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Theyre in Everything
The ensemble of the Ubom! Theatre Company will be doing a total of 29 performances over the Festival for their three productions, Through Blue, The Dogs Must be Crazy and Eco Wolf and the Three Pigs. This is because all three of their Festival proposals were accepted.
It’s an honour to be performing all of their pieces, said Ubom! member Zenzelispesihle “Sparky” Xulu, so the ensemble was not willing to complain about a heavy workload.
read more >>> http://cue.ru.ac.za/2012/07/theyre-in-everything-everywhere-all-the-time/
The psyche of students on stage at festival
The University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg Campus brings Metamorphosis, with Vicky Khumalo, Sparky Xulu, Debbie Dottridge, Kwanele Thusi, Edward Lloyd and Stella Dlangalala. Written by Adam Steyn (in collaboration with the cast), and directed by Adam Steyn, it adapts Franz Kafka’s story about a middle class family whose eldest son turns into a beetle to represent the milieu and ideology of a rural isiZulu family.
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Jomba! Fringe
This open performance platform provides an opportunity for up-coming choreographers (over 16 – some new to choreography and some professional dancers) to present their work in a professional environment with the support of a full technical team. This is one of the ways in which the JOMBA! festival offers assistance in developing new young talent by offering them the space to experiment.
read more >>> http://www.ukzn.ac.za/Event?id=402
KZN Dancers with Ubom!
Award-winning Eastern Cape theatre company UBOM! heralds some exciting new changes as it rolls out plans for the year and beyond. Forming part of the energy of this dynamic young company are KZN dancers Stella Dlangalala and Zenzelisphesihle "Sparky" Xulu. Both born and bred in KZN they are also both UKZN drama graduates.
read more >>> http://news.artsmart.co.za/2012/04/kzn-dancers-with-ubom.html
HOSS (Review)
Before the play had even started, the sheer volume of the crowd spoke for the performance itself. Special mention goes to Elisha Mudly for her breath taking performance as ‘death’s horse’ and to Sparky Xulu for his flawless performance of the story’s ‘bad guy’.
read more >>> http://activateonline.co.za/review-hoss/
HOSS: haunting and hilarious
If you’re as familiar with Ubom!’s work as I am, from the past couple of years, you’ll agree that HOSS, directed by Rob Murray, is delivering something fresh with the company’s new team. A far more youthful cast than Ubom! has had in a while, it is commendable to witness how they hold their own against the indefatigable Andrew Buckland.Sparky Xulu, who worked with Ubom! last year, shines as the urbanised young man raised in a rural Eastern Cape village.
read more >>> http://www.nationalartsfestival.co.za/show/hoss-haunting-and-hilarious/
Orientation in the spotlight
It is an annual feature of Orientation Week that first year students spend some time in the Rhodes University Theatre watching performances put on by students of the Drama Department and members of local theatre company Ubom! This year,STDiesel and The Most Amazing Other Show entertained the new students while also highlighting some issues Rhodes students are likely to encounter during their time at the University.
“We fused our own experiences with the old stories from 5 or 6 years ago to update and amend them in terms of terminology and new information,” Xulu said. This was particularly significant given that STDiesel places a lot of emphasis on HIV/Aids
