Happy Endings are Extra

Happy Endings Are Extra involves a fateful love triangle between gay, bi-sexual and straight characters. With just the flick of its title, Ashraf Johaardien's oh-so-clever script funnels a Cape Town subculture of open relationships and rent-boys through the hideous fatalism of Greek Tragedy. – Peter Crawley (The Irish Times) – This mature, considered, and highly enjoyable play is set in Cape Town. The design is well-suited to the material: a simple set presents the unfolding scenario by means of well-choreographed snapshots into the lives of the three characters. As the flashbulb clicks and the two-second black-outs splice one scene with the next we enter a world where the monotone of the missionary position in well-kept Cape Town suburbs is interrupted by the dazzling, unsleeping world of massage parlours, boys for rent and sex for cash. – Deborah Seddon (LitNet, South Africa) –