TSEPO WA MAMATU | Thabo Mbeki and Other Nightmares

Thabo Mbeki and Other Nightmares performed at Theatre Arts in late 2011. It was the final draft of the play that Tsepo had first staged at Wits University and taken to the National Arts Festival in mid-2011. In March 2012 it was an invited production for the Zabalaza Festival at The Baxter Theatre.

Written and Directed by Tsepo wa Mamatu
Set, Costume and Lighting Design by Kabelo Chalatsane
Performed by Lefa Letsika, Natasha Gana, Hlubi Nontlanga, Anelisa Dlaku, Sisipho Mbopa, Lwanda Sindaphi, Thulisa Mayelo, Sivuyile Dunjwa, Jeffrey Makobela, Yonela Sitlela, Sipelele Mdeu, Bandile Mbana, Naledi Mphuti, Anelisa Dlaku
Poster Design by Jon Keevy
Photos by Dex Goodman

Thabo Mbeki and Other Nightmares explores our unique South African post colonialist condition right up to the dramatic climax at the historical conference in Polokwane in 2007, where Thabo's Mbeki’s empire tumbled down and the makings of present day ANC was established.