London Road
A play by Nicholas Spagnoletti.
The original text
After an act of violence in a block of flats in London Road, Seapoint, Cape Town, two women - a Jewish widow and a Nigerian immigrant - find themselves stranded together like the flotsam and jetsam washed up on the beach front. Brought together by circumstances, they find that many themes unite them – absent men, scattered families, broken relationships, a dark sense of humour and survival.
Performances
2006: Produced as a rehearsed play-reading at the Intimate Theatre, Cape Town. The script was runner up for Best Play and won the Audience Choice award at the PANSA New South African Playwriting Competition.
2006:
The text had two play-readings over the years.
The first professional production, , a collaboration by the author with the director and cast, was in 2010 by KBT Productions, directed by Lara Bye at the Kalk Bay Theatre, with Robyn Scott and Ntomboxolo Makhutshi. Set, props and costume design by Craig Leo, lighting design by Faheem Bardien and original sound by Braam Du Toit. The play later transferred to the Fugard Theatre and other venues, a number of winning awards. (Olive Schreiner Prize for drama 2012, three Fleur du Cap Awards, the Naledi Award for Best Actress 2011 and in 2010 the Standard Bank Golden Ovation Award), The popular production travelled widely nationally and internationally, between 2010 and 2012.
The text was published by Junkets in 2012. The text won the Olive Schreiner Prize for Drama in 2012. This prestigious award is presented to new writers by the English Academy of Southern Africa in recognition of outstanding original works in English. They must be written by a citizen of a Southern African country and published in Southern Africa and prizes are awarded for poetry, drama or prose. Previous winners include writers such as John Kani and Finuala Dowling.
Die Kaapse aktrise Robyn Scott is op die randfees van die pas afgelope Edinburgse toneelfees (2013) as beste aktrise vir haar vertolking in die Suid-Afrikaanse toneelstuk London Road, Seapoint aangewys.
Malan, Wilson and Fick. 2013. Now I Am Alone 1: pp.26-29
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