Theatre in the Dark - In Transit
comedy drama
Directed and Devised by Sibahle MABASO | Performed by Fika MAJOZINI and Katelynne MATTHEWS
PG 14
What can occur in a minute? Life can turn to death, acceptance to denial, joy to grief. This piece reimagines what could possibly lie between the end of one’s existence in one realm and the beginning of their existence in another. It explores what is but is not – stepping momentarily into the shoes of anyone – you, I, us – who has ever had to come to terms with being in transit, or not.
Sibahle Mabaso (Director)
Sibahle Mabaso is a theatre maker and aspiring educator with an interest in using her skills to cultivate social change. She recently graduated cum laude with her Honours Degree in Drama and Theatre specializing in Theatre Making & Voice and Speech from the University of the Free State, and is currently pursuing her Master of Arts, specializing in Gender Studies. She is the recipient of the Katinka Heyns Award for Best Film Student (2021), as well as the Elsa Krantz Medal for Best Artistic Achievement by the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts (2021). Sibahle is also one of Sunday World’s Unsung Heroes for 2023 in the category of Youth in Community, Sports, Arts & Culture. In 2023, she debuted a professional production titled Where Does the Sun Wait Before It Rises? at the Performing Arts Centre of the Free state (PACOFS), that addresses society’s response to womxn in the LGBTQIA+ community within the South African cultural kinesphere. She has also directed small scale works such as A Broken Sarafina: An Ongoing Discourse that explored protest culture in institutions of higher education and learning – the show also showcased at the Vrystaat Kunstefees. In August, Sibahle was selected as one of 20 playwrights nationally to showcase her theatre for youth production Khanya and Her Golden Dream at Teksmark hosted by the Klein Karoo National Festival (KKNK) at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town. She also recently presented a monologue in IsiZulu at with other international voices at the Assitej Serbia’s ‘Write Local, Play Global’ hybrid gathering. Priding herself on her vulnerability and sensitivity, her biggest aspirations are to uplift the voices of the marginalized through storytelling, as well as to head an organization that is centred on developing the youth through exposure and access to the arts.
Fika Majozini is currently pursuing his BA Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Free state. In 2024, he will be doing his final year with a specialization in theatre-making. He has performed in HOW To W.U.Z.zzz directed by Walter Strydom, Everyman directed by Dr Annebelle Smit, IJOLOBA The Prophecy directed by Zabesutu Mpiti and Oliver Bonga and THE GREATNESS IS WITHIN YOU directed by Nhlanhla Ngubane. Fika also performed at the Vrystaat Kunstefees in a show titled The Dead Sun directed by Gert Hay.
Katelynne Matthews is an actress from De Doorns, a small town in the Western Cape who believes in the magic and transformation that comes with theatre. She has performed in Everyman directed by Dr Annebelle Smit and How To W.U.Z.zzz – a theatre for young audiences production directed by Walter Strydom. Katelynne has also worked technical on many projects.