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DESMOND TUTU HIV FOUNDATION YOUTH CENTRE
Guinea Fowl Rd, Sunnydale, Cape Town.
021 785 6764 072 857 3392
desmondtutuhivcentre.org.za
A New Theatre Company – Just on Your Horizon …
by Jan Moran Neil, performed playwright, experienced tutor, published writer, director and actress.
A swallow’s eye view of the Ulutsha Horizon Theatre Company blossoming in Masiphumelele, Fish Hoek.
had the pleasure of parachuting in to your lovely False Bay last autumn and had the privilege of interviewing Earl Mentor, Sports and Recreation Manager at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation at Masiphumele, along with his two internees, Khululwa Nkatshu and Sibabale Silo. They wanted to start a new theatre company. They have! Earl bounces towards me and greets me with a hug and Khuls and Sib – I will come to know them by these names – are ready with notebooks and pens. My role, it appears, is to ask some questions which will fuel and focus their thinking. Why do they want to start a theatre company? What will the company have to offer, where will the members come from and where will they perform? When will this all start happening? They didn’t need much fuelling. Why? Their goal is the same as the HIV Foundation’s: to V?vvR??WF????6?F?fRv??F?F?BV?B?G&?v???&RW6VBF?'&??r&?WB?6?F?fR6??vR??F?Rf"6?WF?6???V??G??( ???WF?( ??2F?R?????'F?Bv?&C?V?WG6??F?RFV??bF?&VRv?BF???R?B6?V"F?&?7V7F?fR6?????V?&W'2F?BF??2v???&RF?VG&S?'?F?V??f?"F?V???B&?WBF?V??????RF?W??WBF??2??B7v???r?fR( ?v???( ?'B??F?RgWGW&R?F?W?&R6W'F????V?F?F??6Rv???fRW?W&?V?6R?B6??V?F?V?"&??V7B?'WB??&R??F??2?FW#??WN( ?2vWB??R????F?Rf7G2?FV"&VFW"??????6?F?N( ?2F?Rv???v??Bv?'F??7GVfb?'WBv?B&RF?W?v???rF?&R?ffW&??r??FW&?2?b?Wrw&?F??rf?"F?V?"??WF?2?F?R6???V??G??BF?W&?7G2v??7F?'?F?6VRF?RV?wV??3????????V?2?F?R6????( ?2F?&V7F?"?B67&?Gw&?FW"??2???FVB26?RF?2&?WB( ??77VR&6VN( ?F?VG&R?F?N( ?2v??B?'WBG&? ( ?2&?WB&?B?b'&??7F?&??r?B??7F?&?WB( ?vWGF??rW?BF???~( ??6?"?F?RF?6RF?&V7F?"?2?V6VBv?V???V?F???F?B?6r??2'&?F?W.( ?2&?GV7F????b( ??g&?6 ( ??7B?V"??F??2fW'?????( ????r??FW'f?Wv??rF?RG&?F?2G&???F?W6R??V?rV??R6?F?6S?F?W?6?6??s?F?W??fR?VvRV?W&w??B76????B?B6VV?2F?W?&R?V?F??V&???r??&R&?WB6???V??6F??rv?F?v?&G2?????vR2F?W?7V???R6??fW'6F?????Gv???wVvW3????6?BV?v?6??F?W?6W'F????fR6??WF???rF?6??BF?R??bf?V?FF????27G&??r??( ?v?B??RvWB?WB?2v?B??RWB??( ???W&^( ?2F?V?"w&VBf?6????bv?W&R??WFF??"???F?VG&S?76Rf??&?RBF?RFW6???BGWGR??b6V?G&RB?6??V?V?V?RF???FVw&FRv?F?F?R?WFF??"7?'G2f6??G?7W'&V?F?&V??r???F?FVB???vWfW"?F?N( ?2F?Rw&VB???F?R6???6?&?2g&??v??6?&?vvW"F???w2w&?rv???&Rf??F??r??WFF??"76RF?W&f?&???f?6???V????&R??6GW&F?2?BV&?2???F?2?BvWGF??r??F?6??R7G&VWBF?VG&R?( ?6???F?V?N( ?&WV?&W27F???r?vW"?6VV??rF?R&??V7BF?&?Vv?F?F?RV?B?&V??rF?W&R?BF???r'B??v?V??F?Rf?'7BW&f?&??6Rv???F?R?6R???W&?FvRF?( 2GVW6F?#GF?6WFV?&W"BF?R6V?G&R?gFW"F??2??FW'f?Wr?7BWGV????6Bv?F???V?2??F?R7FW2?WG6?FRF?R??b6V?G&R?BvR&VB&?&W'Bg&?7N( ?2?V??( ?F?R&?B??BF?V?( ?F?vWF?W"????V?VBF??fR6?????&r??g&?7BF?2&?WB??r( ?v??VG2??F?v?( ??B?6?VB??V?2v?B6?Rv?FVBg&???fR?6?R6?B?( ?( ?B??R???RF??F?7F'B??v?F?VG&R6????6??Wv?W&R?( ??F??B?W"6?^( ?2F???r?B?W&R?B??r??6?VBV&?f?"V?FR??R6?B?( ?????WF????gWGW&R?( ??( ???&R&6?????W"7&??rf?"F?R&??76????V?F?V?"( ?v??VB??F?v?( ??B?V?F?V?'V??B'?6???r?B7W?'F??rF?V?"W&f?&??6W2?( ???WF?( ??2F?R?????'F?Bv?&C?V?WG6???2?w&?FR6??RvVV?2?FW"gFW"F??2??FW'f?Wr?VF?F???2?fR?&VG?&VV??V?B?V?v?BW&f?&?W'2?fR&VV?6??6V?f?"F?V?"F?V?B'WB?6?f?"F?V?"6???F?V?B???R?2??v??Bv?F??WBF?R?F?W"?( ?6???F?V?N( ??2v?&BF?Rf?V?FF????2?VV?F?vWB??V?rV??R??F?R6???V??G?F?V?FW'7F?B?( ?6???F?V?N( ?&WV?&W27F???r?vW"?6VV??rF?R&??V7BF?&?Vv?F?F?RV?B?&V??rF?W&R?BF???r'B?v?W&S?( ??WG&V6?( ??2v??C???F?F?R??6?66????2?6???VvW2?F?v?6??2?B6???V??G?6V?G&W2?F?N( ?2F?R&Vv?????r?BF?W&^( ?2F?Rf"&V6???rv???bF?R&?r??6?F?VG&W3?'G66R?&?FW"?gVv&B?F?W?v??( ?B&R&VgW6??r'W@??eT??4?$4?RD?t?D??t???RTuU5B#0??