WHO NO KNO GO KNO

WHO NO KNO GO KNO

23 October 2024 – 01 November 2024 Beckett Theatre

Malthouse Theatre,

Theatre Afro-Surrealism Afro-Futurism Education New Work Commission World Premiere

IF YOU DON’T KNO, COME AND FIND OUT... Who No Kno Go Kno is a bold new work by Kudakwashe that melds Afro-Surrealism, Afro-Futurism and a world of climate-inspired mysticism. Set in a futuristic unnamed African country, this gripping story follows Yung Sango, a teenager caught between the wisdom of the past and forces shaping an uncertain future. This work is a dynamic sensory experience melding music, spoken word and movement. Feel the heat of tension through lighting, sound and staging that conjures both a visceral, dreamlike atmosphere and the volatility of the natural world. Be drawn into intimate moments of connection and jolted by intense encounters with larger-than-life forces, the elemental powers of Mama Earth and Mama Sun. A compelling journey of self-discovery, Who No Kno Go Kno invites you to reflect on identity, legacy, the power of imagination and the invisible worlds that surround us all. As Yung Sango navigates familial bonds, ancestral spirits and the ravages of climate change, the play asks: Will we fetch what is at risk of being left behind?

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Tane Williams Accra, Masego Pitso & Alpha Kargbo

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Masego Pitso

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Alpha Kargbo & Tane Williams Accra

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Alpha Kargbo

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Tane Williams Accra & Masego Pitso

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Tane Williams Accra & Masego Pitso

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Masego Pitso

Photography for WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Tane Williams Accra, Masego Pitso & Alpha Kargbo

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Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Tane Williams Accra, Masego Pitso & Alpha Kargbo

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Masego Pitso

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Alpha Kargbo & Tane Williams Accra

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Alpha Kargbo

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Tane Williams Accra & Masego Pitso

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Tane Williams Accra & Masego Pitso

Production Photography from WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Masego Pitso

Photography for WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024). Photographer: Wani Toaishara. In photograph: Tane Williams Accra, Masego Pitso & Alpha Kargbo

Cast

Tane Williams Accra

Tane Williams Accra

Actor (Yung Sango)

Alpha Kargbo

Actor (Uncle Banga)

Masego Pitso

Actor (Ariko)

Creatives

Kudakwashe

Writer

Effie Nkrumah

Director

Zoë Rouse

Set & Costume Designer

Harrie Hogan

Lighting Designer

Joe Paradise Lui

Joe Paradise Lui

Composer & Sound Designer

Bernadette Fam

Dramaturg

Jonathan Homsey

Jonathan Homsey

Movement Consultant

Kwame Tosuma

Movement (West African) & Fight Consultant

Movement (Popping) Consultant

Claudia Howarth

Claudia Howarth

Stage Manager

Rhys Velasquez

Casting Director

Producer (Malthouse)

Acknowledgements

The Suitcase Series also receives generous support from individual Malthouse Muse donors.

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