The Girl in the Yellow Dress

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South African writer Craig Higginsons powerful new play is a dark, witty and sexually-charged psychological drama told through the eyes of a beautiful English teacher and her French-Congolese pupil. A state of the nation exploration of the tensions between the first and third worlds the play explores issues around language, power, identity, sex, past trauma, class, exile and refugees. An exciting new co-production from the internationally-renowned Market Theatre from South Africa and two of the UKs most prestigious theatre companies.

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"This gripping two-hander is a highlight of the Traverse programme. Higginson packs a lot in under the seemingly innocuous guise of a young English woman giving language lessons to a French-Congolese student in contemporary Paris"-Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard Higginson is clearly gifted. He not only filters pressing concerns about race, prejudice and power through a highly charged two-hander, but he wraps it all up in a witty discourse about language itself.-Daily Telegraph It is unusual and fascinating to see a play investigate the extent to which words can shape our thoughts and feelings as much as vice versa. -Financial Times Exposes some painfully ugly truths about race and class, wealth and victimhoodwritten and directed with great skill-The Scotsman Higginsons slick, precise dialogue builds the tension nicely. There is, quite plainly, a formidable intellect at play... this piece challenges our received assumptions about ideology, language and sexuality to strong effect and comes recommended to thoughtful audiences.-The List Craig Higginson has developed this spell-binding two-hander Youd be hard pressed to find a sexier scene this festival than the shared naked foot stroking that turns nasty, then violent...-Whats On Stage Full of emotion, and ideas Its erotic, exciting and thought-provoking brilliantly written a winner of a play 4 stars The Arts Desk Stylish and compelling deserves to be rewarded come awards season 4 stars Evening Standard Takes on everything from racial and class animus to truth versus fiction and the dark heart of desire. A clever two-hander Time Out An absorbing study in the potency of language Higginsons script challenges assumptions of race and class with cutting insight. This is bold, thought-provoking work, and a gritty battle of language and power-politics from a vital voice of the modern stage. 4 stars Exeunt Magazine
"This gripping two-hander is a highlight of the Traverse programme. Higginson packs a lot in under the seemingly innocuous guise of a young English woman giving language lessons to a French-Congolese student in contemporary Paris"-Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard Higginson is clearly gifted. He not only filters pressing concerns about race, prejudice and power through a highly charged two-hander, but he wraps it all up in a witty discourse about language itself.-Daily Telegraph It is unusual and fascinating to see a play investigate the extent to which words can shape our thoughts and feelings as much as vice versa. -Financial Times Exposes some painfully ugly truths about race and class, wealth and victimhoodwritten and directed with great skill-The Scotsman Higginsons slick, precise dialogue builds the tension nicely. There is, quite plainly, a formidable intellect at play... this piece challenges our received assumptions about ideology, language and sexuality to strong effect and comes recommended to thoughtful audiences.-The List Craig Higginson has developed this spell-binding two-hander Youd be hard pressed to find a sexier scene this festival than the shared naked foot stroking that turns nasty, then violent...-Whats On Stage Full of emotion, and ideas Its erotic, exciting and thought-provoking brilliantly written a winner of a play 4 stars The Arts Desk Stylish and compelling deserves to be rewarded come awards season 4 stars Evening Standard Takes on everything from racial and class animus to truth versus fiction and the dark heart of desire. A clever two-hander Time Out An absorbing study in the potency of language Higginsons script challenges assumptions of race and class with cutting insight. This is bold, thought-provoking work, and a gritty battle of language and power-politics from a vital voice of the modern stage. 4 stars Exeunt Magazine

Author Bio

CRAIG HIGGINSON is a novelist, playwright and theatre director. Currently he is the Literary Manager of the Market Theatre in Johannesburg and teaches writing at the University of the Witwatersrand.