Sleepwalkingland
Based on the novel from Mia Couto (Mozambiqian writer) Kobus Moolman adapted the novel to a one hour site specific play. Set on a wasteland where a burned out bus is the shelter for a young boy and an old man in a country torn apart by a civil war. NAF selected the idea for the main programme 2016. Shows premiered on the 6th. of July in Grahamstown. With a cast of 23 actors, with Dadivo Jose Combane, Bhekani Shabalala and Nkanyiso Shezi.
Direction: Roel Twijnstra and Jerry Pooe. Costumes; Philisiwe Twijnstra. Dramaturge: Emma Durden.
Produced by Thambo Theatre Producers in collaboration with TWIST theatre projects, Wushwini arts and heritage centre and NAF.
