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Karoo Moose
The first production in the Tricycle theatre's South African season combines traditional African storytelling with magical realism.
Operated by The Society of London Theatre
Karoo Moose
Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, LondonKaroo Moose is the award-winning play by South African playwright and director Lara Foot Newton, which was first staged at Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town.
Karoo Moose is a story of pain, redemption and hope, which combines traditional African storytelling with magical realism. The story centres on Thozama, a young girl struggling to survive in a remote and impoverished village in the Karoo, South Africa. A violent and terrifying incident and a chance encounter with an escaped moose change her life forever.
The entire cast from the Baxter Theatre Centre staging of Karoo Moose come to the UK to reprise their roles in the production, which recently won eight awards in Johannesberg.
Karoo Moose is the first of two plays in a South Africa season at the Tricycle theatre.
For more about Karoo Moose at the Tricycle theatre, read the First Night Feature or Big Interview with writer/director Lara Foot Newton.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Zoleka Helesi, Mdu Kweyama, Bongile Mantsai, Thami Mbongo, Chuma Sopotela and Mfundo Tshazibane
director: Lara Foot Newton
music by: Bongile Mantsai
lighting designer: Patrick Curtis
choreographer: Mdu Kweyama
designer: Patrick Curtis
producer: Baxter Theatre Centre and the Tricycle theatre
Ticket Prices:
£10-£20
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Play
- Sub-Genre: Play-Drama
- Show Times: Mon-Sat 20:00, Sat 16:00
- Duration: 1h30
- opening night:
- Box Office:
020 7328 1000 - Visit the Show Website
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Venue InformationHIDE
Tricycle Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road, London, United Kingdom, NW6 7JR
- Nearest tube: Kilburn (500m)
- Nearest bus: 16, 31, 32, 98, 189, 316, 328
- Nearest train: Brondesbury (200m)
- Parking: 2 disabled parking bays just outside the theatre on Buckley Road, further bays on Kilburn High Road. Parking is free in the evening, or pay and display any other time. Taxis drop off and pick up outside theatre entrance on either Kilburn High Road or Buckley Road. Disabled customers can use the public phone in the foyer or ask a member of staff to order a taxi for them.
- Air conditioned: 1
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Venue Access InformationEXPAND
- How to book: Tel: 020 7328 1000
- Discounts: Available for all disabled people and their companions. Please note seating is not numbered, but if a customer has any specific requirements seats can be reserved – please check with Box Office..
- Limited mobility: Side slips, latecomers row and front row offer the best legroom. Royal Circle has the least steps for access.
- Access description: Steep ramp to main entrance through double swing doors opening outwards. Level access through alternative entrance on Buckley Road through swing doors opening both ways - ask staff to assist. Box office (approx. 1m high), Bar and Café in the foyer. Platform lift, or 6 steps up to Royal Circle. Stalls 4 steps down from Royal Circle level and 2 staircases of 23 steps each up to the balcony from the foyer. Floor surfaces in the foyer are tiled, Bar and Café wooden and the auditorium carpeted.
- Hearing impaired: Induction loop in the auditorium.
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs allowed into auditorium – please book an aisle seat. Alternatively staff are happy to dog-sit (one dog maximum).
- Wheelchairs: 2 spaces for wheelchairs in the Royal Circle (accessed via lift from ground level)- please book in advance as wheelchair spaces have to be prepared. Staff are happy to assist, but wheelchair users must be accompanied. Companions can sit in the next seat (either H4 or H10). Transfers to aisle seats available. Venue is suitable for scooters.
- Disabled toilets: 1 adapted toilet inside the foyer to the left of the Box Office by the lift, and 1 in the basement accessible by platform lift. A further adapted toilet is available by the venue’s cinema.
- Bars: Café Bar located in main foyer (counter height 1.1m). Large print menu and table service can be arranged on request. Drinks may be brought to disabled customers in the auditorium.
- Legroom: Large print programmes available on request.
