For many, a new South African play is far too often thematically linked to pre-1994 South Africa. Gina Shmukler’s latest offering, The Line, presents something refreshingly new and hard hitting as it questions the events and circumstances around the country’s infamous xenophobic attacks of 2008. The Line’s presence at The Market Theatre follows on from its overwhelming success at the 2012 WALE Festival. The play stems from Schmukler’s masters research on trauma and theatre making, where she investigated the widespread attacks of 2008 and interviewed many of the victims and perpetrators involved. The play’s content threads the collected stories and testimonies into a fascinating, engaging and