The Naledi Award Winners were announced at the Teatro Monte Casino in a glittering ceremony last night. Among the big winners for the evening were Molière’s Tartuffe, King Kong and When Swallows Cry.
Poet Don Mattera was honoured with a lifetime achievement award, as well as actress Sandra Prinsloo. Here’s a full list of the winners:
Naledi Awards Theatre Awards Winners:
Best Supporting Actress: Khutjo Green - Molière’s Tartuffe
Best Supporting Actor: John Lata - The Suitcase
Best Production For Children(Supported by ASSITEJ SA) (0 - 12): Cloud Catcher - Prod. by Odd Body Theatre, dir. by Richard Antrobus
Best Production For Young Audiences: (Supported by ASSITEJ SA) (1317) Onderwêreld- Prod. by Andre Stolz Productions, dir. by Andre Stolz
Best Performance In A Production For Young Audiences: (Supported by ASSITEJ SA): Jaques De Silva - Taking Flight
Best Newcomer/Breakthrough: Phillip Schnetler as “Adam/Felicia” - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Best newcomer/ breakthrough award goes to the amazingly talented @philschnetler who gave an outstanding performance in #PriscillaQueenOfTheDesert @NalediAwardsSA #Naledis2018 #NalediTheatreAwards18🎭 pic.twitter.com/tdt0ecWvNU
— Stage and Screen (@stagescreenSA) June 18, 2018
Best Costume Design: Sasha Ehlers - Molière’s Tartuffe
Best Lighting Design: Joshua Cutts - West Side Story
#WestSideStorySA wins it’s second #NalediTheatreAwards18 this time for Best Lighting Design which goes to Joshua Cutts. @TheFugard #naledi2018
— Craig | FootNotesZA (@cchjnb) June 18, 2018
Best Set Design: Conor Murphy - West Side Story
Best Sound Design or Soundscape: Gladman Balintulo - Sarafina!
Best Director Of A Musical / Revue: Jonathan Munby - King Kong
Best Director Of A Play: Lesedi Job - When Swallows Cry
Best Original Score / Arrangement / Musical Adaptation: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder (Additional music & arrangement) - King Kong: Legend of a Boxer
Well deserved. Alot of work went into reviving #KingKongSA and they did a brilliant job. #NalediTheatreAwards18 #Naledi2018
— Cloudy with a chance of Wayne... (@wayneRSA) June 18, 2018
Best Musical Director: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder - West Side Story
Best Ensemble: Molière’s Tartuffe - Produced by The Fortune Cookie Theatre Company in collab. with the French Institute of South Africa, written by Molière, adapted by Richard Wilbur, directed by Sylvaine Strike
Best Original Choreography For A Play, Musical / Revue: Louisa Talbot - West Side Story
Best Supporting / Featured Performance In A Musical / Revue: Female: Ntambo Rapatla as “Miriam” - King Kong: Legend of a Boxer
Best Supporting / Featured Performance In A Musical / Revue: Male: Sanda Shandu as “Lucky” - King Kong: Legend of a Boxer
The Naledi Award for the BEST SUPPORTING/FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL/REVUE BY A MALE
goes to Sanda Shandu as Lucky in KING KONG - The Musical! #NalediTheatreAwards18 #Naledis2018 #KingKongSA pic.twitter.com/P8wfYssGVt
— The Fugard Theatre (@TheFugard) June 18, 2018
Best Lead Performance In A Musical: Female Lynelle Kenned as “Maria” - West Side Story
Best Lead Performance In A Musical: Male: David Dennis as “Bernadette” - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Best Lead Performance In A Play: Female: Jennifer Steyn - The Inconvenience of Wings
Best Lead Performance In A Play: Male
Andrew Buckland - The Inconvenience of Wings
Best Performance In A Solo Production: Female / Male:
Gideon Lombard - Die reuk van appels
Best New South African Script:
When Swallows Cry - Prod. by The Market Theatre, written by Mike van Graan, dir. by Lesedi Job
Best Production Of A Play: When Swallows Cry - Prod. by The Market Theatre, written by Mike van Graan, directed by Lesedi Job
Best Production Of A Musical: King Kong: Legend of a Boxer - Prod. by Eric Abraham & The Fugard Theatre, written by Harry Bloom, dir. by Jonathan Munby
For the 2018 Naledi Theatre Awards, we have received an astonishing 15 nominations for our production of KING KONG and 10 for our production of WEST SIDE STORY! #NalediTheatreAwards18 #KingKongSA #WestSideStorySA pic.twitter.com/LsatTjLifb
— The Fugard Theatre (@TheFugard) June 18, 2018
SPECIAL AWARDS
World Impact Award: William Kentridge
Lesedi Spirit of Courage Award: Oscar von Memerty
Innovation in Theatre Award: Dorothy Ann Gould
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Sandra Prinsloo & Don Mattera