In a secure suburb in the South, in the early morning hours a woman suffocating from status anxiety sits enclosed by electric fences, surrounded by roll on lawn, tucked behind a Trellidoor and protected by private security. In a street lulled by lavender and deaf to her warnings of pot plant syndicates, bin day conspiracies and stranger danger, she reveals how far a vigilant fynbos fundi must go, to serve and protect a nonchalant neighbourhood. Kelly-Eve Koopman graduated from Stellenbosch University with a B-Dram in Theatre and Performance specializing in Cabaret. She has attempted to make theatre ever since and is interested in multi-genre work as well as social development. Over the course over the last few years she has been in productions that have toured the Afrikaans festival circuit and been nominated for some awards including Kannas and Fiestas.

Gabriella has been creating theatre since she graduated from UCT with a BA in Theatre and Performance. She enjoys creating new work as well as staging existing texts and was nominated for a Fleur du Cap for Best New Director in 2014.

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Thoroughly enjoyed the show! Performance was amazing :) I think the menu would benefit from some milkshakes and curly fries :)

Thoroughly enjoyed the show. All the clichés but brought across in a wonderful authentic way. There was lots of laughter in the audience and I had the impression lots of people were identifying with the statements made.

Loved the show. Loved the venue. Great evening out!

Love the Alexander as a venue! We were slightly late to pick up our tickets 30mins before the show and received a courtesy phone call -- very considerate of management! The pre-show complementary drinks were also a bonus! The show itself was light hearted and fun to experience. Thanks for a great show! Adina

A brilliant portrayal of of the maladies affecting the urban unstimulated and paranoid experience. A need for alignment with an identifiable purpose juxtaposed with just enough humour to make it contemporary. Well done!

2/5 light and at best,entertaining. Not a great piece and i would not recommend it to others.

Thoroughly enjoyed the show. All the clichés but brought across in a wonderful authentic way. There was lots of laughter in the audience and I had the impression lots of people were identifying with the statements made.

I really enjoyed the performance. The entire time I was sitting there thinking "That could be my gran, right there. Wow." Was really good. My partner says "Twas lovely! :D hahaha that's all I can say." Thank you, it was really a wonderful evening.

She was brilliant, ! My girlfriend and I absolutely loved her performance! Intimate setting and her material rang so true with us as South Africans!

A delightful show, which has the potential to grow into a very powerful piece, if a little more pathos or real pain is introduced to counter the comedy.

good quality story line and acting keep it up !!!!!

Great suburban psychosis! Well written and well delivered Lots of fun!

A good storyline generally well delivered but sometimes lacking in confidence. Stretching the story over 50 minutes was a big ask and it got a bit thin at times although Interest was well maintained.

I thought it was brilliantly done - a sharp satire very true to life. Well performed by Kelly-Eve! Congratulations on an enjoyable evening.

Enjoyed as much....the second time round.

Hilarious!

A brilliant portrayal of of the maladies affecting the urban unstimulated and paranoid experience. A need for alignment with an identifiable purpose juxtaposed with just enough humour to make it contemporary. Well done!

Excellent...very creative and a unique perspective.

Acting excellent, production excellent, script thought provoking and funny. Well done.

Great suburban psychosis! Well written and well delivered Lots of fun!

Excellent play: beautifully written, wonderfully acted. Loved it!

"A highly civilised production floating on an ocean of undercurrents" - Cape Times 29 January 2015. I share the same sentiment as was captioned in the Cape Times. I couldn't have said it better. Your establishment has a great ambiance as well.

Thoroughly enjoyed the show. All the clichés but brought across in a wonderful authentic way. There was lots of laughter in the audience and I had the impression lots of people were identifying with the statements made.

Great! Had a fabulous laugh, thank you :-)

Really enjoyed the show. Only note would be that she was a little bit quiet to begin with and it took a while to zone into the volume of the performance.

Nailed the character and provided lots of witty comments on the fate of the lonely housewife. Ebjoyable and recommendable.

In a performance of rare beauty, Kelly-eve koopman displays acting ability rarely seen in someone so early in their stage career. Her diction, her delivery her energy, all fused seamlessly into a performance that at times took one's breath away. Her role as the neglected neurotic neighborhood wife living in the heart of suburbia depicts the soft underbelly of middle-class self obsession. In the end her petty villainy implodes in a spectacular display of middle-class virtue turned vile. Review by Llewellin RG Jegels (New Adventure Publishing and Chiron Point Media)

Delightful! Fabulously entertaining!