Guluva explores the troubled and tormented soul and creative imagination of a child who dives into the language of poetics, politics, philosophy and psychology to deal with the trauma of having seen and experienced too many (horrible) things too early in his life. The play starts with a walk down memory lane through a fictionalised narrative of the experiences, observations and ruminations of a seventeen year-old Black Consciousness activist in the 1980s. It ends with an articulation of anxieties.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
STYX MOKEJANE
A motivated, committed arts manager,facilitator,community based theatre activist and talented actor with strong stage instincts an intensive formal training. STYX is a perfectionist who possess a solid work ethic which compels him to tweaking his artistic craft until him and his colleagues are satisfied with his craft .He is committed to achieving the highest standard of performance and still willing to learn and listen from others. In the past he worked amongst the renowned both in theatre and independent film companies settings. He is energetic, prepared to go extra mile and is sure to make a difference in any project he is involved in.
Mphutlane wa Bofelo is South African cultural worker and political theorist who focuses of social and political development, governance, political transformation, and strategy and leadership. He has worked in the field of Worker Education and training and development for more than twenty years. Having developed the love for reading and writing in his teens, Mphutlane wa Bofelo became active in organised literature and theatre programs in the mid-1980s and early 1990s through the Makana Poets and Makana Arts Commune, which draw on both Theatre of the Oppressed and Total Theatre. In 1998, he completed a Theatre Ambassador Course in Drama at the Vereeniging Civics Theatre and in 1999 he played a central role in the establishment of the Uniqwa Dance and Drama Society (UDDS).
Between 2002 and 2017, Mphutlane wa Bofelo was involved in the development of literature and theatre in Durban through active participation in Nowadays Poets – Izimbongi Zesimanje, Slam Poetry Operations Team (SPOT) and Live Poets Society (LIPS). During this period, Bofelo participated several times in the prestigious Poetry Africa Festival and facilitated several creative writing workshops at the Westville Correctional Service, commissioned by the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA). He has published several books that includes poetry, short fiction and essays and has participated in several concerts and conferences, including – among others- BRICS Literary Forum in Zhuhai in the Peoples Republic of China, the World Cup of Cultures in Berlin in Germany, Conference of Iranian and
World Poets in Tehran and Shiraz in the Islamic Republic of Iran and African Poetry under the Trees in Saint Dennis in the Reunion Island.
Bofelo hold an Honours Degree in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in Governance and political Transformation. Currently, he is a doctoral candidate in Governance and Political Transformation at the University of the Free State and is the training officer in the Members Affairs section of the Public Servants Association of South Africa. (PSA)
