Ashley Dowds at the helm of Paul Slabolepszy’s iconic play, ‘The Return of Elvis du Pisanie’. Ashley Dowds is certainly one of the actors I always anticipate interviewing. It’s been a year since our last chat, which was about him taking on the lead role in Paul Slabolepszy’s iconic play,“The Return of Elvis du Pisanie”.
Slabolepszy first performed the classic in July 1992, and it went on to win numerous awards. It centres on forty-nine-year-old East Rand salesman, Eddie du Pisanie, who is retrenched and decides life is no longer worth living. Alone and desperate in his car, he switches on the radio.
The Elvis Presley song he hears transports him back 30 years and, more significantly, recalls a childhood event that changed his life forever. The show has been staged several times of late. Dowds sheds light on how the character has evolved since he stepped into the role.
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