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An image of two of the main cast members of Last Pro of Yeoville found via Google.

There are quite a couple of dodgy shows at fest this year. Just look at the poster for Moneymakers and you will see what I mean. Which is why I was more than a little hesitant about attending a show entitled Last Pro of Yeoville. We all knew that it was going to be about a prostitute, and I wasn't sure that I wanted to spend my afternoon watching a semi-pornographic drama. But Natasha wanted to see it, a fact that surprised me in itself as Natasha is as innocent as it comes and tends to want to avoid crass humour, nevermind full-blown porn on stage. So we went, because it was what Natasha wanted and I figured that, at the very least, I would get to be amused by her discomfort.

Little did I know what I was in for. Last Pro of Yeoville is about a prostitute, that much is true, but it is certainly not pornography. There is a little nudity, quite a bit of gesturing, a lot of adult humour and more than a little violence, but it is far from pornography. It is beautiful, soulful, funny, dramatic and fantastic. The actors were amazing, the dialogue brilliant and well timed, the stage intricate and the storyline intriguing. It blew me out of the water!

To give you just a little detail, as always, the story follows two men who live in an apartment together - one an older struggling artist, the other a young struggling musician. They don't get along particularly well, but the one thing that they share is the enjoyment of sitting on their balcony and watching the goings on of one of the main streets of Johannesburg. There they first lay eyes on the white prostitute who will become an intricate part of both of their lives.

This is another show that I would highly highly recommend people attend. Brilliant, captivating and well worth the money if you can manage to book a ticket - I would try early, since it was almost completely sold out when we went.