ACTRESS, author and Poet Luleka Mhlanzi (31) from Pietermaritzburg in KZN is set to host a one-woman show.
Conversing Kingdoms will take place at Hexagon Theatre in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday, 26 August 2023.
"This show tells the life of a young woman who tries to balance her life between society, marriage, self-identity and parenthood. We explore her emotions and her eagerness to find a spiritual balance between femininity and masculinity in this space and time," she said.
"We're doing this event to acknowledge and embrace womanhood. Also, to analyse and understand women."
The show will begin with a pantsula dance piece, poetry, and a music session.
All the poems will be performed by Luleka, accompanied by a band consisting of a djembe drummer, a bass guitarist, three vocalists, an mbira player and a marimba player.
She said her project will also collaborate with visual artists and crafters who employ culture in their artworks.
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Luleka's work has been recognised on various platforms. She has written and performed in most national and international festivals.
Her poems have been published in several international poetry anthologies, including The Right To Speak South African Poets Catalogue, Austin International Poetry Anthology in the USA, and New Coin South African Poetry Anthology.
Mhlanzi was invited to the Daily Thetha SABC1 studios both as a guest speaker and performer under the theme Hair and Symbolism in the African Context.
As an actress, Luleka starred in a global award-winning short film, The Beast, directed by Samantha Nell and Michael Wahrmann in Brazil.
Among her accolades are the Mail & Guardian's Top 200 Young 2021 award, the Women Of Inspiration Award 2022, held in Canada, and the Slam Awards International 2022, held in Mali.
