The White Bear in association with Aces & Eights present(posted 8059 days ago)MISSING
By Reza De Wet directed by Derek Goldby translated by Steven Stead
A mother keeps her daughter under constant supervision on a remote small-holding during the Depression, where they earn a living sewing sacks for the mountains of manure brought to them by surrounding farmers. The father, who is never seen, exiled himself to the loft some ten years before the play starts, leaving the women to run the farm.
The night the action takes place is a strange one: haunting music fills the air from the nearby fairground, forbidden to the daughter. This night is the anniversary of several mysterious disappearances of young women from their homes in the village. It is expected that the killer, or abductor, of these girls will strike again.
2 - 21 April 2002 Tues - Sat 7.30pm, Sundays 4pm Tickets £8 (£6 conc) Box office: 020 7793 9193
Getting here: 138 Kennington Park Road London SE11 4RB (Two minutes from Kennington Tube) Bus: 133
About the Writer:
Reza De Wet is one of South Africa's foremost playwrights. She has received numerous awards, most recently the Vita Prize for Best Script. Her plays include African Gothic (the first play to be produced by the Market Theatre Johannesburg), In a Different Light (Market Theatre), Miracle (Grahamstown Festival), Yelena (State Theatre) and Three Sisters 2 (Karoo Festival, Oudtshoorn). Three Sisters 2 was subsequently produced at The Orange Tree earlier this year. Her novel Stil Mathilda was published in 1995.