Three Weeks, Edinburgh
29 Nov 2013
London Road, Sea Point’ is a truly wonderful piece of theatre. Robyn Scott and Ntombi Makhutshi are nothing short of glorious as a Jewish widow and a Nigerian immigrant, an unlikely duo thrust together by chance and circumstance, who discover they have more in common than they thought. The perceptibly …read more
The Stage, Edinburgh
29 Nov 2013
Not all good stories are about big things. Sometimes epic stakes can be found in the smallest of relationships. Nicholas Spagnoletti’s London Road, Sea Point shows how everyday encounters can change lives. Rosa is a Jewish grandmother who lives in the same block as Stella, an immigrant from Nigeria. This …read more
Fourth Wall Magazine, Edinburgh
29 Nov 2013
Sometimes drama need not be an overwhelming, thrilling ride. Sometimes drama is in the minutiae of our daily lives. Rosa and Stella’s story is compellingly told, with a real sense of the passage of time and a deepening of love between two women, drawn together by simple circumstance and held …read more
A Younger Theatre, Dan Hutton
29 Nov 2013
It was almost a treat to receive this rather negative review which makes the rest of the hysterical praise all the sweeter. London Road is a street in the now-affluent Cape Town suburb of Sea Point. But it wasn’t always that way. It was once seen as a dangerous area …read more
The Heart of Kindness – Steve Kretzmann
2 Dec 2011
Our humanity is best, and perhaps only, expressed when we do the unexpected, such as showing compassion to a stranger or, conversely, being unnecessarily cruel and malicious to a friend or family member. London Road focuses on the former, revealing how a random act of kindness can enrich people’s lives …read more
Faheem abz Abrahams – Whats on in Cape Town
29 Nov 2011
This is a very down-to-earth tale of loss, loneliness, and the exquisite loveliness of deep friendship in a production that perfectly balances subtly-evoked emotion with witty absurdity.
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NATALIE BOSMAN – The Citizen
4 Mar 2011
“Robyn Scott walks onto the stage as the aged Jewish grandmother Rosa (pearls, cardigan and all) and without saying a word has the audience in stitches.” …read more
thedailymaverick.co.za – ‘London Road’, where disparate yet alluring characters meet
4 Mar 2011
“All the Jewish men went home and called their mothers. A few elderly women trembled a little in fear of what lies ahead, while any Nigerian drug dealers reckoned they came out of it looking pretty decent. And everyone in the audience agreed they really had seen a very special piece of theatre.” …read more
Tonight – Long, lonely road is less daunting with a friend
4 Mar 2011
“It is in their reaching out that the two women touch their audience.” …read more
Business Day
4 Mar 2011
“What unfolds is a warm, witty and wise drama, told in snapshots, that is sentimental without being schmaltzy, stirring without being manipulative” …read more
