Ukomiwa

Title

Ukomiwa

Department

Theatre

Production Type

P4 Theatre Making Adaptation Project See all items with this value
Fourth Year Student Production See all items with this value

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

P4 Adaptation Project | Tidemarks

Script Type

Adapted

Year Created

2018

Performance Venue

The Bindery Lab

Geographic Location of Performance

Cape Town

Producer

CTDPS

Director

Justin Wyatt-Smith

Dramaturg

Mariken Lauvstad

Text By

Bessie Head

Cast

Keorapetse Lephogole See all items with this value
Mfundo Zono See all items with this value

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