UBUNTU // Guro Sibeko

What happens when what was supposed to make you powerless becomes a weapon? Three friends, two teenage daughters, and their historical idols Miriam Makeba and Winnie Mandela meet in a living room. Here exist big dreams, old wounds, fifty shades of foundation, and some rather dark fantasies. When the girls are subjected to racism on a trip to the city, they decide to do something about it. Not by becoming victims, but by using the system's own perceptions of them. Together, they start writing. First a story. Then a novel. Then a plan. Ubuntu is an explosive, humorous, and physical performance about love across generations, about all we inherit from those who came before us, and about what we pass on. About survival techniques, fighting spirit, dreams, traumas, and the art of turning powerlessness into power. The performance consists of nine actors, slam poetry, music, video, and a stage expression that moves between apartheid South Africa and today's Norway. The word Ubuntu encompasses a philosophical concept built on the idea that we humans are inextricably linked to one another. We become human through community, care, and reciprocity with other people. Ubuntu is about seeing the humanity of others as connected to our own and meeting others with compassion. But it is also about standing up for and defending the community of which you are a part. Cast: Maria Karlsen Jon Werede Hope Sisi Sumbundu Evelyn Osazuwa Nosizwe Baqwa Bendik Johannessen Anna Trindade Eriksen Lillian Kvilesjø Mari Elise Haugen Artistic team: Direction: Mine Nilay Yalcin Script: Guro Sibeko Dramaturge: Deise Nunes Sound design: Truls Hannemyr Light design: Yasin Gyltepe Set and costume design: Gabriela Melo Larsen The performance is co-produced by Kloden Theatre. The external collaboration partner is Nordic Black Theatre. The performance is supported by the Arts Council, the Fund for Sound and Image, Fritt Ord, the House of Drama, and the Bergesen Foundation. UBUNTU premieres on February 11, 2027, at Kloden Theatre.