mandla: Associate Artist 2021

About mandla

mandla is a queer Zimbabwean writer, performer and curator. mandla is agender and has no pronouns. mandla’s work typically explores an intersectional existence enforced on their body as a result of the world around them. mandla has been commissioned by many organisations including the BFI, Journeys Festival International and Hope Mill Theatre to make written works.

mandla now joins our Associate Artists Programme 2021/22, for a two-year residency of professional development and the creation of new work ‘as british as a watermelon’

About mandla’s Work

Our Associate Artist relationship with mandla started by producing mandla’s debut solo show as british as a watermelon, a Queer Contact. Commission in 2021. We produced two national tours, and supporting mandla to find new contexts for their work internationally.

The moving image peice was acquire by MoMa, in New York

The Switchflicker Associate Artists Programme (SAAP) is a two-year incubator supporting new work creation and professional development. Our team offers specialised mentorship across contemporary performance, theatre, music, dance, interdisciplinary practice, queer heritage, and socially engaged art.

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