The Stadium
A 2001 play by Smal Ndaba and Phyllis Klotz. "The stadium" is township slang for a place where a man takes a woman, who is not his girlfriend or partner, to have casual sex. A play about the risk of unprotected sex. All the action takes place in a shebeen.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2001: First staged by the Sibikwa Players in the Wits Theatre Complex in July 2001, directed by Smal Ndaba and Phyllis Klotz, with Ntombi Maphosa, Thabang Masupha, Phillip Ndaba, Zakhele Msimango, Linda Mahlangu, Simon Sidumo and Sibulele Gcilitshana - music composed by Junior Sokhela. At he National Arts Festival 5-7 July, including Lebo Mathosa in the cast. Set and costumes Sarah Roberts, lighting Michael Maxwell.
Sources
The Citizen, 23 July 2001.
NAF souvenir programme, 2001. p. 69.
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