adminIt Never Rains is Dube’s follow up to the successful thrilling television drama series, Yeyeni Bantu, which ran 13 episodes on the national broadcaster ZTV last season.
It Never Rains Dube’s debut play at the international fiesta made it through the Hifa direct Wwrkshop together with the play I Have Sinned by Harare-based Patrick Miller.
It Never Rains is a story of a family of two teenagers Sqo (15) and Jeqe (10) who have a sick mother. Sqo is active in a school dance group. The story begins when their mother dies of unknown disease. Their uncle takes all their property leaving the two orphans with nothing.
Ropa, a businessman, abuses Sqo sexually and emotionally and gives her a few groceries in return. The teacher, Mr Kunene, also abuses her sexually because he knows Ropa, so he threatens to tell people if she refuses to have sex with him. Sqo gets pregnant and doesn’t know who the father is.
Ropa forces her to abort and she becomes a bitter person and cannot concentrate in class. The rumour about her affairs with older men spreads in the village and everyone starts discriminating her. The teacher continues abusing her. Relatives take Jeqe away saying she will corrupt him. She is lonely and decides to set up a meeting with the chief. Will she be allowed to meet the chief? What happens to Ropa and Kunene?
The 25-year-old Dube, who is destined for greater heights, was under the tutelage of veteran art director and playwright Cont Mhlanga at Amakhosi Performing Arts Academy.
The play is directed by budding film director Thembelihle Moyo, a former Amakhosi Academy student.
In an interview, Dube said she felt honoured to have one of her plays showcased at Hifa.
“I am actually over the moon and simply encouraged at the way things have been unfolding in my career, I had my first production Yeyeni Bantu being chosen and beamed on ZBC ahead of many other equally good productions on ZBC and now my play is at Hifa, it’s so amazing,” said Dube.
The television drama series Yeyeni Bantu was based on suspected ritual murders that rocked Bulawayo during the 2010 World Cup. During that period fear gripped the city after several rumours of disappearance of children in the city with suspected human traffickers accused of kidnapping them for ritual purposes.
It was against this background that Dube penned the thrilling drama series which was a must see.
Dube, who is also the production manager of the forthcoming potential thriller Nyaminyami written by theatre guru Cont Mhlanga, said she was confident that she will not disappoint at Hifa.
Online Reporter