London Road

A play Nicholas Spagnoletti, written in collaboration with the director and cast.

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. Themes unite them – absent men, scattered families, broken relationships, a dark sense of humour and survival.

The script won the Audience Choice award at the PANSA new South African Playwriting Competition in 2007, and had two play-readings over the years.

The first professional production 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 2011.