Termite! - described as "a combination of physical theatre, satire and a dash of lunacy" - will have its Durban debut at the annual Musho! Festival, which runs this year from next Wednesday to January 18. Written by award-winning playwright Greig Coetzee and directed by Peter Mitchell, the play was crafted by Coetzee early on in his career.Mitchell, director of the Pietermaritzburg Hexagon Theatre, says: "Greig was a student here in the 1980s. He started his acting and writing career here. Last year I was looking for a piece for the Hilton Festival when I remembered Termite!"Mitchell got permission from Coetzee to rework the play into a two-hander and to do the necessary rewriting."Actually, there was not much rewriting needed. Topical issues had to be included but the play hadn't dated. It's based on South African folk tales and is about things that are part of life, from the history of the struggle to the minibus - all from an animal's point of view."The play is full of physical action, but intellectually it is very adult."This is the 11th year of Durban's annual festival of one- and two-person theatre.There is nothing else quite like Musho! - no other festival in South Africa that celebrates the skills of solo performers or two-handed productions.The festival takes place every January - a time when theatres are typically dark - and is an opportunity for performers and playwrights, both new and experienced, to submit their works for selection to the Performing Arts Network of SA KZN committee.Performing in Termite! are Mpilo Nzimande and TQ Zondi, former drama students at UKZN Pietermaritzburg, who made a name for themselves nationally as winners of Gold Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2015 National Arts Festival for their interpretation of the iconic play Woza Albert, also directed by Mitchell."We have become a tight knit team," says Mitchell."We've presented Woza Albert and The Island, and we are about to embark on Master Harold and the Boys. The guys have an incredible relationship on stage and are remarkably talented."Both Nzimande and Zondi are now full- time professional actors, in itself a remarkable achievement.While the duo can cope with any genre, physical theatre is their first love."In terms of physical energy, Termite! is exhausting. All they have on stage are 10 plastic crates which they use in a multitude of ways," says Mitchell.Directing one- and two-hander theatre is also a challenge."The relationships are different - it's more intense and the work is far more detailed. If there are eight in a cast then at times some are left to do their own thing."With one or two, they are the focus the entire time and their energy levels must be consistent. It's more taxing both physically and mentally."It's the first Musho! Festival for the Termite! team."We are looking forward to it," says Mitchell. "We think audiences will love it, It is satirical and very funny but also makes us look at where we are now and where we have come from over the last 25 years."Termite! is on at the Catalina Theatre, Wilson's Wharf, on January 17 at 6pm. Tickets are R50, or R30 for students and Pansa members. Pay what you can for day shows on Saturday and Sunday. Or bookings through Computicket.Musho! must-seesSweetie Darling (Friday January 15, 6pm):One of the lighter pieces of the festival, a topical comedy about a man who bends over backwards to prove his love to his demanding girlfriend. Written and directed by Clinton Marius and performed by Bongani Mbatha.Matty and Sis (Saturday January 16, 2pm)An internationally acclaimed drama, that's been translated into and performed in 16 languages, about two sisters and the poignancy of their relationship.Written by Theo Fransz, directed by Philisiwe Twijnstra, performed by Ayanda Fali and Vicky Nyanda.Culpado (Saturday January 16, 6pm)A drama, with touches of magical realism, about a general who disappears after the civil war in Mozambique. Twenty years later he needs to face what he gave up. An interesting comment on war and displacement.Written by Davido Jose, directed by Maria Atália, performed by Davido Jose and Horacio Guiamba...