M E M E [TICS]
| When: | Thursday, 27 February 2025 - Saturday, 01 March 2025 |
| Where: | Piazza, outside the Great Hall steps |
| Start time: | 20:00 |
| Enquiries: | General Enquiries – email lerato.sekele@wits.ac.za |
| Cost: | Tickets are available on www.webtickets.co.za/witstheatre |
A production of the Pitso Ya Kalaneng - A Call to Theatre programme
M E M E [TICS] engages cultural [re]evolution and how we experience ourselves in the world. Through moments of flashbacks the show uses dance and physical storytelling to peak into the past of South Africa and find links between what once was, what today is and considers what tomorrow could be. The play seeks to find parallels between inherited or generational experiences and modern ways of experiencing the world. With a MEME as a unit in which culture can be measured, MEME [tics] presents several moments of cultural evolution and duplication. Continuously reaching back in time as we make sense of the present. Grounding the world, we live in now by referencing the past, indicating how we are not only shaped by our past but that we actively shape ourselves. The show leaves the GenZ with a [re]presentation of culture and ask what MEME’s they will be passing on as digital natives and the lasting effects it could have on generations to come.
Director: Gavin Matthys
Music Composition and Choreography by: Ensemble Cast
Cast: Beata B. Wessie/Luvuyo Zulwayo/Keratilwe Bikitsha/Mairi Cruickshank/
Sanele B. Dlamini/Kwandokuhle Goba/Tshegofatso N. Kgage/Masungulo Khosa/
Hendrick M. Lesabane/Keith Mahlangu/Kwanele Maphumulo/Mosima Mokgahlane/
Zukhanye BSZ. Mgobo/Azile A. Mningizane/Bonolo Mofokeng/Awethu Mtolo/Ngcebo SG. Mtshali/
Bayanda Mzulwini/Mirembe JC. Namayanja/Yolanda Ndlovu/Asibonge OAM. Ntuli/Oratile Pega/
Lwazi Pinyana/Rohan Roussow/Philip S. Shelembe/Sandile Sibanda/Aphelele Sidelo/Zoe Smyrnios/
Likhanye Tube/Thandiwe M. Witley/Joziah S. Wheeler/Nqobile Z. Xulu/Thabiso Motaung/Itebogeng Machobane/Tshepang Sehole/Keamogetswe Lehodi
Stage Manager: Khanyisile Masondo
Genre: Physical Theatre
Dates & Times: 27 February at 20:00
28 February at 20:00
01 March at 20:00
Duration: 50mins
Age Restrictions: PG
Tickets are available on www.webtickets.co.za/witstheatre (click for ticket information).
Students: R 50.00
Wits Staff and public: R 100.00
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