He may even develop a production of his own, The Elephant, that he started writing in 1988. But he prefers not to talk too much about it. It's a renaissance piece, I suppose. It deals with scientific issues as opposed to traditional ones. The elephant of the play is hidden in a dark cave.
People have to go inside the cave to touch the animal and guess what it is.
They are wrong about what they have perceived when they emerge, but when they return with candles they can see what they were feeling. It makes you think and that's what theatre should do. Mtwa got backing into his stride when directing Cabbages and Bullets, a play that enjoyed a long run at Windybrow. He also directed The Pain, which opens at Windybrow this week. Written by budding playwright Emily Tseu, The Pain was featured at the Windybrow Arts Festival.