Artscape Theatre

Sat in contemporary Cape Town, Rainbow Scars follows white, middle class Ellen Robinson who has found her life complicated by circumstances. During the era of reconciliation, Mandela encouraged South Africans to reach out and touch each other’s lives, prompting Ellen to adopt a three year old black baby Lindiwe.

Fourteen years later, Lindiwe is coming to terms with her life in changing South Africa; her future set, but her identity uncertain. All seems well until she is forced to confront her true heritage…