PRODUCTION TEAM

TXT ME: A reading … filmed with cellphone is a cultural activist project and collaboration between: Those Productions The creative mix of Naren Sewpaul and Glen Thompson seek to tell unsettling stories about our present world, using theatre, film and new technologies as tools for cultural activism. They wrote the script for TXT ME. Contact: Naren Sewpaul e: narensewpaul@yahoo.co.uk World Film Collective WFC facilitates the teaching of film workshops to empower young people in marginalised communities to tell their stories. WFC provides training in the use of mobile phone for filming and editing software for post-production. WFC shot TXT ME on location at NATA using Nokia 6100 and Nokia N70 cellphones. Microsoft Movie Maker was used for post-production. Contact: Abigail Florence e: abigailflorence@gmail.com http://www.worldfilmcollective.com New Africa Theatre NATA is a provider of education and skills training in the performing arts to talented but disadvantaged young adults. NATA is also a producer of both community-based and professional theatre, including Groundswell written by Ian Bruce. Some of the performers in this TXT ME production are graduates from NATA. Contact: Emily Fischer e: emily@newafricatheatre.org http://www.newafricatheatre.org The Cast Dr. Rudi Abrahams played by: Clayton Evertson Tatjana Pellegrini played by: Tamara Richards Jeanne Abidemi played by: Nonceba Didi Prof. Albert Tesla played by: Mbulelo Grootboom