Paper Woman | SEASON 10

Paper Woman performs and plays with traditional wedding songs to illuminate how patriarchy, land dispossession, and labour-migration influence the foundations of marriage.

Carrying only blankets and armed with traditional wedding songs, the chorus of Paper Woman speaks to the longstanding problems of patriarchal marriage systems. Here, repetition and the musical, visual refrain are important. A refusal becomes a runaway train, and a blanket constricts instead of comforts.

Musically, rhythms break like traditions and something new emerges, always. At the heart of it all is a reflection on the enduring effects of labour, displacement, and disempowerment on young women as an indirect albeit enduring result of colonialism.

CONCEPTUALISER & DIRECTOR | Nhlanhla Mahlangu
MUSICAL DIRECTOR | Sbusiso Shozi
PERFORMERS | Asanda Hanabe, Khokho Madlala, Mapule Moloi, Zandile Hlatshwayo, Nomathamsanqa Ngoma, Tshepang Mofokeng & Dikeledi Modubu

SEASON 10 PRODUCTION

FOUNDER | William Kentridge
CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR | Bronwyn Lace
MOMENTEUR FOR THE SO ACADEMY | Athena Mazarakis
HOLDER & HEAD STAGE MANAGER | Dimakatso Motholo
STAGE MANAGERS | Sibongile Mathe & Khanyisile Ngwabe
DIRECTOR OF CINEMATOGRAPHY & EDITOR | Noah Cohen
CINEMATOGRAPHER & EDITOR | Bukhosibakhe ‘Pantsulatographer’ Khoza
EDITOR & COMPOSITOR | Octavia Sonyane
PHOTOGRAPHER | Zivanai Matangi
ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER | Bash Hops
SOUND DESIGNER & ENGINEER | Zain Vally
ASSISTANT SOUND ENGINEERS | Ross Culverwell & Ruby Friedman
WRITER & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER | David Mann
SCENOGRAPHER & COSTUME DESIGNER | Nthabiseng Malaka
COSTUME DESIGNER | Nthabiseng Makone
SEAMSTER | Thoriso Mogale Jnr Mpshe
SET BUILDING & COSTUME ASSISTANT | Philani Masedi
SET BUILDER | Lindani Nxumalo
DRESSER | Masesi Hlatshwayo
SCENOGRAPHY & COSTUME MENTORS | Sabine Theunissen & Greta Goiris
​​MECHANICAL ENGINEERS | Chris-Waldo de Wet & Jacques van Staden
HOUSEKEEPING & SPACE MANAGER | Gracious Dube
PRODUCTION MANAGER | Wesley France
LIGHTING DESIGNERS | Barry Strydom (Cue Lighting & Sound) & Michael Inglis (Emmet Theatre)
LIGHTING TECHNICIANS | Matthews Phala, Themba Mthimkhulu & Ncedo Ivan Ntaba
LIGHTING ASSISTANT & CREW | Bongani Mpofu
FRONT OF HOUSE | POPArt Productions: Hayleigh Evans, Samkelisiwe Khuzwayo, Sboniso Thombeni, Aroma Lebooa, Aviwe Dasha, Nqobizitha Khupe, Raymond Taiwe, Martin Grendele, Aalliyah Matintela, Zanele Mthombeni, Muzi Trust & Linda Mangena with ushers from The Market Theatre Lab 2nd year and WITS CPM programmes
PUBLICITY | Bronwyn Coppola (ThinkArtMedia)
LIGHTING & AV | Splitbeam Gearhouse (Pty) Ltd Hiredesk
STAGE GEAR SUPPLIER | Setsational
SOUND EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER | SoulFire Studio (Pty) Ltd & Splitbeam Gearhouse (Pty) Ltd Hiredesk

Special thanks:
Linda Leibowitz, Natalie Dembo, Damon Garstang, Anne McIlleron, Anne Blom, Joey Netshiombo, Diego Sillands, Thandi Mzizi, Jessica Jones, Taryn Buccellato, Laurie Cearley, Rachel Chanoff & THE OFFICE performing arts + film.

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