A few days before Tim Plewman returns to the stage in ‘Defending the Caveman’, J. BROOKS SPECTOR spoke with the actorwriterdirectortheatrical entrepreneur about his upcoming role and much more.

We meet in Tim Plewman’s quiet suburban home, steaming hot, excellent coffee in hand, a gentle rain in the garden. The room is calming and relaxed. There is a pair of comfortable leather sofas to ease into, some tasteful throw rugs in muted colours on the floor, and just the occasional bit of bric-a-brac from a full life scattered all around the room.

In fact, everything looks just as one would expect it should, save for the occasional odd item here and there. The eye notices a club made from what looks like what may have come from a very large, extinct herbivore. There is a laundry basket-like creation, covered in faux hyena skin. And sitting on a bookshelf is something that looks remarkably like a human skull. Ah, these are some of the props for Plewman’s upcoming one-man role in Defending the Caveman.

Plewman is taking this work to various locales in South Africa. And despite his many performances of this work, this will be his first time he will …

Source : Daily Maverick