Faith Nonkululeko Busika

South Africa

Faith was born and brought up in the Westrand of Johannesburg. Her first encounter with theatre was at high school, where she was involved in a number of educational plays (as a performer and facilitator) for the youth in her community. These plays focused on issues that affect the youth, such as teen pregnancy, drug addiction and HIV and AIDS. She is currently part of the youth leadership program within the Westrand district.

Faith’s interest and passion in theatre has lead her to complete her BA Dramatic Arts Degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her training, which ended in 2010, has allowed her to feature as performer in various styles of theatre. She was also involved in a number of applied theatre interventions, where she worked collaboratively with communities such as: The Hillbrow Theatre, New Life Centre for Women and disadvantaged high schools.

During her training, she also managed to further her study in psychology up to second year, as the combination of psychology and applied theatre is of great interest to her, when applied at school level.

She is currently part of the Drama for Life Playback Theatre and is furthering her studies in Applied Theatre as a Master’s student as well as continuing with performance.