Soap On A Rope is a comedy-drama unfolding on the set and behind-the-scenes of a struggling South African soap-opera. The show broadcast on SABC 3, it premiered on 7th April 2017 at 19h30.
Soap On A Rope 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 cliff hangers. It draws on and combines experience in comedies like Suburban Bliss and daily drama like Isidingo.
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.
The cast members includes the likes of Lithuli Dlamini, Alfred Ntombela and Nina Hastie just to mention a few
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