Expelled

Expelled is a play by Rosalind Butler.

Original text

Expelled is a family drama, darkly comedic at times, which focuses on the largely ungoverned world of social media. Alex, a Matric pupil at an elite school, gets caught up in a viral scandal and is suspended. Once shared, lives alter in seconds, what’s seen cannot be unseen. The ramifications for his family are profound.

Expelled was created out of How Now Brown Cow’s script development program, The Writers’ Collective during lockdown in 2020.

Performance history in South Africa

2024: Presented by How Now Brown Cow Productions at Studio Theatre at The Baxter (7 February - 2 March 2024) and The Market Theatre (in association with, 7 March - 31 March 2024). Cast: (Lou) Charmaine Weir-Smith, (Rich) Antony Coleman, (Alex) Nicolas Hattingh, (Headmaster, on screen) Graham Hopkins, (Cass, on screen) Amelia Smith, (Boys, on screen) Luke Robertson & Matthew McKenzie. Director Craig Freimond; Production Design (Set, Lighting, Costume, Video Concept) Kieran McGregor; Video Content Design Daniel Rutland Manners; Photography Brett Rubin & Daniel Rutland Manners; Stage Manager Loren Nel; Filming and Editing Keaton Ditchfield of Ditchfield Productions; Set Construction Gerhard Morkel; Cape Town Publicity Christine Skinner; Johannesburg Publicity Collett Dawson; Social Media Management for HNBC Alyssa Harrison; Choir in recordings St David’s Marist Inanda; Choral Director Jaco Ferreira; Head of Music Ceri Moelwyn-Hughes.

Sources

https://www.hownowbrowncow.co.za/productions/expelled

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