Directed by Makhaola Ndebele

Design by Angelinah Maponya

Lighting by Tersia du Plessis

Costume by Nomsa Mavuka

Choreography by Ashwin May

Written and Performed by Lalu Mokuku

Lalu Mokuku is an Applied Theatre Practioner, Facilitator, Actor, Playwright, Translator and Researcher. She co-wrote DIPALO (2020) with Ginni Manning, which was published by ASSITEJ South Africa and won the Standard Bank Ovation (Bronze) in 2020. Her single authoured play Pen(t)s Down Haha! Won the Standard Bank Ovation (Bronze) in 2023. She is the Artistic Director of (@meqoqocollective_). She has written and self published a bilingual children’s book, QANQANA SENQA (2021) for tweens. She is the Chairperson of ASSITEJ South Africa and co-Vice President of ASSITEJ International. SERURUBELE/ THE
BUTTERFLY HEART is due to be Published in 7 South African languages in 2025. She facilitates teaching and learning at Rhodes University’s Drama Department, specialising in Applied Theatre and Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA).

Makhaola Ndebele is a dynamic South African director,with a multidisciplinary approach to storytelling, he has made a significant mark as a dramatist, screenwriter, producer, and director, often exploring themes of identity, liberation, and social change. His theatre work is notable for its range and impact. In 2015, he directed Colour Me Human by Steve Dyer, a meditation on shared humanity, and Zakes Mda’s The Mother of All Eating, a biting satire on corruption. Ndebele’s style is distinguished by a balance of artistic expression and political resonance. He played a prominent role in the 100 Years of Mandela centenary celebrations and directed a tribute to Masekela, underscoring his role in shaping national memory through performance. Currently, Ndebele is a lecturer at Rhodes University, mentoring the next generation of South African theatre-makers. His enduring contribution to theatre is defined by a commitment to truth, transformation, and the power of performance to challenge and inspire.

Angelinah Maponya is a scenographer, dramaturg, and performance artist whose work engages with visual evocation. Angelinah currently supervises and teaches theatre design at Rhodes University's Drama Department. With an MA in Dramaturgy at the University of Cape Town, their research interests engage with palimpsests of haunting, memory, and archive through materiality. Angelinah’s recent work includes scenography and visual dramaturgical work for the Standard Bank Ovation (2024) award-winning productions, Dwaling by Nama Khoi Productions and Just a Phase by MMM Productions at the 2024 National Arts Festival. 

Tersia du Plessis is the Theatre Complex Production Manager at Rhodes University, Drama Department. She is lauded throughout the Arts and Entertainment industry, as the lighting designer 'who paints with colour, light, shade and depth.' She is is respected for her extraordinary ability to infuse a stage with vibrancy, emotion and subtle nuance. Her strong theatrical background and extensive experience remains paramount foundation of all her endeavour. Having been responsible for more than a hundred lighting designs, her ambitious creative nature makes her an exceptional artists. Tersia’s award winning combination of an ever expanding knowledge, technique, experience, visual skill and intuition inspires her to explore every angle of a new challenge, colouring it with light, and framing it with passion!

Nomsa Tina Mavuka is a costume designer from Soweto, Johannesburg, but is currently based in Makhanda, Eastern Cape. She was awarded the ACT DALRO Nedbank Scholarship prize for Acting in 2019 and soon after studied at The University of the Witswatersrand. She graduated CumLaude with her honors in Theatre and Performance having majored in Design and Writing for the stage. Further, was awarded with the Taubie Kushlick Prize for Drama in 2023 for ‘significant contribution[s] to creative projects’. She currently works as the Head of Wardrobe and facilitates the designing and making of costumes with and for students and departmental works such as RU Make Sure (2024) and RU Game?(2025).

Ashwin May is a singer, actor and performer who holds a Masters Degree in Contemporary Performance. He has worked on a number of performances that has appeared at The National Arts Festival including 'Arcade' curated by Gavin Krastin and 'Home' directed by Nomcebisi Moyikwa. He has worked on and starred in numerous productions at the Rhodes Drama Department working alongside directors such as Thembela Madliki and Mmatumisang Motsisi. In 2024 he won a Standard Bank Ovation Award for his production called “Just a Phase” which was directed by Mmatumisang Motsisi assisted by Angelinah
Maponya and choreographed by Carla Mostert.