Confessions

4.50 (2)

Confessions

3 performances between July 13, 2017 and July 15, 2017
Drama
Written and Directed by Mandla Mpanjukelwa • Performed by Luke Buys
50mins
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Recognising nothing is something, no one is born to be nothing but when nothingness overwhelms reality man finds himself in a constant battle to thrive. The 2017 AKOF winning show Confessions, follows the story of a young gang member Kz, who is the last man standing of his gang. He is not a full blown gangster but a mere member, a membership which has cost him his friends, family and is about to cost him his life as he finds himself stuck in a nightmare that is quickly catching up with his reality. 

Atrocities take place outside our doorsteps daily, these are stories of gangs, child mutilations, gang rapes, killings etcetera. Stories we wake up to see in front page newspaper articles. In a quest of finding out what, why and how these atrocities take place and what the perpetrators say when asked, why, how people commit such atrocities unto to others and walk away without an ounce of guilt and remorse (in most cases) the director followed some of these cases in their court trials and listened to their testimonies. With this and a series of interviews conducted with gangs from the Cape Flats, Confessions explores what drives these people, how do they think, plan and deal with the consequences, however also paying attention to their socio economic and political standing. The show attempts mapping through the psych of criminology in the modern and postmodern South Africa.  

Confessions explores what drives humans to committing grave, unforgivable atrocities to each other through the mind of a criminal.

Mandla Mpanjukelwa is an Acting BA Theatre and Performance Graduate from UCT and a founding member of Sizile Arts Collective. Mandla both writes and directs. He performed in this year’s Maynardville production of Twelfth Night (2017) directed by Geoffrey Hyland. He is also the 2017 AKOF theatre festival winner, the 2015 recipient of the most promising director award at the UCT Inter-res Theatre festival as well as best actor award recipient for the short film “Tainted Blood”. The Born and bred Capetonian finds his voice through performance art and uses it as a vehicle of communication.


Audience Responses

excellent performance by Luke Buys, very focused and real.