BRIDLING at Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees 2025
Schedule
Mon, 13 Oct, 2025 at 01:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
HMF Bloemhof Skoolsaal, Stellenbosch | Stellenbosch, WC
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Bridling, written by Nadia Davids, is the third collaboration between the playwright that seamlessly merges text, movement, set and image in his singular, innovative style. This is the first time these four artists have worked together since the much-lauded What Remains.and director/choreographer Jay Pather. Davids’s adaptation of her Caine-Prize award-winning story of the same name, is an electric new work in which a young actor wins a prize role in an edgy performance art production helmed by a lauded male director.
Performed by Buhle Ngaba, and supported by dancer Shaun Oelf, the play charts the actor’s journey from audition to opening night, containing within it a dark, unsettling meta-commentary about creativity, feminism, compromise and rebellion.
Pather takes up Davids’ feminist tale - described by Caine Prize judges as “a triumph of language, storytelling and risk-taking”- to create an exquisite multi-disciplinary work
Age Restriction | 16+ (nudity, profanity)
Trigger Warning | Aspects of GBV
Running time | 75min
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Writer | Nadia Davids
Director | Jay Pather
Performers | Buhle Ngaba and Shaun Oelf
Set Designer | Nicola Pilkington
Costume Designer | Michealine Wessels
Sound Designer & composer | Jannous Nkululeko Aukema
Projection Designer | Nicola Pilkington
Lighting Designer | Andi Colombo
Stage Manager | Andi Colombo
Assistant Stage Manager | Tatum Pearce
Production Managers | POPArt Productions
Set Design Consultation and Construction | Lungile Cindi
Cane Sculpting Consultation and Construction | Zweli Ngcombela
Construction Assistance | Tamara Dubeni, Nandi Tavares Calburn, Thandeka Mabaso and
Justine Kaba
Video and Projection Design Assistance | Bethany-Hannah Toohey
Featured projection performance | Diana Ferrus
AV projection image by Mmakgabo Sebidi | Courtesy of Mmakgabo Sebidi and Everard Read
Produced by | National Arts Festival and the Festival Enterprise Catalyst
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Where is it happening?
HMF Bloemhof Skoolsaal, Stellenbosch, South AfricaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
