Episode 6: Sifiso Mabena

“Living with Ubuntu”

Photo: Julia Duray

Sifiso thinks puppetry is…..challenging. 

Sifiso Mabena (she/her/hers) is a multidisciplinary theatre artist who’s worked as an actor, teacher, puppeteer, writer and singer. She’s made original puppet theatre works like Mashup Dreams For Nostalgics and Phenomenal Woman (#blackgirlmagic) that were performed at Dixon Place’s PuppetBlok. Sifiso also puppeteered in Dan Hurlin’s Bismarck, Lake Simon’s Carnival of the Animals, Andrew Murdock and Marcella Murray’s Shoot, Don’t Talk at St. Ann’s Puppet Lab and Riddle of the Trilobites at the New Victory Theatre. You can follow Sifiso on Instagram at @fisozozomab or check out her website at www.fisopearlmabena.com