Mmakgosi Kgabi (JAR): Shades of a Queen

Shades of a Queen is a coming-of-age, coming-to-self, coming-out piece exploring the identity constructs of an African Queer child. The creative process was based on personal experiences and challenges in the journey to coming out both literally and metaphorically. Her Majesty the Queen (a.k.a. Mmakgosi, which translates to ‘‘The Mother of the Chief“) battles with stepping out of the house and out of the closet. She confronts her self in all her majestic glory, and the demons and counter-masks that reveal themselves as identity constructs come into being from mundane interactions with the world.

Mmakgosi Kgabi studied Choreography and Acting at Rhodes University (2007). She has performed on several platforms both at home in Johannesburg and internationally. Among others, she collaborated with Mbogeni Ngema and Constanza Macras’s the Offside Rules (2010), and Pink Zebra Theatre Co.’s Super Zoom for the Impulstans festival in Vienna (2011). She’s a member of Stash the Suitcase Performance Arts Collective.

Mmakgosi Kgabi studied Choreography and Acting at Rhodes University (2007). She has performed on several platforms both at home in Johannesburg and internationally. Among others, she collaborated with Mbogeni Ngema and Constanza Macras’s the Offside Rules (2010), and Pink Zebra Theatre Co.’s Super Zoom for the Impulstans festival in Vienna (2011). She’s a member of Stash the Suitcase Performance Arts Collective.