From 5 to 8 February 2025,William Kentridge and The Centre for the Less Good Idea took The Great Yes, The Great No, to The Wallis in Beverly Hills, California.

Kentridge’s experimental production is an intensively collaborative work. Born from a process of creative exchange with The Centre for the Less Good Idea, The Great Yes, the Great No sees Kentridge collaborating with theatre-maker Phala Ookeditse Phala, dramaturg Mwenya Kabwe, choral conductor and dancer Nhlanhla Mahlangu, costume designer Greta Goiris, set designer Sabine Theunissen, and the production’s chorus of seven women who, along with Mahlangu, contribute to the deep musical structure of the work.

The Great Yes, The Great No is part play, part Greek chorus, part chamber opera – all interwoven with Kentridge’s signature surrealist visuals.

Photographer | Stella Olivier