Makambe Speaks
After her travels, Makambe K. Simamba returns to Calgary with the World Premiere of a new solo show, Makambe Speaks.
A co-creation with Eric Rose and the team at Ghost River Theatre, Simamba sets off to answer the question: where are you from?
“As someone who has lived in Zambia, Guyana, Virgin Islands, Calgary and Ontario, the idea of identity is fluid and very interesting to me,” Simamba says. “There is not an easy way for me to define.”
Ghost River Theatre is known for their experimental and non-traditional use of narrative for telling stories.
Through the collaboration, Simamba says she was able to explore immigration and identity with humour.
“There is a lightness to the show,” she says. “I can joke about lived identity and what to offer as part of the journey.”
The work with Ghost River Theatre has been a good fit for Simamba.
“I get help to work to capture the different things that go off in my mind,” she says. “The work is representative of how my brain works and felt like a good match.”
Simamba can be seen in recent television projects, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and True Dating Stories.
Some recent theatre productions include, ”Our Fathers, Songs, Lovers and Little Brothers,” also a solo performance that is a prayer for Black life.
Makambe Speaks runs from April 25 to May 6 at West Village Theatre. For more information and tickets visit www.ghostrivertheatre.com