The company is led by writer–performer Nomakhwezi Becker, joined by dramaturg and movement director Francesca Matthys. Rooted in Southern African oral and embodied traditions, the company creates work across theatre, poetry, movement, and live storytelling that explores identity, belonging, memory, and collective presence.
Nomakhwezi Becker is a South African–German multilingual interdisciplinary performer, writer, and facilitator working across theatre, poetry, and storytelling. Rooted in Call and Response traditions, her practice explores performance as a site of dialogue and intimacy across language, culture, and geography. She creates in English shaped by Zulu, Xhosa, and German, using “in-betweenity” as a generative space for exploring identity, belonging, and memory. Other performance works include When Coasts Meet (Ovation Award, National Arts Festival) and Waiting for Lift Off (University of Johannesburg; published 2024). She is a Barbican Young Poet (2024–25) and has presented work at Poetry Africa, Translationale Berlin, Southbank Centre, and Westminster Abbey.
Francesca Matthys is a South African interdisciplinary dance artist, dramaturg, writer, and facilitator based in London. Her practice centres embodied storytelling, ancestral knowledge, and collaborative creative processes across movement and text. She holds an MA in Creative Practice: Dance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Francesca is the creator of Stepping in Situ, an improvisational movement and storytelling practice rooted in her Khoi and San lineage. Her work has been supported by Arts Council England and the British Council, with collaborators including Mamela Nyamza, Theatre Rites, Dance Umbrella SA/UK, Sadler’s Wells, and The Place.
