Lot

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Lot ("Fate") is a site-specific play by Nicola Hanekom.

The original text

Designed to be staged in an open field across from a train station, the play is part of an award-winning trilogy of site specific plays, the other two plays being Betésda and Babbel.

They were first performed in 2011.

Translations and adaptations

Lot was translated into English by Ilze Brüggeman, entitled Fate. Published by Proyecto 34°S, 2011.

Performance history in South Africa

2011: It was first performed at the KKNK, directed by Hanekom, with Stian Bam, Neels van Jaarsveld, Tinarie van Wyk Loots, Brendon Daniels, Lerato Motshwarakgole and Jacques Theron.

2011: Performed at the Aardklop festival in Potchefstroom.

2012: The same production was later staged by the State Theatre at a site in Frans Odendaal Street, Pretoria.

Awards

Lot won three KYKnet Fiesta Awards in 2012 (including Best Production, Best Supporting Actor Neels van Jaarsveld).

Sources

Artslink [1]

Beeld, 26 September 2011.

http://www.senwes.co.za/af-ZA/News/Article/View/Klop_aan_vir_Aardklop.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site-specific_theatre

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