Multi-sensory world building inspired by mythology, surrealism, underbelly and Afrofuturism. The culmination of my work bends toward this centre point. I am Zimbabwean-Australian, and my work is modelled after the cultural necessity for Sankofa, a Ghanaian word from the Akan tribe meaning to 'look back in order to move forward', or 'fetch what is at risk of being left behind'.
In the face of the climate crisis, it is more crucial than ever to assess, with accuracy and honesty, where our relationship to the natural world stands (and in turn, the natural world's relationship to us) and where our construct for this relationship has stemmed from, in order to shape where the two of us, humanity and nature, are going. There is no segregating one from the other.
Within the Western construct of power, the climate solutions and Western ideology are two opposing forces. Western ideology fights for power over nature, whereas climate solutions necessitates the sustaining of people, through the natural world dictating human behaviour. Who No Kno Go Kno is an offering of another lens, an Afrocentric lens, through which to view the climate conversation. And if you do not know what that looks like, you will soon find out.
Cast & Creatives
Photo of TANE WILLIAMS ACCRA
TANE WILLIAMS ACCRA
HE/HIM
YUNG SANGO
Photo of ALPHA KARGBO
ALPHA KARGBO
HE/HIM
UNCLE BANGA
Photo of MASEGO PITSO
MASEGO PITSO
SHE/HER
ARIKO
Photo of KUDAKWASHE
KUDAKWASHE
WRITER
Photo of EFFIE NKRUMAH
EFFIE NKRUMAH
SHE/HER
DIRECTOR
Photo of ZOË ROUSE
ZOË ROUSE
SHE/HER
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER
Photo of HARRIE HOGAN
HARRIE HOGAN
SHE/HER
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Photo of JOE PARADISE LUI
JOE PARADISE LUI
COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER
"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught."
Baba Dioum, Senegalese Forestry Engineer
The Suitcase Series is made possible by the generous support of the Girgensohn Foundation.
The Suitcase Series also receives generous support from individual Malthouse Muse donors.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:
Dr Thomas and Ingeborg Girgensohn Zinzi Kennedy, John Powell & Wendy Powell from Active Artists Management Mary-Ann Vale from BMEG Pty Ltd. Rachel Dwyer from Mollison Keightley Management Trent Baker, Aimee Ravek & Emily Johnson from RGM Artists Pty Ltd
DURATION
The running time for this production is approximately 70 minutes, with no interval.
Malthouse Theatre presents
WHO NO KNO GO KNO BY KUDAKWASHE
CAST
Yung Sango Tane Williams Accra Uncle Banga Alpha Kargbo Ariko Masego Pitso
CREATIVES
Writer Kudakwashe Director Effie Nkrumah Set & Costume Designer Zoë Rouse Lighting Designer Harrie Hogan Composer & Sound Designer Joe Paradise Lui Dramaturg Bernadette Fam Movement Consultant Jonathan Homsey Movement (West African) & Fight ConsultantKwame Tosuma Movement (Popping) ConsultantJimmy Zhu Community Engagement Consultant Henrietta Amevor Community Engagement Consultant Diana Quarshie Stage Manager Rosemary Osmond
Commissioned and presented as part of Malthouse Theatre’s Education Program, The Suitcase Series
The Suitcase Series is made possible by the generous support of the Girgensohn Foundation The Suitcase Series also receives generous support from individual Malthouse Muse donors.
ANONYMOUS LIZ & CHRIS SCHELL JANINE TAI RICHARD LEONARD & GERLINDE SCHOLZ CANNY QUINE FOUNDATION JENNIFER DARBYSHIRE & DAVID WALKER CARRILLO GANTNER AC & ZIYIN GANTNER DASHIELL GANTNER & DR ANNA FOLEY
THALIA ($5,000)
JOHN & LORRAINE BATES MICHELE LEVINE ANN KEMENY & GRAHAM JOHNSON PETER & MARY-RUTH MCLENNAN ANONYMOUS CHRISTOPHER REED JORDANA HUNTER & JACOB VARGHESE ANDREW DOMASEVICIUS & AIDA TUCIUTE
MELPOMENE ($2,500)
J COWEN ROSEMARY FORBES & IAN HOCKING ANONYMOUS MICHAEL KINGSTON ALISON PYE ROSEMARY WALLS LEONARD VARY AM AND DR MATT COLLINS AM KC PETER TEMPLETON AMY & PAUL JASPER JON WEBSTER AM SUE PRESTNEY & PAUL GLEN MIKE & JANE RIKARD-BELL SUSANNE DAHN
EUTERPE ($1,000)
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TERPSICHORE ($500)
CHARLIE POWLES STEVEN RICHARDSON ANONYMOUS ELISE CALLANDER LINDA NORMAN JEAN ROSS ANN MCLAREN SUSAN MCLEAN ROBERT & HENRY HOSKIN ANONYMOUS KAYLENE O'NEILL PENNY WARD FIONA MAHONY BRONWEN EVANS ANDREA MEDWIN PROF MICHAEL JEFFORD CAMERON LEWIS MARY DYER ABBEY-PINKERTON FAMILY PROF ROBERT NORDLINGER PETER BERRY & AMANDA QUIRK MARY-ANNE THOMAS ROSS LYONS ALAN WONG & LICHIN LIM STEPHANIE JONES DR LINDY HUME JAN BEGG
ERATO ($250)
ANNE O'DONOVAN AO JO WHYTE SIMONABRAHAMS LYNDY CLARKE JOHN DURIE SHERYLBRYCE ANONYMOUS GERARD POWELL ANITA ROBERTS ANONYMOUS BARBARA YUNCKEN MARK LARSEN MARGOTMCDONALD ANONYMOUS CHRIS TEH JUSTINE CHARLES JUDY MORTON CHRISTINA COSTIGAN ANONYMOUS PATRICK CONWAY GEOFF LAYTON ABIGAIL KING PETER CASH & BARBARA HOGARTH MICHELLE MASON ANONYMOUS DR ROB BROWN MICHAEL CIESIELSKI CHARLES & STASIA ZIKA ANONYMOUS EMILY KLUG LUCY BEST ANONYMOUS TONI SAN DIEGO LEIGH JOHNS OAM MONIQUE HODGKINSON MARITADUNBAR DR ROGERIO PEREIRA HELEN CHAMPION ANONYMOUS DIANNE TEMBY COLIN DYER JANE JURICIC GLENN MUNARI & MARIA O'SHANNESSY ANONYMOUS DAVID JOHNSTON-BELL MANDY BATTAINI LINDEN & MICHAEL GOLDING MARGARET & BARRY VIEIRA PETER & LESLEY THOMAS ANONYMOUS DAVID LIH LYNN NORMAN DYLAN COLE JANETTE HIBBERD JO WHYTE
EXECUTIVE TEAM
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & CEO Vivia Hickman
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jacob Varghese (Chair) Jada Alberts Jennifer Darbyshire Lindy Hume AM PhD Dr Anna Foley Alison Whyte Alan Wong
ARTISTIC & PROGRAMMING
SENIOR PRODUCER Annie Bourke PRODUCER Erica Browne CASTING DIRECTOR Rhys Velasquez, CGA NEW WORK ASSOCIATE – ARTIST DEVELOPMENT Jessica Arthur NEW WORK ASSOCIATE – SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT Keziah Warner
Paul Buckley Emily Burke Perri Cummings Annabelle Davy Claire Duncan Mellita Ilich Julia Landberg Joshua Lim Sam McDonald Christine Pearsall Claire Tredinnick
EDUCATION
EDUCATION COORDINATOR Lyall Brooks
PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION MANAGER Blair Hart TECHNICAL MANAGER Baird McKenna OPERATIONS MANAGER Dexter Varley HEAD TECHNICIAN (LIGHTING) Rob Ballingall HEAD TECHNICIAN (SOUND) Edwin Cheah
HEAD OF WARDROBE Delia Spicer WORKSHOP MANAGER Goffredo Mameli SET BUILDERS Elizabeth Whitton, Lennon Fowler
PRODUCTION STAFF
Declan Acton Tait Adams Ash Basham Rylan Beckinsale Andrew Boswell Connor Brown Eden Burke Taarani Charrett-Dunlop Brandon Duncan Max Evans Justin Gardham Finnian Gleeson Stephen Hawker Patrick Hay Jodi Hope Kara Jaeger-Pound Brendan Jellie Khisraw Jones-Shukoor Josh Mackenzie Eugene Mackinnon Sofie McClure William Palazzo Micah Patson Chris Payne Darren Peet Rhys Pottinger Arielle Roberts Jacob Shears Natalya Shield Gareth Sole Nathaniel Sy Darren Thao Em Van Dyk Sasha Vulling Dan Walkeden
VENUE MANAGEMENT
FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER Dani Goder
FRONT OF HOUSE ATTENDANTS
Alice Fittock Aljin Abella Barney Spicer Chiara Gabrieli Fiker Gebrehana George Jefford Hayden Mumby Hayley Wolters Kate Washington Kenny Waite Lauren Walmsley Louisa Carpinteri Lucy Grant Lucy Seale Mitch Brotz Molly Wilson-McKenna Ponie Curtis Sara Norman Sophie McCrae Texas Nixon-Kain Tom Gannon Victoria Barlow Zoë Hadler
