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WORLD PREMIERE AT KBT – LONDON ROAD OPENS MARCH 11, 2010

“LONDON ROAD”, a tender, funny and heartbreaking story about two women from diverse backgrounds, will premiere at the Kalk Bay Theatre on 11 March. The script won the Audience Choice award at the PANSA new South African Playwriting competition in 2007 and an award-winning, all-South African, stellar creative team will bring the full production to life.

“London Road is a simple and intimate reflection on growing old, loneliness, fragmented families and the healing power of a friendship,” says director Lara Bye. “It is a glimpse into the private lives of two very different women living in a block of flats in London Road in Sea Point.”

On the surface, Stella and Rosa Kaplowitz have nothing in common. Stella is a young Nigerian woman living in a damp, converted storage room. Long distant family, dodgy gangsters and a sense of survival makes her very mistrusting of the gestures of strangers. Rosa is an elderly Jewish widow living in a flat on the fifth floor. Her children and grandchildren live in Australia and Israel so she keeps herself occupied by becoming very involved in the business of her neighbourhood. She is determined to fight against age and illness, but her body and memory start to fail her – how can she remember every detail of a long past love affair, but accidently shop lift a tin of Milo from the Pick ‘n Pay?

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Opening week special! Tickets to the performances on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 March are R65 per ticket. To book contact 073-220 5430 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              073-220 5430      end_of_the_skype_highlighting or visit www.kbt.co.za

Production information:
Production: London Road, presented by KBT Productions
Written by: Nicholas Spagnoletti
Directed by: Lara Bye
Venue: Kalk Bay Theatre
Dates: 11 March to 10 April 2010
Cast: Robyn Scott and Ntomboxolo Makhutshi
Set, props and costume design by Craig Leo
Lighting Design by Faheem Bardien
Original Sound by Braam Du Toit