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| − | The play was | + | The play was developed through improvisation by , under the guidance of and Dylan McGarry. The aim was In 2014 we began working in Durban’s KwaMashu, Umlazi and inner city areas. As a team of academics and storytellers, we wanted to see if theatre could unlock more humane and collaborative responses to whoonga. |
| − | The play tells the story of six people caught in the whoonga web. | + | The play tells the story of six people caught in the whoonga web. (The drug whoonga[], also known as nyaope, is a street concoction of B-grade heroin, rat-poison (strychnine) and various other chemical components.) The characters include Bongani, a drug dealer; Portia, a police lieutenant on the front line of the fight against the scourge; her son Sipho; his friend Andile; and Emmanuel, a Mozambique-born shopkeeper. |
The published script of ''[[Ulwembu]]'' also contains the production’s research and outcomes and is available from Wits University Press. | The published script of ''[[Ulwembu]]'' also contains the production’s research and outcomes and is available from Wits University Press. | ||
Revision as of 08:25, 22 February 2021
Ulwembu ("spider web" in isiZulu) is a workshopped play by Empatheatre and The Big Brotherhood, a KwaMashu-based theatre company
Contents
The original text
The play was developed through improvisation by , under the guidance of and Dylan McGarry. The aim was In 2014 we began working in Durban’s KwaMashu, Umlazi and inner city areas. As a team of academics and storytellers, we wanted to see if theatre could unlock more humane and collaborative responses to whoonga.
The play tells the story of six people caught in the whoonga web. (The drug whoonga[], also known as nyaope, is a street concoction of B-grade heroin, rat-poison (strychnine) and various other chemical components.) The characters include Bongani, a drug dealer; Portia, a police lieutenant on the front line of the fight against the scourge; her son Sipho; his friend Andile; and Emmanuel, a Mozambique-born shopkeeper.
The published script of Ulwembu also contains the production’s research and outcomes and is available from Wits University Press.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Zenzo Msomi as "Sipho" and Ngcebo Cele as "Andile"
Sources
Dylan McGarry. 2021. "The South African play that’s tackling the scourge of the street drug whoonga" The Conversation February 21, 2021[1]
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