EP Herald

True South African theatre full of comic action and physical antics

- B. Suter, The Mercury

50 MINUTES
ENGLISH & ZULU
INDOORS OR AS STREET THEATRE
PREFERABLY ROUND OR HALF-ROUND CONFIGURATION