Naledi Theatre Awards 2023

BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG AUDIENCES (Aged 0-13) – SUPPORTED BY ASSITEJ SA

Innocence Lost (National Children’s Theatre)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

Noni Mkhonto (The Little Mermaid Jr. – People’s Theatre) 

BEST PRODUCTION: INDEPENDENT-/FRINGE THEATRE

Cruise (HIV@40)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN AN INDEPENDENT-/FRINGE THEATRE PRODUCTION

Daniel Geddes (Cruise – HIV@40)

BEST PRODUCTION: STUDENT THEATRE

Cabaret (Redhill School)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A STUDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION

Nicolas Hattingh (Cabaret – Redhill School)

BEST PRODUCTION: DANCE, PHYSICAL THEATRE AND BALLET

Ingress (Moving Into Dance)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A DANCE, PHYSICAL THEATRE AND BALLET PRODUCTION

Oscar Buthelezi (Ingress – Moving Into Dance)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Jennifer Steyn (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Sven Ruygrok (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Boitumelo Morule (Pelegi)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A PLAY OR MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION

Ignatius van Heerden (Birthing Nureyev)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS

Sne Dladla, Zolani Shangase, Dionne Song & Viwe Mkizwana (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDSCAPE

Lungiswa Plaatjies (Kunene and the King)

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Dale Ray Scheepers, Viwe Mkizwana & Zolani Shangase (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SOLO PRODUCTION

Ruan Wessels (Plesierengel)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SOLO COMEDY PRODUCTION (WITH ELEMENTS OF STAND-UP)

Alan Committie (Live and Let Laugh)

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION

Ensemble (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY

Cast (The Red on the Rainbow)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Anjil Naidoo, Priyen Naidoo, Jerry D’Souza & Bipin Tanna (Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp)

BEST THEATRE SET DESIGN

Greg King (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

BEST THEATRE AV DESIGN

Andrew Timm (Janice Honeyman’s Adventures in Pantoland)

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Bobby Heaney & Francois van der Hoven (Fordsburg’s Finest)

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Pieter-Louis van Twisk (Die Gelofte)

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION

Janice Honeyman (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Charmaine Weir-Smith (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION

Momo Matsunyane (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION

Sibusiso Mxosana (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION

Amanda Strydom (Brel/Piaf)

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION

Sandisile Dlangalala (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Gontse Ntshegang (The Parrot Woman)

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Michael Richard (Kunene and the King)

BEST NEW SOUTH AFRICAN SCRIPT

John Kani (Kunene and the King)

BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

The Beauty Queen of Leenane (How Now Brown Cow)

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL/MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION

Hlakanyana – The Musical (UJ Arts & Culture and Madevu Entertainment)

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