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Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice: Five South African Plays
Ashwin Singh
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Description for Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice: Five South African Plays
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Singh's plays reflect, in different ways, on the complexities and contradictions of life in post-Apartheid South Africa. Set in South Africa's third largest and most diverse city, focussing on people of Indian origin and their relationship with other South African communities, these five plays, “undres[s] Durban, as they take us away from the neon lights and 'candy floss' to the reality of the underbelly of post-Apartheid urban and suburban existence.” Professor Betty Govinden Singh is a three-time national award winner for playwriting via the PANSA Playreading Festival (South Africa's foremost playwriting contest). Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice is an anthology of ... Read more
Singh's plays reflect, in different ways, on the complexities and contradictions of life in post-Apartheid South Africa. Set in South Africa's third largest and most diverse city, focussing on people of Indian origin and their relationship with other South African communities, these five plays, “undres[s] Durban, as they take us away from the neon lights and 'candy floss' to the reality of the underbelly of post-Apartheid urban and suburban existence.” Professor Betty Govinden Singh is a three-time national award winner for playwriting via the PANSA Playreading Festival (South Africa's foremost playwriting contest). Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice is an anthology of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Aurora Metro Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Twickenham, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906582425
SKU
V9781906582425
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Ref
99-1
About Ashwin Singh
Ashwin Singh is an attorney, lecturer, playwright, actor and director. He has been internationally published as both a playwright and an academic author. Aurora Metro Books published his play To House in the 2006 anthology New South African Plays and Catalina UnLtd have just published his play Spice 'n Stuff in the anthology, The Catalina Collection. Singh is a three-time ... Read more
Reviews for Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice: Five South African Plays
“To House is an important piece of theatre; in it people voice opinions that are uncomfortable and edgy. The cathartic and therapeutic value of hearing these things said aloud in a public place is part of our essential healing process and proves, once again, that art has the ability to go where angels fear to tread.” Daily News, Durban “Singh's ... Read more