Coupé

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Coupé is a comedy workshopped by the company of the premiere production, staged at the National Arts Festival in 2006.

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.

Translations and adaptations

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, Gerard Bester, Brian Webber, Toni Morkel. The production was then moved to the Market Theatre 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].

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