Koze Kuse Bash

play workshopped and written by Sello Maake ka Ncube (1997).

Subject
Koze Kuse Bash ("All Night Street Party") is a lively, energetic piece that portrays the inhabitants of Johannesburg’s black suburbs in the mid-nineties and explores their interaction and culture. The principal language used is Iscamtho, an urban spoken language that developed in the 1980s from “Tsotsitaal”, a combination primarily of isiZulu, Sesotho, English and Afrikaans.

Performance history in South Africa
Premièred at the Market Theatre in November 1997, directed by Sello Maake ka Ncube, with a cast including Leleti Khumalo, Mpho Molepo, Harriet Manamela, Kere Nyawo and Sifiso Sibaya. The same production was staged at the Grahamstown Festival in 1998.

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