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Steriel will enjoy a short season at Artscape from August 21 before it leaves on its European tour to Antwerp, Amsterdam and The Hague. This project of the Artscape New Writing Programme will be presented in the Artscape Arena.

Steriel is an exciting, contemporary Afrikaans drama, written by Gideon van Eeden. The play explores the friendship between two ambulance men working on the Cape Flats, and the difficulties they have to overcome in their jobs. They have to rescue the injured, face the flying bullets, and, above all, come to terms with their own demons.

Van Eeden studied at the Tshwane University of Technology and made his debut as television actor in the ever-popular, series, Egoli. He started his career as a creative writer in the music competition, Zing!, which was featured on kykNET. He has recently completed a new play for the Artscape New Writing Programme entitled, Pônou.

Steriel is directed by veteran theatre director and actor, Ralph Lawson. The production features popular actor Ivan Abrahams as Donovan Vermaak, while Gideon van Eeden plays Francois Lourens and Travis Snyders will be seen as Rasul Stoffels. Designs are by Dicky Longhurst, with lighting by Faheem Bardien and original music and sound design by Shaun Michau.

The preview performance will be on Wednesday, August 21 at 20:30 at the Artscape Arena. The discounted ticket price is only R45 per person. If you have a group of 10 or more there is a further discount of 10% for the group booking.

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Venue

Date: 21 August 2008
Location: Artscape Arena, Cape Town
Cost: R45

Contact: Daniel Dercksen
Company name: The Writing Studio
Telephone number: 072 474 1079 or 021 425 5355 (office hours)
Email address daniel@writingstudio.co.za