“Space has continuous conversations with those who pass through it – that same space has memory – that space carries our heritage. The theatre is a space for confession. Listen to the echo, the ancestors are speaking.”

“Going Back to the Truth of Space” reveals a journal of religion, a practice of ritual and a struggle for restoration between Kitty Phetla and Nduduzo Makhathini as both artist and healer. This production is a reflection on and evocation of African modes performance and ritual – calling forth the memories and wisdom of ancestry and visualising a future of healing through the adoration of space. Embracing the realm of the ancestors as an evolving space, this depiction draws together the existence between dream state and reality. Kitty and Nduduzo transcend the ideas of home as a geographic space and connect with the ancestors using dance and music as a portal to the divine. Enveloped in the ritual institution of ngoma, once the term for drumming, music, singing, dancing, and the complex ceremonies of healing, Kitty and Nduduzo dissect and expand the physical space of the theatre with a parallel invitation to sojourn into the underworld. “Going Back to the Truth of Space” engages in modes of communication through moments of improvisation as the artists reflect the responses of the spirit world and the guidance of their ancestors. These tender moments of movement melt through the music to serenade the audience into a space of insight and awakening. future. This magic will be streaming 4-5pm on Sunday 18 October. Free and from the comfort of your home! #ArtsAlive

Watch Full Show Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6sJbm5cGEA