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''[[No Christmas For Us]]'' is a play by [[Nokuzola Zoe Bikwana]] ()
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''[[No Christmas For Us]]'' is a play by [[Nokuzola Zoe Bikwana]].
  
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==The original text==
  
 
Bikwana’s play explores the events that took place in Nyanga in December 1976 which culminated in extreme violence between township residents and migrants, otherwise known as hostel dwellers.  
 
Bikwana’s play explores the events that took place in Nyanga in December 1976 which culminated in extreme violence between township residents and migrants, otherwise known as hostel dwellers.  
  
 
It was one of the two winners of the 2016 [[SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition]], alongside [[Milton Schorr]]’s ''[[The Heroin Diaries]]''.
 
It was one of the two winners of the 2016 [[SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition]], alongside [[Milton Schorr]]’s ''[[The Heroin Diaries]]''.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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2016: An excerpt was performed with the help of the [[Zabalaza Theatre Festival]] as a staged reading at the [[SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition]] in September.
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2018: Performed in an adapted form by the [[IGugu-Lethu Arts Academy]] under the tutelage of [[Tsepo Ya Rona]], inter alia under the patronage of the project ''Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation'' at the [[Stellenbosch University Museum]], on 4 September.
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== Sources ==
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https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/City-Vision/scribes-seeded-in-folklore-20161012-2
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Announcement of the  [[Igugulethu Arts Academy]] production (31 August, 2018)
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 29 November 2019

No Christmas For Us is a play by Nokuzola Zoe Bikwana.

The original text

Bikwana’s play explores the events that took place in Nyanga in December 1976 which culminated in extreme violence between township residents and migrants, otherwise known as hostel dwellers.

It was one of the two winners of the 2016 SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition, alongside Milton Schorr’s The Heroin Diaries.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2016: An excerpt was performed with the help of the Zabalaza Theatre Festival as a staged reading at the SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition in September.

2018: Performed in an adapted form by the IGugu-Lethu Arts Academy under the tutelage of Tsepo Ya Rona, inter alia under the patronage of the project Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation at the Stellenbosch University Museum, on 4 September.

Sources

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/City-Vision/scribes-seeded-in-folklore-20161012-2

Announcement of the Igugulethu Arts Academy production (31 August, 2018)


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page