Aurora Metro Books, 2014

Aurora Metro Books

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Scenes: 4, Roles: Total (3), Female (3), Male (0), Unassigned (0)

...Beyond the Big Bangs tracks a day in the life of three female characters both as they interact with each other and in their individual engagements of the day. The structure of dialogues and long monologues is quite unique and is testimony...

Aurora Metro Books, 2014

Aurora Metro Books

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (7), Female (1), Male (6), Unassigned (0)

...Duped is a satire which is set on an airship designed to carry out covert operations for the South African government to safeguard the security of the country and international delegates visiting our shores. The cleverness of the work...

Aurora Metro Books, 2022

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Acts: 3, Scenes: 16, Roles: Total (6), Female (2), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...A South African journalist, Karen Strydom, is in hiding in the little Indian township of Reoca, in the house once occupied by former journalist and anti-Apartheid activist, Seema Sewlal. Having witnessed the murder...

Aurora Metro Books, 2017

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Scenes: 8, Roles: Total (6), Female (0), Male (6), Unassigned (0)

...Set in post-Apartheid South Africa, Into the Grey is a harrowing drama depicting the twenty-nine year association between two Durban activists who battle a variety of challenges as their country stumbles towards a bleak future...

Aurora Metro Books, 2014

Aurora Metro Books

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Scenes: 8, Roles: Total (5), Female (0), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

...Reoca Light is a tribute to the art of traditional storytelling. It traces the history of a family who had first arrived in South Africa as indentured labourers having relocated from India. The great, great grandfather had dreamed of having...

Aurora Metro Books, 2017

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 15

...Shooting is a harrowing one-man play about a promising young football prodigy named Ishaan Singh, who is murdered as a young adult. The story is told through the eyes of his cousin, Jehan Singh, a young lawyer who has returned from...

Aurora Metro Books, 2014

Aurora Metro Books

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Acts: 4, Roles: Total (8), Female (3), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

...Spice ’n Stuff takes the depiction of women as mothers, wives, employees, employers and friends further by engaging the central character, Rita, in all of these roles. Rita is a shop owner who faces economic and personal challenges...

Aurora Metro Books, 2017

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Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (2), Female (1), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...Through a satirical lens, Swing follows the relationship between a mixed-race Durban tennis player, Samantha Gopal, and her father/coach, Ram Gopal, as they confront many obstacles in a society that undervalues the girl/child.  ...

Aurora Metro Books, 2014

Aurora Metro Books

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Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (6), Female (1), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

...Set during the time that much of the international community perceived as the “honeymoon period” for South Africa, a period between the mid 1990s and the early years of the new millennium, during which time the iconic Nelson Mandela served...