What: 🎵 Thandeka
When:
Where: 🕳 Kippies, Market Theatre
How much:
🎟️ R100.00Webtickets
Thandeka! is a Zulu one-woman show with live music, where a woman shares her
powerful story. She recalls falling pregnant as a teen, being kicked out by
her stepfather, and moving from KZN to Johannesburg in search of a better
life. However, her hopes are crushed by hardships including Operation Dudula,
the COVID-19 lockdown, and the July unrest. Still grieving, Thethiwe searches
for the place where she buried her child, Thandeka
Thandeka! is a Zulu one-woman storytelling performance featuring multiple
characters. It follows a young girl whose life takes a dramatic turn after
falling pregnant at 19. Rejected by her father, she leaves KwaZulu-Natal with
nothing and hitchhikes to Johannesburg. A kind truck driver helps her, and a
disabled couple takes her in. During the COVID-19 lockdown, she gives birth to
Thandeka. Due to work, she sends her baby to her mother, but tragedy strikes
during the 2021 unrest—Thandeka dies. Forced to bury her child secretly,
Thethiwe later returns to give her daughter a proper resting place. The play
explores love, hope, family, mental health, patriarchy, and the role of
fathers.