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Love Me, Feed Me, Never Leave Me
A funny, heartwarming, uncomfortably honest play about love, loss, longing, and the impossible business of finding the person you're meant to spend the rest of your life with.
A funny, heartwarming, uncomfortably honest play about love, loss, longing, and the impossible business of finding the person you're meant to spend the rest of your life with.
A new South African comedic play written and directed by Emma Amber, exploring the small disasters of modern dating and the strange grammar of falling in love (and out of it) in 2025.
The play moves through a series of short vignettes — a young couple meeting for the very first time, a woman on the brink of a nervous breakdown, first-time dads trying to get a handle on fatherhood, a man faced with the opportunity to cheat — and the four actors play four stock characters of the modern dating world: Banter Babe, No Nudes Girl, F#*k Boy and Sincere Guy.
The aim is for every audience member to recognise themselves in a character, in a scene, in a line — to leave feeling a little too seen.
In 2025 the show debuted at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda and was recognised with a Standard Bank Ovation Award. It returns to NAF for a second run from 26 June to 4 July 2026.
Funny, insightful and moving. Magnifying glass into modern relationships and dating. A must see! — Savannah Dawson
Last night’s show was one of the best I’ve ever watched. Comedic, yet emotionally vulnerable — I could be in stitches and the next moment subtly wipe away a tear as the script touched parts of my own life. — Taylyn
Clever, sharp, delicious. — The Cape Robyn
Featured in Cue Magazine, IOL, and The Cape Robyn.
