[6.54..KENYA] - At the Intersection of Seat and Stage with Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu

WHAT TO EXPECT...WHEN YOU PUSH PLAY

In this episode, host Kondwani Mwase is joined by Kenyan/Ugandan creator and director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu. Mumbi joined us in, virtual studio, from Toronto where she now lives after time in Victoria, BC. During the course of this short, yet infinitely sweet, conversation, Mumbi shared insights about her journey as a creative - shedding light on her process and purpose. A student of life, Mumbi's approach to creation includes an intentional flow that allows her cast and crew to bond as humans as well as professionals in their craft.

Mumbi is a Dora Award winner, a Founder/Artistic Director of the experimental theatre company IFT (It’s A Freedom Thing Theatre) Theatre, a recipient of a Toronto Theatre Critics Award, an Artistic Director’s Award, a Pauline McGibbon Award , a Mallory Gilbert Protege Award, a Harold Award, and has been twice nominated for the John Hirsch Directing Award. 

Most recently, Mumbi directed Is God Is by Aleshea Harris and Sizwe Bansi is Dead by Athol Fugard, written collaboratively with two South African actors, John Kani and Winston Ntshona, both of whom appeared in the original production

OUR HIGHs (NO LOWs)

6:22 I studied Human Biology in Victoria and so I just kind of quietly finished my degree and then like shifted gears towards the arts after that.

12:56 I think that when my African identity met my Black identity, I would say when my family immigrated here as a teenager, I was like, oh, okay. This is when the meeting happened. So I feel like those two things always being in conversation with each other and being a woman

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