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Ganga Nyoko! Inzima Nyoko!
Synopsis
Two long-time friends decide to reconnect after seven years of separation. In the course of this reunion, striking differences arise and long-kept secrets between the two come to the surface. Vows are broken and their precious friendship looks set to end. Will their differences cease a permanent separation between them? Will they find a way to keep intact what is valuable to them, nonetheless?
Accolade
Ganga Nyoko! Inzima Nyoko! Was nominated for three Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards (best new writer, best new ensemble and best new director) and won for Best New Director (Siphenathi Siqwayi).
Among three other plays, this play was crowned Finest of Zabalaza Festival in 2021 at Baxter Theatre, earning a produced season of performances.
In 2020, this play won the Junkets Publishers Script Competition and was awarded publishing funding by The Other Foundation to be published by Junkets Publishers.
For his dual roles in Ganga Nyoko! Inzima Nyoko! - Sbuja was crowned Best Actor of Zabalaza Festival in 2021.
PRAISES FOR
GANGA NYOKO! INZIMA NYOKO!
"... Brilliant writing. One of the best scripts I have seen staged for a while... This is a script of excellence. Sibuyiselo Dywili is the writer and he performs in this harrowing two-hander. It is a story of pain, violence, self-loathing, gender violence, the quest of forgiveness, acceptance; self love; healing. It is about family and friendship and the ties that bind us and keep us apart. It's a play about us and it's a play about everyone; everywhere. It's graphic. Unflinchingly graphic. Watch out for the suitcase scene. Listen to the nervous laughter of the audience. It is funny - until it's not. Superb performances by Sibuyiselo Dywili and Siyamthanda Bangani and consummate direction by Siphenathi Siqwayi."
-Robyn Cohen
The House of Truth
Synopsis
Descending into a pitiful state of drunkenness and despair, here we meet Can - not Can Themba, not Mr. Can Themba, just Can - sparkling with energy, wit and intelligence, wildly verbose, passionate, charming and broken. Can introduces us to The House of Truth, his home in amongst the rubble of Sophiatown where writers, artists and intellectuals, of all hues, meet over copious amounts of alcohol to battle ideas, opinions and philosophy in search of enlightenment, truth and freedom. All the while, Can is awaiting a letter from the Department of Education, hoping to have it recognize his teaching degree from Fort Hare University so that he may pursue his career as teacher and provide for his family. The House of Truth is written by Dr Siphiwo Mahala, who has been a careful and thorough researcher of the life and writings of Can Themba.
Accolade
For this performance, Sbuja earned a nomination for best solo performer at the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards. It was this performance that he won the Peter Hayes Award for Best Actor category in 2022.
PRAISE FOR
THE HOUSE OF TRUTH
“It is a rare gem of a play that sweeps you completely off your feet. I was swept. A matinee performance of The House of Truth, in between sessions of load shedding, on a Saturday afternoon, took my breath away, left me speechless and moved me to tears.This impeccably written one-man play is layered with words, emotion, bitterness, history, politics, pain and bloody minded creative character, and Sbuja Dywili embodies the spirit of Can Themba completely. This young man portrays the complex, sophisticated, despairing, hilarious, crude, frustrated, passionate, outrageous, alcoholic, genius Can Temba so perfectly that the line between character and performer is totally erased. I felt like I was there, in the house of truth, listening to this man in another time and place. ”
- Megan Choritz
“Sibuyiselo Dywili activates the stage with an electrifying performance as Can Themba who was eccentric, maverick,non-conformist, principled, passionate, outspoken, impeccably stylish and urbane- and a lot more. This could have been a static monologue of solo performance but in the hands of this team, the production grooves – like a jazz event in Sophiatown.”
- Robyn Cohen
Sbuja Dywili
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