SABC 3 is bringing some heat this April, and “Soap On A Rope” is a new soapie drama to look forward to.
Soap On A Rope is a comedy-drama unfolding on the set and behind-the-scenes of a struggling South African soap-opera and will broadcast on SABC 3, from Friday, 7th April 2017 at 19h30.
Soap On A Rope will take viewers behind-the-scenes on a struggling, mediocre South African soap opera – a whirlpool of drama, divas, hopes, dreams, plots, affairs, secrets…and laughter!
Soap On A Rope is not a classic sitcom, it has series long story arcs and cliffhangers. It draws on and combines our experience in comedies like Suburban Bliss and daily drama like Isidingo.
The world of the show:
Much like 30 Rock, Soap On A Rope is a show about making a television show, in this case, a struggling, rock-bottom-budget, daily drama / soap opera called Hard Bodies. It is made in a converted warehouse, which contains the set of Hard Bodies and the shabby, cheap, dry-wall production areas.
Hard Bodies has been on TV for four years, but ratings are dropping, and the show has become a professional cul-de-sac for most of our characters. Hard Bodies is set in an exclusive gym (called Hard Bodies), on the penthouse floor of a glamorous apartment block in Cape Town’s Camps Bay.
The characters in Soap on a Rope are all involved in the producing of Hard Bodies: there’s management, an administrator, writer and director, technical crew, and of course the scheming, insecure actors.
The action of Soap On A Rope moves between public spaces such as the set and floor and private like the dressing rooms, makeup room, dark corners and behind the set. This allows us to see our characters projecting a public face while also revealing their private insecurities, personal disasters, and secret, even criminal, plans.
Cast List:
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Played by |
Character Name |
| Patricia Boyer | Carmen – Producer |
| Luthuli Dlamini | Sello – Lead actor, Carmen’s husband |
| Ameera Patel | Adi – Commissioning Editor, Carmen’s nemesis |
| Sonia Sedibe | Tuki – Leading lady, diva |
| Nina Hastie | Brenda – P.A., White sangoma |
| Matthew Alves | Josh – Director, Carmen’s son |
| Melanie Dubois | Ziyanda (Zee) – Make-up |
| Nicole Brauns | Whitney – Extra who becomes leading lady, Ziyanda & Sello’s daughter |
| Ashish Gangpersad | Verbal – Writer |
| Kamogelo Mogale | Maxwell – Stud actor |
| Sokhulu Mthiyane | Silence – Boom swinger, villain |
| Alfred Ntombela | Detective “Short Division” Masondo |
| Matlotji Ditodi | Florence – In A Coma |
If you want to see the Bold, Beautiful, Total disaster and all the Days of our lies… then tune into Soap On A Rope every Friday at 19:30 starting 7th April, 2017, on SABC 3 “The Stage Is Yours”.
