Phumzile
By Matthew Hurt. A British man meets and tries to help an HIV positive woman that he meets on holiday in South Africa. But is she telling the truth about her illness?
By Matthew Hurt. Tom and Pete are on holiday in South Africa. When a mugger tries to snatch Pete's phone a local woman intervenes, but when she asks him for money Tom is suspicious.
Phumzile...Nadine Marshall
Pete...Stephen Hogan
Tom...Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Emilia...Syan Blake
Harry...Matt Addis
Directed by Claire Grove
Exploring the complicated relationships we have with poverty. What should our personal response be to the suffering of others? And how do we deal with approaches from individuals?
Matthew Hurt (writer) is South African. His plays include 'Believe' with Linda Marlowe at the Traverse Theatre and 'Singing, Dancing, Acting' with Simon Callow at the Soho Theatre. He won the Peggy Ramsay bursary to develop a stage play The Time Step premiered at The Traverse Theatre in 2009.
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- Fri 6 Feb 2009 14:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 8 Apr 2011 14:15大象传媒 Radio 4
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