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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. | 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. | ||
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Revision as of 16:38, 5 March 2015
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.
The text was published by Junkets in 2012 and won the Olive Schreiner Prize for Drama in 2012.
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 NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New writing.
2008: A play-reading at the Sanlam Studio Theatre, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town.
2010: The first professional production, a collaboration by the author with the director and cast, by KBT Productions, was 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.
2010 to 2012: The same production had a run at the Fugard Theatre and other venues in 2010, before travelling widely nationally and internationally.
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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