Interpretation of dreams #3

Interpretation of dreams #3

Beautiful morning, clear skies, no rain in sight, I had a good dream. Much better, there’s light at the end of the tunnel. A dreamt about money in my pocket, no Spiderman, no shame. In the dream, I am with a friend Kg and he is visibly happy! Gordon’s (Gin) in hand, he is in a celebratory mood. His relationship with his girlfriend didn’t work out and now the dowry money is coming back to him. It was a toxic relationship in any case and they are both better off separated. We went to the shops to buy the Gin but because of his excitement we finished the whole bottle on our way back. Kg did most of the drinking, dry gin, no sponge. He was just so happy that succubus was out of his life. He looks at the bottle and notices that the bottle is almost empty. I blame him and tell him that he finished the whole bottle. He looks at me and tells me don’t worry. He reaches in his pockets and takes out a lot money, he hands the money to me because he is so drunk and tells me “let’s go buy another one, you can pick any bottle you want”.

Analysis: Beautiful morning, clear skies, much better. The dream is straight forward, my friend was in a toxic relationship. They had a miscarriage and he is so relieved he dodged the bullet. Purple nation yeah but there’s also crazy, entitled, baby mama drama! The schemers, the manipulators: ladies, we still remember what you did to Flabba. Crazy bitch stabbed him in cold blood and murdered him and was released from Jail in a couple of years. Purple nation yes but it goes both ways, there’s double standards and a victim mentality here. Kg feels he escaped a Flabba moment, his girlfriend was too crazy!

We were talking about this on the weekend, that’s why it penetrated my psyche and my dreams. She was a hindrance, a stumbling block, in his way and she refused to move over. The dream is symbolic, now that she’s gone, he is getting his dowry money back and is ecstatic – he has money in his pockets, he is happy.

Purple nation, I’ve been reading Momo Matsunyane’s book about plays. Ka Lebitso La Moya is obviously a masterpiece. The other two plays from the book “Penny” and “Unlearn” are also great. All three plays explore rape. Powerful work, she writes in her voice, you know the characters, they are relatable and feel alive. She doesn’t sugarcoat the human condition, she has a deep knowledge of human nature. Reading her plays, I was excited again. I had forgot why I came to the theatre in the first place – the stories. I wanted to improve myself, master the craft. In the course of just trying to stay alive in the industry, I lost that, I existed in another form but I don’t need to do that anymore. I am alive, I am in, no one is in my way. I won. I am simultaneously Kg with that bottle of Gin. Even though psychological, I too cut ties with my toxic partner. It’s time to move forward and reap the benefits, I am going to adapt my stories for the stage and make a real effort to get them on the stage. I am going to collaborate with other artists and open doors and I am going to make a lot of money.

Purple nation aside, I will put down a crazy bitch!

Ka Lebitso La Moya

Ka Lebitso La Moya

At the Market Theatre for the opening of Ka Lebitso La Moya. Winner of five Naledi Theatre Awards including best production in a play and best director for Momo Matsunyane.

We open in Ha Satane, a fictional township rife with with despair and hopelessness. Unemployment, crime, no service delivery, no electricity and no water. The residents take to the streets protesting, looting, demanding a change and the head of the current counselor.

Inside the Evangelist Church of Christ is where we find hope. The church serves as a pillar for the community. We are in the church serving as congregates. There is singing and praise for our lord and savior. The mood is festive and in high spirits, jubilation reigns. Ka Lebitso La Moya serves as a greeting for the congregation, a form of endearment that connects and unites. The pastor is charismatic and has women congregates vying for his attention. He is almost lured with Chakakalaka by an admirer but the pastors wife intercepts and stops things from going far. The pastor plans to be a counselor for Ha Satane considering his good standing in the community. This is a facade, he is a man of dubious character, a false prophet lying to his congregation with impunity, grooming underaged girls at church. He uses his power to manipulate an underage girl to call him “daddy”. A love interest of his son. After having his way with the underage girl (rape), he is cold and distant, instructing the girl that he is not his “daddy”. The girl is in a mess, she’s not the same, once a lead in the choir. She becomes a shell of who she was. She is troubled, broken and completely out of it. His son finds out about the relations between his father and love interest and decides to poison his father but he ends up poisoning his love interest instead.

The play is a humorous, fast paced and relatable musical that depicts life in the township. Josias ‘Dos’ Moleele plays the pastor, he feels familiar, his mannerisms and conduct mimics a stereotypical pastor in the township. Ka Lebitso La Moya, he is a preacher, a shapeshifter, a deceiver, he loves women and he exhibits preditory behavior. He won the Naledi for best actor for a reason, his performance is captivating and supremely entertaining. He is your definition of a false prophet and he knows this and is unapologetic about it, profiting and showing no remorse.

Siyasanga Papu plays two characters, one of the characters, the pastors wife. The most amazing singer in the program, she beats them all!

The other actors are amazing too:
Sibusiso ‘Black’ Madondo
Khutjo Green
Zevangeli Mampofu
Chrisophocus Seboka

The pianist Tshepo Dean is emphatic, he sets the mood, he is the pulse, he seamlessly moves from scene to scene, he feels, he has range, he is totally in the story.

Ka Lebitso La Moya! This is an amazing play! We were in Church. We even stood on our feet to the choir girls demand and sang with her, she picked two people from the audience to come on stage and sing and dance with her. It was an experience, it was realistic. Conversations in Sesotho, Tswana, Xhosa, Venda and English because we are in the township. Conversations free-flowing and naturalistic. The characters had character and personality.

Ka Lebitso La Moya! I loved everything about this play.

Congratulations Momo Matsunyane and the whole team for a great show and a deserved standing ovation.