NO EASTER SUNDAY FOR QUEERS

A play written by Koleka Putuma about race, religion and sexuality that premiered at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg in August 2019. 

The play was first developed in 2017 under the CASA Award, (a collaboration between the Playwrights Guild of Canada Women’s Caucus and the African Women Playwrights Network), under the mentorship of Canadian playwright Diane Flacks and Johannesburg based, Zambian theatre maker and scholar, Mwenya Kabwe. The play was further developed as part of the Imbewu Trust playwrighting award in 2018. It has recently won the 2019 Distell Playwrighting Award and will make its debut at the Market Theatre in August 2019. An excerpt of No Easter Sunday For Queers, directed by British Nigerian theatre maker, Femi Elufowoju Jr. will be staged at the Roundhouse in London as part of the Global Black Voices; excerpts of plays by black writers from around the globe in August 2019. The script of No Easter Sunday for Queers was published by Junkets Publishers in 2020. 

More: Kwanele Sosibo – Mail & Guardian | SABC Morning Live | African Theatre Magazine | Nondumiso Msimanga – Culture review

• Playwright: Koleka Putuma 
• Directed by: Mwenya Kabwe 
• Music Director: Nhlanhla Mahlangu 
• Projection and Sound Design: Nicola Pilkington
• Lighting Design: Jade Bowers 
• Costume and Set Design: Noluthando Lobese   
• Stage Manager: Campbell Meas 
• Cast: Tshego Khutsoane, MoMo Matsunyane, Lunga Radebe, Khanyisile Ngwabe, Tumeka Matintela
• Ensemble & Chorus: Amukelani Mabaso, Asime Nyide, Chaunees Bokaba, Kgomotso Moshia, Kgothatso Makwala, Khanyisile Zwane, Lesedi Nkosi, Melusi Molefe, Moagi Kai, Nicola Niehaus, Okuhle Ngxe, Philangezwi Nxumalo, Pretty-Boy Sekhonto, Rethabile Headbush, Scout Fynn, Siphesihle Fakude, Sydney Ndlovu, Tebogo Malapane, Thuthukani Lombo, Tshepo Matlala