Johannesburg based up-and-coming starlet Amanda Tobo emerged as one of the night’s big winners at the Ishashalazi Theatre Awards which were held at the Carletonville Civic Theatre on Friday 15 March.
The 26 year old Tobo won the Best Female Actor award for her role in the play titled it’s a wrap, this despite being a first time participant in the 2012/13 season of the developing theatre programme that is run annually in partnership with the Gauteng Theatre Practitioner’s Committee.
“It’s an honour to be recognised for my work on Ishashalazi Theatre programme. The platform has given me an opportunity to boost my confidence as a performer in order for me to take my art to greater heights,” said Tobo.
Eddie Matladi (31) from Daveyton won the Best Male Actor Award after his performance in the production Silver Coat and Black Stick. Matladi was judged as the best during the Ishashalazi Theatre festivals that were held on the 15th and 16th of December 2012 and again on the 26th and 27th of February this year at the Soweto Theatre.
Both artists walked away with R10 000 each prize money.
Other evening’s winners include:
- Best Production: It’s a Wrap directed by Thembeni Joni (R50 000)
- Best Supporting Male Actor: Sibusiso Mashwayi from Moral Dilemma (R6000)
- Best Supporting Female Actor: Mpho Motjopi from Reflections in the Mirror (R6000)
- Best Script: The System written by Alex Mottswiri (R15 000)
- Best Director: Alex Motswiri for The System (R12 000)
- Best Set Design: Silver Coat and The Black Stick (R10 000)
- Most Promising Production: Pitsa Diatsha directed by Lebeko Nteku (R15 000)
- Against All Odds Award: Basetsana Moruakgomo (posthumously) for the script: My Best Friend’s Ghost
- Lifetime Community Theatre Development Award: Bongani Linda for work done with Victory Sonqoba Theatre Company (R20 000)
- The Basetsana Script Writing Award, with a R10 000 prize, went to Salome Sebola for her script on the play titled Truth. The award culminates from the Ishashalazi all woman script writing workshop that is aimed at empowering women script writers and directors.
The awards were hosted in partnership with Merafong Municipality.
Enquiries:
Nomazwe Ntlokwana
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E-mail: nomazwen@gpg.gov.za
