Laraine Lane

Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She wrote a play called The Snakebird about the family of a veteran of the Angola border war, a war that could not be won, and the effect it had on him and on his family and loved ones, it is described in the publicity pieces as "a thriller which takes the audience on a spine-chilling journey of puzzles, magic, ghosts, lost dreams and new promises"[1].

This was first staged in The Laager at the Market Theatre 20 October - 24 November 2001, as part of the Barney Simon Young Writers’ Festival, directed by Marguerite Albrecht, with Nicky Rebelo (Manfred), Antoinette Kellerman (Estelle), Amanda Lane (Hannah) and Neels Clasen (Pikkie).