event
EGAMENI - Zabalaza Festival 2026
14 March 2026 - 20 March 2026
Directed by: Lamla Menziwa
Languages: IsiXhosa and English
Age Restriction:14+
Venue: Masambe Theatre/Flipside Theatre
Performances: Saturday 14 March 10:00
Monday 16 March 19:00
Monday 16 March 13:00 (FLIPSIDE)
Tuesday 17 March 16:00
Wednesday 18 March 11:30
Thursday 19 March 10:00 & 16:00
Friday 20 March 11:30
For Block, school and Corporate Bookings contact:
Mark Dobson mark.dobson@uct.ac.za
Egameni is an intimate, emotionally charged two-hander exploring the deep and complex bond between a single mother and her son.
Rooted in the cultural soil of the Eastern Cape, the production unpacks the rites of passage that define identity — a boy becoming a man, and a girl becoming a woman
— and the often-overlooked parallels between the two.