Written in exile, intercepted in the post and banned as a publication by apartheid censorship because the language was considered "offensive" and the portrayal of the South African armed forces "prejudicial to the safety of the state", Anthony Akerman’s Somewhere on the Border was hailed by the Argus as "the toast of the Grahamstown Festival" when it opened in 1986. Exactly 25 years after the play was first performed in Grahamstown, André Odendaal’s production opened at the 2011 National Arts Festival. Leon van Nierop concluded his review on Artslink by saying, "the play performs an open heart surgery on the South African psyche. It is timely, finely acted and forcefully directed. See it at all costs."

Written by Anthony Akerman
Directed by André Odendaal
With Glen Biderman-Pam, Charles Bouguenon, Dylan Horley, Luan Jacobs, André Lötter, Kaz McFadden, Ndino Ndilula