Rotterdam | Maaspodium
Thu 3 October, 19h30 uur

Amsterdam | Frascati
Fr 4 October, 20h45

Utrecht | Theater Kikker
Tue 8 October, 20h00

Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come In is a multimedia stage adaptation of Koleka Putuma’s (South Africa) poetry collection of the same name. During the performance, images and phrases of queer black artists stream into the theatre space from speakers and projectors. Putuma turns herself into a projection screen and plays with the names, memories and legacies of black women made (in)visible in art and society.

In a dialogue between past and present, she reflects on her success and position as a black artist in white institutions from the question ‘Why are you always hijacking our narratives with your gaze?’ Fusing sound, visual design and projection mapping, she creates a multimedia performance of her poems for the stage, radically questioning the relationship between audience and performers.

‘As a work of theatre, Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come In is incredibly layered, but most importantly, accessible on multiple levels. For over an hour, Putuma is every woman, harbouring no pretences of speaking [solely] to the converted’. Mail & Guardian South Africa

Previously at venues including Wiener Festwochen 2021, Condeduque Cultural Centre Madrid 2021, Market Theatre Johannesburg 2021, National Arts Festival SA 2022