The world through Calvin Ratladi’s eyes – The Mail & Guardian

The world through Calvin Ratladi’s eyes – The Mail & Guardian

The first thing I noticed about Calvin Ratladi were his eyes. Huge, mysterious pools of something warm and comforting. We met on the stairs leading up to Rhodes Theatre in Makhanda where the play he directed for this year’s National Arts Festival was about to premiere.  Instead of the jingle-jangle of pre-show nervousness, what I saw in his wise and gentle eyes was calm, unabashed patience — an artist’s quiet expectation minutes before the publi…