Tholwana Dyosopu is a singer-songwriter who has applied her musical talents to creating new versions of a series of Shakespeare's sonnets. She is the Resident Artist for 2026 at the Tsikinya-Chaka Centre (TCC) at Wits University. In this episode, the first of two instalments, TCC Director Chris Thurman joins Tholwana for a studio session to talk about her work and to listen in as she records some of her new compositions.