Bridling

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 Davids

Director Jay Pather

Set and Projection Designer Nicola Pilkington

Costume Designer Michealine Wessels

Sound Designer & composer Jannous Nkululeko Aukema

Lighting Designer, stage manager Andi Colombo

Assistant Stage Manager Tatum Pearce

Production Managers POPArt Productions

Set Design Consultation and Construction Lungile Cindi

Cane Sculpting Consultation and Construction Zweli Ngcombela

Construction Assistance Tamara Dubeni, Nandi Tavares Calburn, Thandeka Mabaso and Justine Kaba

Video and Projection Design Assistance Bethany-Hannah Toohey

Featured projection performance Diana Ferrus

AV projection image by Mmakgabo Sebidi Courtesy of Mmakgabo Sebidi and Everard Read

Produced by National Arts Festival and the Festival Enterprise Catalyst (FEC) in conjunction with the Jobs Fund