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Text & Performance: Mbene Mwambene
Concept & Direction: Ntando Cele, Mbene Mwambene
Photos ©Moritz Lang
Premiere: Schlachthaus Theater Bern, 2019
The Whispers is a solo physical performance, that brings a personal journey of colonialism to life. It’s a response to both colonial and current perspective of being black using storytelling, poetry, sarcasm, music and body movement. Mbene Mwambene traces his family history. Asking, is a modern Black man free to choose who he becomes? What does it mean to decolonize oneself when living in Europe? What does it mean to have a name? The Whisper which has been performed at Schlachthaus Theater Bern, Konstanz University, Theater Konstanz, Schwankhalle in Bremen and Theater am Lend Graz.