Inspired by Dr Gcina Mhlophe’s Mazanendaba stories.
Our Stories Our Voice
Stable Theatre: 115 Johannes Nkosi St, Durban
Saturday 28 February 2026 @ 3pm
with preview performance @ 11am for invited guests.
Ticket Prices: R 50 (full) / R20 (concessions) pp at the door
Bookings via WhatsApp 0837250925.
Well-known Durban storyteller Cherry the Clown (Adi Paxton) with the Creative Children Arts Team presents Our Stories Our Voices – A Children’s Theatre Musical – an exciting multidisciplinary performance with storytelling, clown and puppetry elements, for one public performance only at the Stable Theatre on Saturday 28 February at 3pm.
The project is inspired by Dr Gcina Mhlophe’s Mazanendaba stories.
The show celebrates stories created and performed by children and youth alongside professional performers. Children and youth tell stories they have created, stories of overcoming and of being creative and having a voice in the world despite its dangers and silences. Our Stories Our Voices began with storytelling workshops led by the Creative Children’s Arts Team (CCAT). They have included into the project, traditional storytelling and Zulu folklore. Their aim is to encourage vulnerable at-risk children and youth to express themselves through the show; to learn and be inspired by the experience of creating and performing in a professional way that honours their stories. They were also involved in a poster design competition and in some prop creation
Storyteller and Singer Qhwanelentombi Mkhize fronts the production, while singer Sneah Mhkize, rapper Siyabonga Mkhize and musician Dave Arnold on vocals and guitar, together wrote the songs.
The production team includes Vusi Makhanya as co-director and choreographer, Jabu Siphika, of Flatfoot Dance Company, choreography and production management with Adi Paxton as producer, director and script writer.
The production is possible through National Arts Council funding, and the support of the Stable Theatre via eThekwini Municipality and arose from working with partner organizations such as the AssitejSA and Arts4Youth Social Employment Fund projects.
The project arose from ongoing work with their youth partners, over the past five years. The team is indebted to their partnerships with St Martin’s and St Theresa’s Children’s Homes as well as the eDwaleni outreach programme in Quarry Heights and Kwa Mashu
For further info contact Adi on 0837250925.
Our Stories, Our Voice
