20/08/2026
Izithukuthuku - The Tattered Soul Of A Worker
Conceptualizer, Choreographer & Producer |Vusi Mdoyi founding director Studios_Vusi ArtsPro
Co- Conceptualizer, Director | Phala Ookeditse Phala
Associate Dramaturge | Jeremy Nedd
Percussive Director: Micca Manganye
Music Director: Sibusiso Shozi
Co-contributing Creatives
Performers | Elma Motloenya, Lungile Ngwenya, Paballo Phiri, Oscar Buthelezi, Muzi Shili, Thembi Joanita Ngwenya, Micca Manganye, Sbusiso Shozi, Vusi Mdoyi, Thulisile Binda & Lesego Thabethe
Associate Admin & National Co-ordinator | Kelebogile Letsholo
Admin & Stage Manager | Dimakatso Motholo
Producing Companies | VAP Dance Academy, Theatre & Studio, Step Afrika, The Centre for the Less Good Idea, Makhanda National Arts Festival ( Dir. Rucera Sethal ), National Arts Council , Theatre Noorderzon , Theatre Festival Basel & Kunstfest Weimar
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Vusi Mdoyi | Conceptualizer & Choreographer
Mdoyi is a dancer, teacher, choreographer, artistic director, and a Pantsula. He is the founding director of VAP Dance Academy Theatre and Studios, a co-founding director of Impilo Mapantsula Global Movement, a structure that unites, promotes, researches, documents and contributes towards building industry standards.
Mdoyi's contribution to the creative awareness and continued fascination with the culture of isiPantsula are inspired by his upbringing in the township which connects to the history, culture, politics, fashion, music, and language of the art form. He boasts 26 years Global experience of introducing isiPantsula to conventional theatres, academia, and experimental art spaces, as well as contextualising its artistic expression on global stages.
Phala Ookeditse Phala | Conceptualizer & Director
Phala is a multi-award-winning 'storiyer' in the form of a playwright, theatre- maker, dramaturge and director whose work has won awards in South Africa, USA, Czech Republic, Australia and Scotland. He is the Co-Director of Noma Yini. He has over 20 years experience in arts practice which include working at The Centre for the Less Good Idea as its Animator.
He holds a Masters in Dramatic Arts from Wits University. His works champion emotional and psychologically-stimulating storying as a uniquely African aesthetic. His focus and interest are on methodologies of making and creating work in ways that collapse and disrupt conventional norms.
