SALT

Title: SALT
Description: A powerful devised work that complicates and documents South African black woman narratives. The story, written and directed by Noluthando Mpho Sibisi, re-imagines the biblical story of Lot’s wife, focusing on the eyes of the ridiculed, the violated, and the vile. It uses salt as a metaphor for seasoning, purification, and preservation.
Subject: South African Black Woman Narratives; Biblical Retelling; Gender-based Violence; Grief
Date: 2019-06-27 / 2019-07-07
Creator: Sibisi, Noluthando Mpho (Writer & Director)
Contributor: Cetyiwe, Andisiwe (Cast); Maphumulo, Busisiwe (Cast); Mahamba, Joy Anelisiwe (Cast); Mgobo, Ludumo (Cast); De Wet, Miri-Joan (Cast); Menzelwa, Sinazo (Cast); Tshelane, Louie (Stage Manager)
Type: Performance; Devised Work
Format: Live Stage Production
Note: Winner: NAF Student Festival Best Production 2019
Language: English; isiXhosa
Publisher: Rhodes University Drama Department