In 1837, the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol wrote the short  story The Nose. A man wakes up one morning to find that his nose has escaped his face and attained a higher rank than his own. This story about both the terrors of hierarchy and the division of the self was the source text for Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1928 opera The Nose. I am not me, the horse is not mine is a theatrical monologue based on Gogol’s short story, and is part of an extensive body of work Kentridge developed in working towards his production of The Nose, which premiered at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in March 2010. In I am not me, Kentridge combines narration, video projection, and a vocal and instrumental soundtrack by Philip Miller. The lecture has been seen in Australia, Japan, Korea, Italy, the United States, France and Germany. Later this year it will be presented in Moscow and Istanbul. While it was presented at the South African National Gallery in Cape Town in 2008, this is the first time that the lecture is being staged in Johannesburg. By William Kentridge  Director Sue Pam-Grant  Performed by William Kentridge  Music composed by Philip Miller Film editing by Catherine Meyburgh