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2023: Directed by [[Dara Beth]] with [[Kamogelo Mhlantla]] and [[Samantha Carlisle]], the play was performed at [[Graeme College]] as part of [[The Fringe]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] in July, followed by performances at [[Theatre Arts]], Observatory from 28 July to 2 August, the ''[[Cradle of Creativity]]'' and the ''[[Woordfees]]'' in Stellenbosch.
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2016: The play premiered at [[Graeme College]] as part of [[The Fringe]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] in July, where it won a Silver Ovation Award..
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2023. Performed at [[Theatre Arts]], Observatory from 28 July to 2 August, directed by [[Dara Beth]] with [[Kamogelo Mhlantla]] and [[Samantha Carlisle]], followed by performances at the ''[[Cradle of Creativity]]'' and the ''[[Woordfees]]'' in Stellenbosch.
  
 
==Performances abroad==
 
==Performances abroad==

Revision as of 19:19, 18 August 2024

The Year of the Bicycle is a play by Joanna Evans

The original text

A play about Amelia and Andile, children from very different backgrounds, who befriend one another over a garden wall. Ten years later, they have become estranged, and, in separate accidents, fall into a concussion at the same moment. They meet again in each other’s confused minds. In the process of trying to piece together fragments of self, their memories draw them back to 1997 – the year their friendship was shattered by a place in which it is impossible for even a child to feel at ease.

The text published by Junkets Publisher in 2016.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2016: The play premiered at Graeme College as part of The Fringe at the National Arts Festival in July, where it won a Silver Ovation Award..

2023. Performed at Theatre Arts, Observatory from 28 July to 2 August, directed by Dara Beth with Kamogelo Mhlantla and Samantha Carlisle, followed by performances at the Cradle of Creativity and the Woordfees in Stellenbosch.

Performances abroad

2017: Performed by the Upstream Theater at the Kranzberg Arts Center in St Louis, USA Directed by Philip Boehm with Eric J. Conners and Magan Wiles.


Sources

WeekendSpecial[1]

https://snoopstheatrethoughts.com/2017/02/02/upstreams-year-of-the-bicycle-is-a-vivid-fantastical-mind-trip/

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