REDCAT and The Broad present the international debut of artist William Kentridge’s durational performance Houseboy. Based on the 1956 novel by Cameroonian diplomat Ferdinand Oyono, the performance explores themes of historical participation, archival memory, and post-colonial identity. This performance uses the protagonist’s diary and personal experiences as source material for the narrative. South African performers are featured and a large charcoal drawing by Kentridge serves as the theatrical backdrop. Accompanied by live music and percussion, Kentridge’s staged interpretation of Oyono’s novel creates an immersive multimedia experience that muses on agency and trauma and directly folds into the artist’s multidisciplinary practice on view at The Broad.
Tickets to Houseboy include same-day access to The Broad’s special exhibition, William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows, and the third floor galleries, during operating hours. Access to Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013) is not included.
The Broad is located at 221 S. Grand Avenue, just across the street from REDCAT.
