(Romeo, who appeared at the monthly Cup O’Thought event. Pic by Roel Twijnstra)
Tumelo Khoza and Ntando Mlambo celebrate the 10th anniversary of their poetry event. (Review by Philisiwe Sithole)
Cup O Thought is a monthly event that has
been around for almost year and this is the 10th show, founded by a respected
duo in the field of poetry, Tumelo Khoza and Ntando Mlambo are known for
believing in the importance of creating platform for poets and vocalists. Cup
O' Thought is sponsored by Alliance Française. Spoken word
is a small niche in the soil of Durban, yet it’s becoming more popular in the
audience’s radar.
In a pretty garden of Alliance Française and
cosy weather of Durban, Cup O' Thought presents up and coming as well as well-known
poets from South African and around the world to grace the stage with their
talents. The show is divided into three segments, Open Mike Slot, Main Line-Up and
finishing with Slam to create flavour and signature.
Yesterday, I had the great pleasure to
witness fresh brewed talent of message-driven poetry. I have to mention one of
the poets in the Open Mike - Radwin van Wyk - who graced and blessed the
audience with the honesty of his poem which touched on the realities of social
issues. His poem looks into a rapist's perspective.
On the Main Line-Up Cup, O' Thought
presented a poet from Johannesburg who gave a preview of his show that will be presented
shortly at the Playhouse. He is an intelligent performer. His poetry is deep,
concise with punchlines. A hip hop group called No way out, and a South African
poet who was a semi-finalist of South
Africa 's Got Talent who goes by the name of Bulletman. A conceptualizing
poet, most of his poetry is about love and what was interesting about him is
that he uses his disorder to his advantage which was beautiful to watch. Other
poets included Inaudible, Mbali Vilakazi and Ground Zhero.
I would advise people to support Cup O' Thought.
The next show is on March 2. To be part of the event contact Tumelo Khoza on
083 633 2707. – Philisiwe Sithole
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