THE MAN WHO CONJURES WORLDS: The dramatic journey of Bheki Mkhwane
By Sitha Maliwa:
Long before television lights, awards and international tours, there was a boy walking through the streets of KwaMashu - replaying a theatre performance in the darkness, mimicking the dances and songs he had just witnessed.
That boy would grow up to become one of South Africa’s most extraordinary storytellers.
For more than four decades, Bheki Mkhwane has stood on stages across the country and around the world, summoning entire universes out of nothing but movement, sound and imagination. Actor, mime artist, clown, playwright, director, composer and mentor, Mkhwane belongs to a rare breed of theatre makers whose craft transforms empty space into living worlds.
His journey begins in the township of KwaMashu, north of Durban, where h...