Ukomiwa
Title
Ukomiwa
Department
Theatre
Production Type
P4 Theatre Making Adaptation Project
Fourth Year Student Production
Description
UKOMIWA is based on the short story 'Looking for a Rain God' (1958) by South-African author Bessie Head. The story is set in rural Botswana, in a small village where a brutal seven-year long drought has pushed people to their limits after altering between fragile hope and ever-increasing desperation for far too long. It puts forward our powerlessness in the face of natural forces, but also other issues; who do we become, when desperation puts us in an impossible dilemmas? What lengths would you go, to survive? In UKOMIWA, the relationship between a father, Mokgobja, and his son, Ramadi, is highlighted, and through this relationship, also the conflict between tradition and modernity and their contrasting solutions to solve the problem.
Is Part of
Script Type
Adapted
Year Created
2018
Performance Venue
Geographic Location of Performance
Cape Town
Producer
CTDPS
Director
Justin Wyatt-Smith
Dramaturg
Mariken Lauvstad
Text By
Bessie Head
Cast
Keorapetse Lephogole
Mfundo Zono
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