Neil Coppen ZA
Mpume Mthombeni ZA
Isidlamlilo (The Fire Eater)
Theater
For the first time, South African company Empatheatre will be performing in Geneva. Based on a methodology specific to the South African context of inequality, its creations are the result of stories and collaborations with people who have been historically, socially and politically excluded. Isidlamlilo (The Fire Eater), created by the formidable actress Mpume Mthombeni and director Neil Coppen, tells the true story of Zenzile Maseko through several voices. This 60-year-old Zulu grandmother, haunted by her past and mistakenly declared dead by Internal Affairs, is plunged into a Kafkaesque nightmare: in order to prove that she’s still alive, she must awaken unmentionable parts of her identity, which she has spent most of her life trying to suppress. It’s tense, funny and fantastic. It’s the true story of a challenge to oblivion.
Théâtre du Loup
Tickets
Full rate : CHF 30.- / Reduced rate : CHF 20.- / Special rate : CHF 15.- / Festival-goer rate : CHF 7.-
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Shuttle
Hosted in collaboration with the Théâtre du Loup, in partnership with the Sommerfestival Hamburg and the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen
Length 100'
Show in English
+14
Empatheatre
Actor
Mpume Mthombeni
Director
Neil Coppen
Script
Neil Coppen & Mpume Mthombeni
Lighting Design
Tina LeRoux
Set Design
Greg King
Sound Design
Tristan Horton
Photography
Val Adamson
Co-production
Isidlamlilo's premiere was first funded and supported by the National Arts Festival (NAF) in South Africa.
Thanks
Special thanks to Rucera Seethal and the NAF (National Arts Festival) in South Africa for helping Empatheatre realise this production. We also would like to aknoweldge the support of the NAC (National Arts Council) in South Africa.
Théâtre du Loup
Tickets
Full rate : CHF 30.- / Reduced rate : CHF 20.- / Special rate : CHF 15.- / Festival-goer rate : CHF 7.- / See rates details
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Shuttle
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