Maria Valente De Almeida. Jewish people are very respectful of Abraham and would hesitate to use the word "weakness." Related Pages. To continue her collaborations with womxn of colour, she was in the dance piece Bana Ba Mobu choreographed by Tshegofatso Mabutla. 23 Shows Streaming on BroadwayWorld Events This Week! Womb of Fire was conceptualised by Sara Matchett and Rehane Abrahams, both co-founders of The Mothertongue Project, a women's arts collective with a 17-year history of engaging integrated arts methodologies as a means of activating personal and social transformation. . Beáta Bena Green. Her performing credits include Love Like Blue directed by Puleng Lange-Stewart, Khanyisile Mbongwa’s performance art piece kuDanger, Ndawo directed and written by Thapelo Tharaga and Nguvu Ya Mbegu directed by Mandla Mbothwe. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Gerwen Simon. Forgot account? Womb of Fire is the starting point for an examination of the performing female body as the site of disruption where the body itself challenges the borders and boundaries of the body politic. Our team is so grateful for the opportunity of sharing this show again. Rehane Abrahams. @rehaneabrahams: “Arendsvlei #bts with my baby girl @kaysmithactress pic by @wynand_herholdt . 58 Likes, 2 Comments - Rehane Abrahams (@rehaneabrahams) on Instagram: “"The job of the speakers of the dead is to make present and potent those who are gone to give heart…” Actor.

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She holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance from the University of Cape Town where she currently resides as a senior lecturer in the Department of Drama. Cape Argus described it as "a deeply moving exploration of three women that presents them not only as victims, but sheds light into who they were beneath the vulnerability.". It is no longer a lament, but a roar.". Jolene Martin.

Artist . Celebrating South African Women in the Arts. The seed for the two to collaborate again on this production was planted in Manipur, North East India where Rehane and Sara were visiting the Kalakshetra Manipur Theatre Company. The play uses a non-Western mythical frame.

Since then, both Abrahams and Matchett have been separately researching the body as a site for personal and political agency and embodied performance as a practice of freedom. Artist. 47w 1 like … The Mothertongue Project was started in 2000 by Sara Matchett and Rehane Abrahams with the production What the Water Gave. . During Woordfees 2018, Womb of Fire won in the categories for Best Play, Best Director and Best Actress. Now, some 17 years later, the two return to see how their explorations intersect in a production that focuses on the female body in performance as a site for disruption and decolonisation. Earlier this year it was staged at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala in India. Continue reading →, Rehane Abrahams is an award-winning performer and theatre-maker. In 2018, Lukhanyiso made her directorial as well as playwriting debut with her graduation piece Inguquko. Not Now. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The one-woman play, Womb of Fire , which returned to the recent Toyota US Woordfees in its newly translated Afrikaans version, Brandbaar, aimed to heal SA’s past traumas through storytelling. Actor. Her latest directorial endeavor, Womb of Fire, which reunites her with her “soul collaborator” and fellow MotherTongue Project co-founder, Rehane Abrahams, is now playing at the Baxter Theatre. Sara Matchett is a director, theatre-maker and lecturer. .…” Cue Media at the National Arts Festival said, "Womb of Fire explores the female body in its embodiment of power and agency. South African dramatist. .