Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice is an anthology of five engaging and eclectic South African plays by award-winning playwright Ashwin Singh. The plays selected, namely To House, Duped, Spice ân Stuff, Reoca Light and Beyond the Big Bangs represent the complete array of Singhâs storytelling skills in drama as well as satire.
Each play reflects, in different ways, on the complexities and contradictions of life in post-Apartheid South Africa, and focuses particularly on people of Indian origin and their relationship with other South African communities.
The plays present a moving portrait of a unique array of characters and are also punctuated by Singhâs trademark humour. Each one is set in Durban, South Africaâs third largest and most diverse city, and they are described by renowned academic and critic Betty Govinden as âundressing Durban, as they take us away from the neon lights and âcandy flossâ to the reality of the underbelly of post-Apartheid urban and suburban existenceâ.
