11 – 19 Oct 2025
11 – 19 Oct 2025
HMS Bloemhof Skoolsaal
Bridling, written by Nadia Davids, is the third collaboration between the playwright and director/choreographer Jay Pather. 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 that seamlessly merges text, movement, set and image in his singular, innovative style.
Writer Nadia DavidsDirector Jay PatherSet design Nicola PilkingtonCostume design Michealine WesselsSound design and composer Jannous Nkululeko AukemaProjection designNicola PilkingtonLighting design, stage manager Andi ColomboAssistant stage manager Tatum PearceProduction manager POPARt ProductionsSet design consultation and constructionLungile CindiCane Sculpting Consultation and Construction Zweli NgcombelaConstruction Assistance Tamara Dubeni, Nandi Tavares Calburn, Thandeka Mabaso en Justine KabaVideo and Projection Design Assistance Bethany-Hannah TooheyFeatured projection performance Diana FerrusAV projection image by Mmakgabo Sebidi Met vergunning van Mmakgabo Sebidi en Everard ReadProduced by National Arts Festival and the Festival Enterprise Catalyst
