(Philisiwe
Twijnstra. Pic Val Adamson)
Durban award winning playwright, actor and
theatre director, Philisiwe Twijnstra, will be jetting off to Canada to attend
the public reading of her play, The Red
Suitcase.
Twijnstra is a recipient winner for CASA
award Residency (2018) ‘Not Enough Buses
in Spring. She was shortlisted for Short Sharp Stories (2017) for her Little black Sandals. She wrote her
PANSA award winning play Salty Pillows
(2017).
The
Red Suitcase is selected by Zee Zee Theatre Company
and she will be attending the first public reading of the text on the April 26,
2018. The trip is made possible by the Canadian Council supported by
Assitej_ZA. The Red Suitcase will feature
Bailey Soleil Creed and Kris Kuruneri under the direction of Cameron Mackenzie.
Zee Zee Theatre a Canadian theatre company that
was founded in 2008 as a company devoted to telling small stories in the lives
of the marginalised.
“I am very honoured and excited that my
play has a chance to grow more wings. I am looking forward to hear the reading
by Canadian actors and I am grateful to be recognised as a young playwright,
this is another huge step for my career.”
For more information, visit http://zeezeetheatre.ca/2017-2018-3-2/2017-2018zee-zee-goes-global/
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