Lomzimba Uyabhidla, loosely translated as ‘this bodily ooze’, is an English/isiXhosa production devised by Brett IIsley, Kwindla Anthony and Nasfa Ncanywa. It’s directed by Nasfa Ncanywa.
The play explores the trauma of apartheid that continues to haunt us and the impact it has on our bodies and way of being in the world. It questions how we move forward in a world that is advancing, whilst we carry the wounds of the past?
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The production is set in the Eastern Cape in a small house belonging to a grandmother whose granddaughter has been away to study in London. Her return highlights that our new democracy is archived on our bodies – both black and white – and questions if it is working for black people and their culture, or if it is maintaining white supremacy through Western forms to advance peace.
Lomzimba Uyabhidla will be staged at the Theatre Arts Admin Collective from 18 to 23 November, 2019 at 7pm, with a matinee on 23 November at 2pm.
Storyteller Nasfa Ncanywa
Nasfa Ncanywa is a storyteller in the following forms of art, visual art, design, theatre making and music. She is originally from Nyanga East, Cape Town and attended high school in Zonnebloem NEST where she studied Dramatic Arts. She was introduced to Performance Art by her brother Livie Ncanywa, performing at Walter Teka primary school, later joining Nyanga Arts Center.
She participated in the Magnet Theatre Culture Gang Project, and was part of Ithembalabantu, training under Siphenathi Mayekiso and Isihluzo Educational Theatre under the late Jackson Vuka. She worked on a short film Sizohlala and conceptualized and directed Abalala ngengub’emdaka. She is now studying Theatre and Performance at UCT, specialising in Theatre Making.
“My voice and thoughts echoes all that came before me and I am present in then and now. My work is thus a spiritual journey which heals through seeing and feeling,” she adds.
Actor Brett Ilsley
Brett Ilsley is a 22 year-old student y in his third year of a BA Theatre and Performance degree at UCT. As an actor, Brett has experience in both film and theatre work. Most notably, he starred in Olivia Fischer’s Hollywood Fringe award-winning play Still, which played at NAF in Makhanda. Brett also formed part of the ensemble cast in Sara Matchett’s site-specific production Mahareng: The Passage of a Bird. He also played the role of Roelf Visagie in Athol Fugard’s The Train Driver, directed by Lulamile Bongo Nikani.
Kwindla Pearl Anthony
Khayelitsha-born Kwindla Pearl Anthony has been involved in theatre since high school, inspired by her fascination with embodying different characters and telling stories that give voice to perspectives other than her own. She has performed in many productions under Imbawula Theatre Company, including ukuqhawuka kweqhina written by Khayalethu Anthony directed by Khayalethu Mofu.
She took home Best Actress award at Zabalaza Theatre Festival 2013, for her role as Noluthando. Her first work as a director was her debut at the Makukhanye Art Room for the Vuka Mandela Theatrical Magic Annual event by Theatre For Change, showcasing Naked Truth written by Khayalethu Anthony and performed by Mfundo Hashe and Zandile Mantjies. She wrote and directed Ndim Naye, performed by Busiswa Mpotye and Nomalanga Nqunyaza at an Amazing Woman Event. She also performed in Okwe bhokwe G7 directed by Mandla Mbothwe and The Visit directed by Mark Flashman and Warona Seane in 2018.
Subsequently, she has been involved in initiatives such as Play Thingz family festival, Isithatha Dance Projects and finding her own children works project Umdlalo Theatre On The Go.
What: Lomzimba uYabhidla This Bodily Ooze
Where: Theatre Arts Admin Collective, Methodist Church Hall, Observatory, Cape Town, 021 447 3683
When: 18 – 23 November, 2019, 7pm, matinee 23 November 2pm
Tickets: R70 adults, R50 students with card, www.theatrearts.co.za, artsadmin@mweb.co.za
Web: www.theatrearts.co.za
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