No Complaints, New Day, New Dawn

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No Complaints, New Day, New Dawn is a play by Carlo Daniels


The original text

Written as a response to Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, IT IS a physical drama that explores the marriage of two clowns Wendy and Wanda. Wendy is trapped in a situation and is searching for a way out. Inside her house she circles through her thoughts as they swirl through the past into the future and rush back to the present while her husband Wanda naps the day away. Whilst she finds fascination in her thoughts, she is searching for the opportunity that will end these long days under the hot sun.

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Performance history in South Africa

2022: First performed at Theatre Arts, Observatory, Cape Town, in late November 2022, directed by Carlo Daniels with Donnay Arendse, Tshegofatso Mabutla, Beviol Swartz and Siphenathi Mayekiso. Set, costume and lighting design by Themba Stewart, photos by Jeremeo le Cordeur, music by Shane Jacobs and poster design by Warren Turner.

Sources

https://theatrearts.co.za/programmes/ta-emerging-theatre-directors-bursary-alumni/carlo-daniels-no-complaints-new-day-new-dawn/

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