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Lerumo – A Cautionary Tale

Tonderai Chiyindiko by Tonderai Chiyindiko
April 23, 2021
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Lerumo written and directed by Malaika Ntsoeu and featuring Malaika Motshabi Ntsoeu, Malefu Mariti and Tankiso Sebabole just closed on 11 April 2021. It was part of the just ended Kuwamba Women’s Theatre Festival which took place at the TX Theatre in Tembisa featured several productions which were either written or directed by female theatre practitioners as per the festival’s mandate of deliberately creating platforms for female theatre practitioners to showcase work. The festival now in its 5th year was paying special homage to respected playwright, storyteller, director and academic Dr. Refiloe Lepere.

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Β Lerumo was a show which primarily in the Sesotho language but one which focused on various themes familiar to contemporary society suchΒ  as culture, tradition and religion. From the well-though out set which depicted a rural scene, to the evocative music which included bleating goats and clucking chickens, Lerumo was certainly a production which teleported the small but invested audience from bustling Tembisa township to rural Lesotho, and at the same time evoking a life which many a audience member has at some point in life experienced – that idyllic rural experience.

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Lerumo written and directed by Malaika Ntsoeu at Kuwamba Women’s Theatre Festival at the TX Theatre in Tembisa (Sthembiso Radebe and Thokozani Maseko)
Lerumo written and directed by Malaika Ntsoeu at Kuwamba Women’s Theatre Festival at the TX Theatre in Tembisa (Sthembiso Radebe and Thokozani Maseko)

On the one hand Lerumo is a celebration of the vibrancy of the Basotho culture and tradition, but also a cautionary tale about the dangers of abandoning that same culture and tradition (though certainly not perfect) for something often abused and misunderstood such as the Christian religion and all that it has been responsible for from the colonial encounter. Lerumo was funny, entertaining and deeply emotional and the cast and director should be commended for putting together such a compelling and engaging theatre production.

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Other productions which were part of the Kuwamba Women’s Theatre showcase included Munyari Eclipse by Mmabatho Chuene and Karabo Mokobane, Mamela by Thandiwe Mqokeli, Once a Woman by Seipone Nkwadipo, Embers of Undying Truth by Marylin Tau and Rules of Engagement by Lerato Mofokeng.

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The Kuwamba Women’s Theatre Festival was not only about the theatre performances which were programmed but also featured several workshops targeted at theatre practitioners focussing on subjects such as Producing, Gender in Theatre, Movement, Directing, Festival Curating, Writing, Creative Strategy, Casting, Applied Theatre, Business in the Arts, Devising, Set Design, Choreography and Music Composition and lastly Adaptability.

Lerumo featured Malaika Motshabi Ntsoeu, Malefu Mariti and Tankiso Sebabole as part of the Kuwamba Women’s Theatre Festival at the TX Theatre in Tembisa (Sthembiso Radebe and Thokozani Maseko)
Lerumo featured Malaika Motshabi Ntsoeu, Malefu Mariti and Tankiso Sebabole as part of the Kuwamba Women’s Theatre Festival at the TX Theatre in Tembisa (Sthembiso Radebe and Thokozani Maseko)

The team at TX Theatre certainly did a great job in putting up a well-received festival at a time when Covid-19 and restrictions continue to stifle well-meaning efforts by various private and state institutions and also theatre makers to bring back shows and revive an industry which has been ravaged by more than just the virus.

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Lerumo was written and directed by Malaika Ntsoeu and featured Malaika Motshabi Ntsoeu, Malefu Mariti and Tankiso Sebabole. It was part of the Kuwamba Women’s Theatre Festival funded by the National Lotteries Commission which took place at the TX Theatre in Tembisa from 8 April – 11 April 2021.

Tonderai Chiyindiko

Tonderai Chiyindiko

Tonderai Chiyindiko is a part-time arts writer and contributor. He holds a B.A honours degree in drama from the University of Zimbabwe and a Masters degree in Applied Drama from University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He has been part and parcel of the theatre-verse both as an actor and director and more generally worked extensively within the cultural and creative industries sector in various capacities.

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