SOLO (2014)
Winner of the Cape Triangular Trophy (2014)
Directed and Devised by Hannah Lax
Scenic Design: Hannah Lax
Costume Design: Hannah Lax
Puppetry Design: Hannah Lax
Lighting Design: Tersia du Plessis
Sound Design: Hannah Lax and Shawn Sankey
Box Theatre, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
1820 Settlers Monument, Grahamstown, South Africa
"There is an old harbour down at the end of the road. Where the lights of the ships sit on the
water like fat ladies, glittering in their bobbing darkness. There is a woman who sits there, catching memories as they float past her in paper boats.
Sink back into the big blue with something solitary / that looks and feels and smells/ a little
like a moment of aloneness / a little like a moment of togetherness/ you once knew/ but have now forgotten."
Solo is a visual and physical theatre feast. It follows the story of a little girl drowned in a harbour, and her mother’s journey to see her again.
Photos by Mia van der Merwe
“Solo is seamlessly put together and leaves its audience sobbing. Lax masterfully fills the theatre with this surreal and desolate piece.”
