The Nose (Narrative, 2021)

Transformed in Johannesburg from stage onto screen, The Nose is a full-scale hybrid film installation accompanied by live music. An original score and rap libretto by Canadian musician and rapper Josh ‘Socalled’ Dolgin, directed and composed by South African musician Gareth Lubbe responds to themes of greed, hierarchy and emancipation against the imploding backdrop of growing social tensions, political cataclysms and fake news. A spectacular set design together with an international ensemble of dancing singers and singing dancers leads an expedition into an absurd reality driven by superstition and revelation.