WHAT I HEAR I KEEP/MATE MASIE

 16 - 18th August 2023 @ The Fairfield Halls

Directed - Philip J Morris / Assistant Director - Leanne Henlon / Movement Director - Mateus Daniel / Sound Designer - David Olowu Costume Designer - Sandra Falase / Lighting Designer - Pablo Fernandez Baz / Production Manager - Ina Miller / Stage Manager - Julia Nimmo / Drama Therapist - Abigail Sol / Dramaturg - Malakaï Sargeant / Producer - A’Ishah Waheed / Assistant Producer - Regina Agard-Brathwaite

At an ACS (Afro-Caribbean Society) link-up, a space that normally champions the diversity of the black diaspora, a group of young people who are experiencing different levels of disconnect to their blackness, the diaspora, and themselves are given space to explore their issues, reconnect, and potentially heal through myths, teachings, histories and the words of ancestral guides delivered by three deities:

Shango, a warrior orisha from the Yoruba tribe is represented as the element of wind. He is the god of thunder, lightning and drums.

Mawu-Lisa, an androgynous creator deity from the Kingdom of Dahomey is represented as the element of water.

Silika, a new god created from the disconnect, to challenge the old mythology and the old Gods’ archaic view is represented as the element of fire.

TYPT is Talawa’s flagship programme for emerging theatre makers. Every summer a team of young artists aged 18-25 works with established artists to create a brand-new show in just 4 weeks