So Where To?

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So Where To? is a play by Smal Ndaba in the genre Township theatre. It is a passionate play about the anguish and sorrows of three young women for whom motherhood is blighted by the prejudices and problems of apartheid. Set in 1976 against the background of the school riots and oppressive police action the play examines the lot of three women from dissimilar backgrounds who are expecting their illegitimate babies in a maternity hospital.

Waarnatoe? = So where to?' [Play]


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First performed at the Laager Theatre, November 1989 starring Nomvula Nene, Busisiwe Zofuka, Zandile Mthethwa, Doris Sihula, directed by Smal Ndaba.

Grahamstown Festival, Joseph Stone Auditorium, 1990. Cast: Lindeni Mahlobo, Busisizwe Zofuka, Tina Jaxa, Doris Sihula, Smal Ndaba. Dir Ndaba and Phyllis Klotz. Sibikwa Players.


Sources

Vrye Weekblad, 10 November 1989, 27 April 1990.

Cape Times, 13 April 1990.

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