Sekwatlapa
Sekwatlapa is a play Marlon Khoza.
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Set on a white-owned orange farm in Limpopo, the play is a physical theatre piece, performed in Sepedi, broken English and Afrikaans, and tells the bitter-sweet tale of two friends, Joromiya and Maponya, who drop out of school to become labourers. Conflict arises between the friends, and one is killed.
Written and directed by Marlon Khoza it was first performed at the Market Theatre Laboratory's Zwakala Festival in 2008.
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Performance history in South Africa
2008: Performed at the Market Theatre Laboratory's Zwakala Festival.
2009: Presented as a professional production at the Market Theatre's Barney Simon Theatre, directed by Marlon Khoza with Martin Ngwepe (as "Maponya Matonoro") and Phillip Kikotla (as "Piece Joromiya Mmapula") in March-April. Though performed together in a double bill with 13 (by Mncedisi Shabangu). Though they are distinct works by different creators, the two plays won a joint Zwakala Award.
Sources
"Peeping through window of friendship and tragedy", IOL 24 March, 2009[1]
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
Email correspondence from Marlon Khoza, 30 November 2024.
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