Theatre Arts • Methodist Church Hall • Cnr Milton Road and Wesley Street • Observatory • 7925 • Cape Town

32 Lavender Close

Theatre
Written and Directed by Andi COLOMBO winner of the Theatre Arts Emerging Theatre Directors Bursary | Set Design by Ntobeko XIMBA | Design Assistant Siphiwe GUMEDE | Costume and lighting design by Andi COLOMBO | Sound Design by Andi COLOMBO and Kanya VILJOEN | Performed by Grace MATETOA and Christie VAN NIEKERK
16+ LN

Finding a flatmate on the internet is risky business. But desperate times call for awkward situations. When Carly moves into Melo's flat unexpectedly, the two twentysomethings embark on a journey of figuring out their mental health, sexuality, finances, careers and mysterious vaginal discharge in the bathroom of 32 Lavender Close. An ode to a time of uncertainty in which you are neither mature enough to not make the sex joke, nor cool enough to impress your 15-year-old brother. For the first time on stage, and as the result of Theatre Arts' Emerging Director Bursary, Andi Colombo presents: 32 Lavender Close. Keep your friends close, but your flatmate closer. 

With Much Thanks to WoordFees for supporting the Theatre Arts Emerging Theatre Directors Bursary 2024.

Meet the team



Andi Colombo is an award-winning writer, director, performer, and lighting designer from Cape Town, South Africa. Her works include PAN. (winner Best Script at Zabalaza 2018), Like Hamlet (published in the Journal of African Youth Literature), Double Star, and i want to write you a submarine. 


Grace Matetoa is an actress and performer from Johannesburg. She received her formal performance education at the University of Cape Town, studying Theatre and Performance specializing in Performance Making. Her passions lie in writing, production and performance art. She aims to branch into art therapy, as she is currently working at a foundation that provides services to people who have been impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual abuse.


Christie van Niekerk is a 24 year old freelance actress, writer, director and stand-up comedian with a love for performance. She studied at Stellenbosch University and acquired degrees in BA Drama and Theatre Studies and BAHons in Directing. Her theatre acting background includes forming part of the ensembles of At Her Feet, The Tumble Inn, Sit With Us, ’n Gek Vir Jou and Pieces of Her.