Gen Z revisit olde world

THEATRE: TAKE AUDIENCES TO GLITZ DEPICTED IN FITZGERALD'S NOVEL

- Hein Kaiser

It's a bit of a mind flip to think that the Roaring Twenties was a hundred or so years ago and, in a way, we are there again, a century later.

Both times, the Gen Zs of each era led part of the revolution. Except this time, there's US President Trump's bark, conflict's bite and the sexual revolution and decadence of the '60s that have long passed.

We're in an era of change, but so too, were the previous '20s a time for reckless abandon.

There was champagne on tap, sequins for days and the kind of excess that hid heartbreak behind a glass of whatever looked and tasted good, says Gen Z actress Carmen Jooste, 22.

She is one of the lead cast members of Gatsby - A Cirque Extravaganza that takes audiences to the world as it was in F Scott Fitzgerald's novel.