{"id":16651,"date":"2022-08-25T15:54:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=16651"},"modified":"2022-08-25T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:54:35","slug":"showmax-x-actor-spaces-the-wifes-casting-director-ayanda-sithebe-on-the-art-of-auditioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/08\/25\/showmax-x-actor-spaces-the-wifes-casting-director-ayanda-sithebe-on-the-art-of-auditioning\/","title":{"rendered":"Showmax x Actor Spaces: The Wife\u2019s casting director Ayanda Sithebe on the art of auditioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ayanda_Sithebe-showmax-x-actor-spaces.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ayanda_Sithebe-showmax-x-actor-spaces.jpg?resize=450%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ayanda_Sithebe-showmax-x-actor-spaces.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ayanda_Sithebe-showmax-x-actor-spaces.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Has any casting ever been more hotly debated than <em>The Wife<\/em>? Actor Spaces\u2019 founder and CEO Ayanda Sithebe\u00a0is the award-winning casting director who was tasked with finding the real-life equivalents of the much-loved characters in Dudu Busani-Dube\u2019s bestselling books. In this masterclass, he breaks down his journey and process to finding the likes of Mbalenhle Mavimbela (Hlomu) and Gaisang K Noge (Naledi), 2022 DStv Mzansi Viewers\u2019 Choice Award winners Abdul Khoza (Nqoba) and Kwenzo Ngcobo (Qhawe), and 2022 SAFTA Best Actor nominee Bonko Khoza (Mqhele). If you want to win similar roles, you won\u2019t want to miss his tips here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ayanda Sithebe on the Art of Audition | Masterclass | Showmax X @ACTOR SPACES\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bz0JRCg5hqg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Showmax x Actor Spaces masterclasses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Showmax and Actor Spaces are partnering to open up the industry, with new masterclasses coming to YouTube every second Thursday from August into October 2022. Each masterclass will be followed within a week by an Instagram Live for aspiring actors to ask the featured speaker follow-up questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First up was SAFTA and DStv Mzansi Viewers\u2019 Choice nominee Bonko Khoza, best known as Mqhele in <em>The Wife<\/em> S1 and 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bonko Khoza on character development | Masterclass | Showmax X @ACTORSPACES\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yK0R6mInwK8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has any casting ever been more hotly debated than The Wife? Actor Spaces\u2019 founder and CEO Ayanda Sithebe\u00a0is the award-winning casting director who was tasked with finding the real-life equivalents of the much-loved characters in Dudu Busani-Dube\u2019s bestselling books. In this masterclass, he breaks down his journey and process to finding the likes of Mbalenhle&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/08\/25\/showmax-x-actor-spaces-the-wifes-casting-director-ayanda-sithebe-on-the-art-of-auditioning\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Showmax x Actor Spaces: The Wife\u2019s casting director Ayanda Sithebe on the art of auditioning<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[275,110],"class_list":["post-16651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workshops","tag-actor-spaces","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}