Coupé
Coupé is a comedy workshopped by the company of the premiere production, staged at the National Arts Festival in 2006.
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Subject
Three strangers board a long-distance train in South Africa and discover they are all booked into the same Second Class three-sleeper coupé.
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Performance history in South Africa
2006: Staged by the Fortune Cookie Theatre Company at the Grahamstown Festival, directed by Sue Pam-Grant, with Sylvaine Strike (Felicity Strasbourg), Gerard Bester (Duane Buckman), Brian Webber (Francois le Grange), Toni Morkel (Shunter). The production was then moved to the Wits Theatre Complex in Johannesburg. It was awarded the Naledi Awards for: Best Actress in a Comedy (Sylvaine Strike), Best Actor in a Comedy (Gerard Bester), Best Cutting Edge Play, Best Ensemble Piece, Best Musical Score (Philip Miller), Best Lighting (Declan Randall) and Best Set Design (Chen Nakar).
2008: The same production was staged at the Johannesburg Arts Alive International Festival.
Sources
Fortune Cookie Theatre Company Website [1].
The Star, 20 July 2006.
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