Klippies

Playwright Jessica Siân is a South-African born playwright and actor based in London. Klippies is her first full-length play. She has acted at the Bush Theatre, Latitude Festival, Southwark Playhouse and Theatre503. She trained on the Royal Court Young Writers program. Previous work includes short pieces for Theatre503's Rapid Write Response and Papercut Theatre's XY at Edinburgh Festival. She writes to explore her relationship to her native South Africa, trying to make sense of the legacy apartheid has left in its wake.

Jessica Sian's new play is a beautifully wrought coming of age drama with a difference. . . . This is an assured debut from South African Sian, who develops the relationship between Thandi and Yolandi with impressive vividness. . . . It's an unlikely friendship . . . but Sian makes it work . . . 'Klippies' is a well-crafted snapshot - a delicate look at burgeoning youth and the burden of history.