The Visitors - Cradle of Creativity

The Visitors is a co-production with artists from Berlin and youth from Hillbrow. The show re-elaborates on the codes, aesthetics, and dramaturgy of the teen-slasher horror cinema. Violence and horror is used to convey the elaboration of the Other as a monster, the xenophobic constructions around the immigrants, and the real horrors of the colonial intruders that continue to influence current socio-political structures today.
Company: Dorky Park, Constanza Macras (Germany) & Windybrow Arts Centre (South Africa)

Director: Constanza Macras
Composer: Spoek Mathambo
Dramaturg: Tamara Saphir
Set Design: Thando Lobese
Costume Design: Roman Handt
Lighting Design: Sergio Pessanha
Sound Design: Stephan Wörhmann
Performers: Miki Shoji, Emil Bordás, Thulani Mgidi, Alexandra Bodí, John Sithole, Brandon Magengelele, Jackson Mogotlane, Vusi Magoro, Tshepang Lebelo, Ukho Somadlaka, Bongani Mangena and participants from the Windybrow Art Centre’s After-School Programme

Supported by: Constanza Macras I DorkyPark, Market Theatre Foundation, Windybrow Arts Centre, Goethe-Institut, Kampnagel, Ruhrtriennale. Supported by the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ Coproduction Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Age: 10+ years
Language: English
Duration: 75-90 minutes