Planet Perth.

It used to be called ‘the chicken run’ – white South Africans fleeing to Australia, Canada, New Zealand. Escaping…? Seeking Greener Pastures…? The reasons are many and varied…

 In his new bitter-sweet comedy, Paul Slabolepszy looks into the lives of three white approaching-middle-age South Africans searching desperately for Change…

 “Paul Slabolepszy’s latest play sets a new tone – down-to-earth emotional realism… PLANET PERTH is an honest and mature play about mature people. They are unfashionable heroes with no grand challenges and minor tragic emotions…”

 “The performances, all of extraordinary nuance and layering, are scaled down, intimately miniature…”

ROBERT GREIG (The Sunday Independent)

 “Whether one is playing prophet or devil’s-advocate, Paul Slabolepszy’s latest offering, PLANET PERTH will go down as among his best… a masterclass… entertaining and at the same time gripping, it is a joy to watch…”

PAUL BOEKKOOI  (Beeld)

 “Confessions of the packers… Slabolepszy has once again tapped into a particular local psyche… a glimpse of three middle-aged friends who are trying to reconnect with life…”

 DIANE DE BEER  (The Star)

 “The play doesn’t purely explore the impulse to move far away… it also explores other issues such as middle-age, infidelity, marital relationships, divorce, friendship and roundabout ways of escaping from situations rather than dealing with them… it makes one laugh… and think afterwards…