Seatavern

With Buhle Ngaba, Shaun Oelf

Bridling, written by Nadia Davids, is the third collaboration between the playwright and director/choreographer Jay Pather. The play charts the actor’s journey from audition to opening night, containing within it a dark, unsettling meta-commentary about creativity, feminism, compromise and rebellion. Pather takes up Davids’ feminist tale - described by Caine Prize judges as “a triumph of language, storytelling and risk-taking”- to create an exquisite multi-disciplinary work that seamlessly merges text, movement, set and image in his singular, innovative style.

Writer Nadia DavidsDirector Jay PatherSet and Projection Designer Nicola PilkingtonCostume Designer Michealine WesselsSound Designer & composer Jannous Nkululeko AukemaLighting Designer, stage manager Andi ColomboAssistant Stage Manager Tatum PearceProduction Managers POPArt ProductionsSet Design Consultation and Construction Lungile CindiCane Sculpting Consultation and Construction Zweli NgcombelaConstruction Assistance Tamara Dubeni, Nandi Tavares Calburn, Thandeka Mabaso and Justine KabaVideo and Projection Design Assistance Bethany-Hannah TooheyFeatured projection performance Diana FerrusAV projection image by Mmakgabo Sebidi Courtesy of Mmakgabo Sebidi and Everard ReadProduced by National Arts Festival and the Festival Enterprise Catalyst (FEC) in conjunction with the Jobs Fund