Vir Stemme, LitNet se dialoogprojek saam met die Suidoosterfees, NATi en die ATKV, is tien dramaturge genader om kort dialoë te skryf. Twintig akteurs is gevra om daarin te speel en tien regisseurs het elkeen ’n stuk afgerond.
Haram
Haram beteken dis verbode
RUIMTE:
Hierdie dialoog vind plaas in die kantoor van die skoolberader, mej Fredericks. Mej Aaliyah Fredericks is 27, onvolwasse en onervare. Muhammad, die leerder wat raad soek, is ’n angstige 17-jarige matriekstudent. Hy klop aan die deur van mej Fredericks se kantoor, en sien sy sit met haar voete gekruis op haar tafel. Sy dra ’n pienk nagrok oor haar hemp en broek, en Muhammad is nie beïndruk met haar nie. Die tafel is gevul met boeke, koffiekoppies en breekware, en op die hoek van die tafel is ’n groot materiaal-Pick n Pay-sak. Mej Fredericks sit ook met haar arms gevou en haar selfoon is in haar regterhand. Sy is besig om video’s op die app TikTok te kyk. Oorhoofs speel die liedjie “Saggies” deur die Temple Boys. Mej Fredericks beweeg haar bolyf en probeer die TikTok-danspassies naboots. Muhammad staan in die deur en wag vir mej Fredericks om hom in die kantoor in te roep.
Foto: In Zubayr Charles se dialoog Haram vertolk Bianca Flanders en Marunzo Thomas die rolle. Quanita Adams was in die regisseurstoel.
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Zubayr Charles grew up in the picture-postcard neighbourhood of the Bo-Kaap. He teaches English First Language at the Good Hope Seminary High School and coordinates the school's drama club. At the same time, he is busy with his master's degree in creative writing at UCT. 'I write short stories, but I also consider myself a poet and playwright. In 2019 I showcased my first play dealing with gender-based violence The Battered Housewives' Club.' Zubayr is in the process of self-publishing an anthology of poems on the topic of the gentrification of the Bo-Kaap. Zubayr was hesitant about submitting his work to the Kommadagga panel. 'I have learnt that reading is subjective and people can either really like or dislike one's writing. So, I wasn't sure how the panellists would respond to my submission. When I received the good news, it was humbling because, although I have grown more confident in my writing, I wasn't sure about the reaction I would receive.' The short story he submitted deals with many of the taboos that millennials in Cape Town struggle with and that older and more conservative generations may not necessarily warm towards. 'I feel extremely honoured to be part of this programme and I hope to improve my writing in order to continue sharing the stories of the marginalised in the Cape Town of today.'
