Baobabs Don't Grow Here - Revision history

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#REDIRECT [[Boababs Don't Grow Here]]

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−	''[[Baobabs Don't Grow Here]]'' is a two-hander [[physical theatre]] piece by by [[Sylvaine Strike]], [[James Cunningham]] and [[Helen Iskander]].	+	''[[Baobabs Don't Grow Here]]'' is a two-hander [[physical theatre]] piece by [[Sylvaine Strike]], [[James Cunningham]] and [[Helen Iskander]].

	==The original text==		==The original text==

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 ''[[Baobabs Don't Grow Here]]'' is a two-hander [[physical theatre]] piece by by [[Sylvaine Strike]], [[James Cunningham]] and [[Helen Iskander]].
 ==The original text==
-The piece follows the journey of a Romany couple who flee Eastern Europe to find Africa's giant baobab tree in hopes of gaining fertility and strength for their children. The two actors play various characters as the story winds its way through Europe, North Africa and finally ends in South Africa. In the process the play tells a love story dealing with a married couple's volatility, jealousy, dreams, passion and love, using comedy, mime, live accordion music, puppetry and a set that transforms to create different images.[https://iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/2003-12-19-husband-and-wife-perform-baobabs-at-baxter/]
+The piece follows the journey of a Romany couple who flee Eastern Europe to find Africa's giant Baobab[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_digitata] tree in hopes of gaining fertility and strength for their children. The two actors play various characters as the story winds its way through Europe, North Africa and finally ends in South Africa. In the process the play tells a love story dealing with a married couple's volatility, jealousy, dreams, passion and love, using comedy, mime, live accordion music, puppetry and a set that transforms to create different images.[https://iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/2003-12-19-husband-and-wife-perform-baobabs-at-baxter/]
 The text was co-devised by [[Sylvaine Strike]] with [[James Cunningham]] and [[Helen Iskander]] and first performed by the theatre company [[Fresco Theatre]] in 2002.

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Boababs Don't Grow Here]]	+
		+	''[[Baobabs Don't Grow Here]]'' is a two-hander [[physical theatre]] piece by by [[Sylvaine Strike]], [[James Cunningham]] and [[Helen Iskander]].
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		+	In some sources the name of the tree is spelled as ''[[Boababs Don't Grow Here]]''
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		+	==The original text==
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		+	The piece follows the journey of a Romany couple who flee Eastern Europe to find Africa's giant baobab tree in hopes of gaining fertility and strength for their children. The two actors play various characters as the story winds its way through Europe, North Africa and finally ends in South Africa. In the process the play tells a love story dealing with a married couple's volatility, jealousy, dreams, passion and love, using comedy, mime, live accordion music, puppetry and a set that transforms to create different images.[https://iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/2003-12-19-husband-and-wife-perform-baobabs-at-baxter/]
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		+	The text was co-devised by [[Sylvaine Strike]] with [[James Cunningham]] and [[Helen Iskander]] and first performed by the theatre company [[Fresco Theatre]] in 2002.
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		+	==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	==Performance history==
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		+	2002-3: First staged in Johannesburg by the theatre company [[Fresco Theatre]], directed by [[Sylvaine Strike]] and performed by [[ James Cunningham]] and [[Helen Iskander]]. The play then went on tour of a range of cities, including Durban, Grahamstown, Oudtshoorn, Windhoek and Harare, before undertaking a 9 week tour of the United Kingdom, including a run at the [[Edinburgh Festival]].
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		+	2004: On its return to South Africa, the play was staged at the [[Baxter Theatre\|Baxter Theatre Studio]] in Cape Town from 6 to 24 January.
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		+	==Awards==
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		+	The play won a Total Theatre Award at the [[Edinburgh Festival]] and earned [[Sylvaine Strike]] the [[Fleur du Cap Award]] as Best New Director.
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		+	==Sources==
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