(Derosha
Moodley, Yogeshan Pillay, Rory Booth, Maeshnie Naicker, Adam Dore, Raeesa
Mahomed, M, Kirthi Nepaul, Bianca Francis, Goonam Pillay. Kneeling: Hamish Kyd)
Currently broadcasting (from May 22) at 09h45
from Mondays to Fridays and then repeated Monday to Thursday at 21h30 and
Friday at 20h45 on Lotus
FM is Bottled Up, a drama written by
Samantha Govender and directed by Raeesa Mahomed.
Lotus FM
continues to produce high quality dramas that are of relevance to its audience
and at the same time fulfils its public broadcasting mandate of addressing
important social issues. “Our dramas are, most importantly, entertaining- never
overly didactic- but at the same time they inform and educate,” says the
station’s drama producer, Raeesa Mahomed.
Bottled Up centres on the story of a woman seeking
comfort in a bottle of alcohol for dealing with the loss of her baby and then
becomes an addiction that is very difficult to beat. Her life slowly unravels
until she is forced to face her demons.
The
drama is written by local theatre personality Samantha Govender and directed by
Raeesa Mahomed. It features a cast of up and coming actors as well as known and
established voices like Maeshnie Naicker, Derosha Moodley and Rory Booth.
“It is a
short series of 20 episodes and will then be followed by Lotus FM’s annual
Shakespeare production. The station produces the matric Shakespeare setwork as
a radio drama which has been translated into modern English. This year it’s Hamlet, but more about that next time,”
adds Mahomed.
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