THE SCENT OF CHANGE

 

The  Durban University of Technology's Drama and Production Studies Department is proud to present The Scent of Change. 

Written and directed by Dr Verne Rowin Munsamy, musical direction by Zenneth Cibane, with musical producer Niwake Jama, and choreographed by Mdu Mtshali.

 The production is part of the third year Performance Techniques module which navigates a Departmental Production in which students get a chance to experience a professional platform for Performance in their final year of their diploma.

 This year's production is a collaborative effort that brings to the stage a brand new South African musical that weaves together a romantic love story in a historical time in our country, pre-democracy, where the waters of integration were testing in the public schools of Chatsworth.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, integration between Black and Indian learners was experimented with when small groups of Black learners were introduced into Indian schools to see if integration would be possible after almost 40 years of segregation.

The story navigates the romantic love story of Preshni, a teenage Indian girl, top of her class and James, a young Black student who is introduced into the Indian school. It conveys the uncertainty and prejudice that existed at the time but also the lingering hope of a united country.

The Scent of Change runs at the Courtyard Theatre, DUT from October 28 to 31 nightly, with a 14h00 show on October 30.

Tickets R50 (R30 students, pensioners and children) available through secretary Bawinile at 031 373 2194, email: BawinileM1@dut.ac.za or at the door.

The DUT Courtyard Theatre is situated at 51 Steve Biko Road, Musgrave, Durban. Guarded, off-road parking available on site.