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| − | ''[[Suburbanalia]]'' tracks a chaotic extended family over the course of one Sunday. | + | ''[[Suburbanalia]]'' tracks a chaotic extended family over the course of one Sunday. While three generations of the family enjoy a lunch specially prepared in honour of the youngest son’s new boyfriend – who the family are meeting for the first time – the stresses and strains of the personal and political, the present and the past, reveal the fault lines, and bed rock of the relationships in this average middle class Cape Town family. |
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 2012: Presented at the [[PANSA]] festival of new South African playwriting in Cape Town on the 18 and 19 May at the [[Magnet Theatre]]. Directed by [[Jacqueline Dommisse]], with a cast including [[Jason Potgieter]], [[Mark Elderkin]]. | + | 2012: Presented at the [[PANSA]] festival of new South African playwriting in Cape Town on the 18 and 19 May at the [[Magnet Theatre]] and the [[Catalina Theatre]] in June. Directed by [[Jacqueline Dommisse]], with a cast including [[Jason Potgieter]], [[Mark Elderkin]], [[Keeno-Lee Hector]], [[Anne Hirsh]], [[Melissa Hayden]], [[Terry Norton]] and [[David Muller]]. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
'PANSA Playground for Playwrights', Carla Lever, 1 June 2012. | 'PANSA Playground for Playwrights', Carla Lever, 1 June 2012. | ||
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| + | 'Durban’s Ashwin Singh runner-up in Writing Competition', ''[[ShowMe]]'', 29 May 2012 | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:06, 8 January 2024
Suburbanalia is a play by Peter Hayes (1966-2013)
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The original text
Suburbanalia tracks a chaotic extended family over the course of one Sunday. While three generations of the family enjoy a lunch specially prepared in honour of the youngest son’s new boyfriend – who the family are meeting for the first time – the stresses and strains of the personal and political, the present and the past, reveal the fault lines, and bed rock of the relationships in this average middle class Cape Town family.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2012: Presented at the PANSA festival of new South African playwriting in Cape Town on the 18 and 19 May at the Magnet Theatre and the Catalina Theatre in June. Directed by Jacqueline Dommisse, with a cast including Jason Potgieter, Mark Elderkin, Keeno-Lee Hector, Anne Hirsh, Melissa Hayden, Terry Norton and David Muller.
Sources
'PANSA Playground for Playwrights', Carla Lever, 1 June 2012.
'Durban’s Ashwin Singh runner-up in Writing Competition', ShowMe, 29 May 2012
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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