Hopes and Memories Project

Main creators

Co-artistic directors, playwrights: Themi Venturas (Sa), Laurent Festas (Fr)

Choreographers: Gyula Berger (Hu),  Mdu Mtshali (Sa)

Music composers: Jan Meyerowitz, Raphaël Imbert (Fr), Ildo Nandja (Sa)

Set designer : Tomaś Žižka (Cz)

Costume designer : Dragan Stojcevski (Cz)

Videos : Michaela Bottkova (Sk), Lukaś Matejka (Sk), Pavol Soukal (Sk)

Light designer : Ondrej Ruzicka (Cz)

 

Actors / Dancers

Mdu Mtshali (SA) : Robert Gumede

Vusi Makanya (SA) : Mthandile Ngubane

Themi Venturas (SA) : South African Airline pilot, Capt Alex McClean

Flora Eszter Sarlos (Hungary) : NGO worker

Bertrand Festas (Fr) : Customs Police

Ikki Hoshino, (Fr/Jp) : Japanese journalist

Caroline Lemiere (Fr) : Customs Police

Laurent Festas (Fr): Lawyer

 

Singers

Kelebogile Besong (Sa) – Soprano : cleaner in the airport and s/ Cora in the operatic sections

Till Fechner (Fr) – Baryton : Chief Inspector of Customs / Norwood in the operatic sections

Thabang Edward Phiri (Sa) – Baryton : Bert in the operatic sections

 

Musicians

Ildo Nandja (Sa) : Bass

Rapheäl Imbert (Fr) : Saxo

Martin Surot (Fr) : Piano