Becoming and Unbecoming: Insights into Tswalo

“Some memories never leave your bones, like salt in the sea; they become part of you. – and you carry them.” – Unknown

Every once in a blue moon you watch a theatre piece so timeless in its aesthetics and poetic content that it forces you to probe into what inspired the work. Tswalo, written and performed by Billy Langa and directed by Mahlatsi Mokgonyana is one such a performance. On the 20^th of September 2017, at 14:45, I met with Langa outside of the Wits Theatre to talk about Tswalo, production that is fast becoming one of the most potent piece of our time.