Rive Productions Premieres KLIPPIES at Southwark Playhouse Tonight

The world premiere of South African playwright Jessica Siân's Klippies comes to Southwark Playhouse in May, presented by Rive Productions and directed by Chelsea Walker with designs by Holly Pigott. The production runs tonight 13 May - Saturday 6 June 2015. Press night: Monday, 18 May 2015 at 8pm.

I slip into Thandi's bed in the night.

I crack her ribs and climb deep inside her chest

So I never have to leave

Johannesburg. 2014. Summer.

Yolandi is listening to rap-rave music and helping her brother bust parts from her teacher's car. Thandi is swotting for her exams and keeping well away from any distractions.

In the stifling heat, two teenagers collide. Downing Klipdrift brandy, they create an alliance away from everything else. But scars take time to heal and, as the thunder threatens to strike, the real world crashes in.

Following a rehearsed reading at HighTide Festival in 2013, Rive Productions present the world premiere of this extraordinary new play by South African playwright Jessica Siân.

Casting and further creative details to be announced.

Playwright Jessica Siân is a South-African born playwright and actor based in London. Klippies is her first full-length play. Jessica has acted at the Bush Theatre, Latitude Festival, Southwark Playhouse and Theatre503. She trained on the Royal Court Young Writers program. Previous work includes short pieces for Theatre503's Rapid Write Response and Papercut Theatre's XY at Edinburgh Festival. She writes to explore her relationship to her native South Africa, trying to make sense of the legacy apartheid has left in its wake.

Director Chelsea Walker trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice. Directing credits include Lean (Tristan Bates Theatre), Ocean of Loneliness (Lost Theatre), Citizens (Theatre503), Occupied (Bad Host at the Bush Theatre). Upcoming direction includes Chicken Dust (Finborough). As Assistant Director, credits include Routes (Royal Court Theatre), The Little Mermaid (Bristol Old Vic), Candida (Theatre Royal Bath) and Brimstone and Treacle (Arcola Theatre). Chelsea is currently a reader for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and Hampstead Theatre.

DETAILS:

KLIPPIES

Venue: Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD

Nearest Tube: Borough / Elephant and Castle

Performances: Wednesday 13 May - Saturday 6 June 2015; Monday to Saturday at 8pm & Saturday matinees at 3.30pm

Box Office: Online - www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk (24 HOURS/NO BOOKING FEES); By Telephone - 020 7407 0234 (NO BOOKING FEES)

Ticket Prices: Previews - £10; £18, £16 (conc.); Concessions - Students, Under 16's, Unwaged, Registered disabled, Over 65's; Registered disabled patrons can bring one companion free of charge.