Grieve, that is how you survive.
Wed Mar 26, 18:30 - Fri Mar 28, 20:00
Wits Art Museum
ABOUT
This spoken word production is infused with physical theatre and music. It follows the journey of two young women who are navigating through and discovering their grief, through different stages of loss, from childhood into adulthood, examining how grief shapes, changes, and teaches us.
Told from two differing perspectives, their stories meet in the middle - that grief ultimately MUST happen in order to find ways to heal.
In a world that asks us to withhold our loss so as to not appear weak, the play asks us to consider the act of letting go as a means to continue, and to survive through those very losses.
Through rich, poetic language and dynamic physical movement, the play reveals that surviving grief is a process of learning to honour loss, and in doing so, finding the strength to embrace life once again and to discover love at the centre of it all.
The production builds on the respective self-published poetry collections of both creators, Grace Storm (Love and Other Stuff) and Thandiwe Nqanda (No Time To Mourn), each of whom brings a wealth of expertise and personal insight into the themes of grief and survival.
The Choreo-Poem play debuted at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda in June 2024. The work is also currently working on touring at schools as a means to educate and engage with young audiences in order to create spaces for grief to be unpacked and understood.
At its heart, "Grieve, That is How You Survive" is a meditation on how we carry and live with grief. It emphasises that grief is an integral part of love and life, and by
allowing ourselves to fully experience it, we can ultimately find hope and healing.