Nominations for the 14th Annual Naledi Theatre Awards were announced at the Market Theatre in Newtown, Joburg, on the 14th of May.
The 2017-year was a very busy one for theatre, with an extraordinary amount of new talent, works and sheer entertainment on display. Here are the Nominations for theatre productions staged in 2017. Moliere's Tartuffe, was nominated in several categories !
The awards ceremony will take place on June 18.
Best Costume Design
Birrie le Roux – King Kong
Birrie le Roux – West Side Story
Marcel Meyer – Hamlet
Sasha Ehlers – Moliere's Tartuffe
Pierre du Plessis – The Mystery of Irma Vep
Best Ensemble
The Play that Goes Wrong
Vir Ander
The System
Moliere's Tartuffe
Hamlet
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Khutjo Green – Moliere's Tartuffe
Esmaralda Bihl – Karel se Oupa
Sive Gubangxa – The Play That Goes Wrong
Camilla Waldman – Moliere's Tartuffe
Taryn Bennett – The Old Man and the Sea
Best Director of a Play
Lesedi Job – When Swallows Cry
Sylvaine Strike – Moliere's Tartuffe
Lara Foot – The Inconvenience of Wings
Lara Bye – Die Reuk van Appels
Andre Odendaal – Karel se Oupa
Best Performance in a Play: Female
Ameera Patel – Tamasha on Hope Street
Jennifer Steyn – The Inconvenience of Wings
Carly Graeme – Betrayal
Chi Mhende – Chasing Chairs
Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni – The Suitcase
Vanessa Cooke – Moliere's Tartuffe
Best Performance in a Play: Male
Andrew Buckland – The Inconvenience of Wings
Graham Hopkins – Freud's Last Session
Mpho Osei-Tutu – When Swallows Cry
Craig Morris – Moliere's Tartuffe
Lindani Nkosi – Tamasha on Hope Street
Warren Masemola – When Swallows Cry
Christiaan Schoombie – When Swallows Cry
Best Production of a Play
When Swallows Cry
The Inconvenience of Wings
Tamasha on Hope Street
Die Reuk van Appels
Moliere's Tartuffe
The Suitcase
Best Theatre Set Design
Conor Murphy – West Side Story
Paul Wills – King Kong
Nadine MInnaar and Louis Minnaar – Calling Me Home
Nadine MInnaar and Louis Minnaar – The Mystery of Irma Vep
Fred Abrahamse – Hamlet
Best Lighting Design
Mandla Mtshali – When Swallows Cry
Joshua Cutts – West Side Story
Tim Mitchell – King Kong
Darron Araujo and Guy de Lancey – Dead Yellow Sands
Wilhelm Disbergen – Tamasha on Hope Street
Best Sound Design or Sound Scape
Gladman Balintulo – Sarafina
Mark Malherbe – King Kong
Mark Malherbe – West Side Story
Wessel Odendaal – The Mystery of Irma Vep
Steve Clarke – The Old Man and the Sea
Best Production for Children: Aged up to 12
Cloud Catcher
Cradle under the Shade
Rat Race
Seussical's Christmas Carol
Taking Flight
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Best Production for Young Audiences: Aged 13 – 17
A Short Cut to a Short Life
Hamlet
Onderwêreld
Plastocracy
Best Performance in a Production for Young Audiences: Aged 13 – 17
Chr4istopher van der Westhuizen – Onderwêreld
Jacques de Silva – Taking Flight
Kgaogelo Monana – A Short Cut to a Short Life
Nieke Lombard – Cloud Catcher
Tebogo Machaba – Taking Flight
Yamikani Mahaka-Phiri – Beneath African Skies
Best Newcomer / Breakthrough
Noxolo Dlamini – Sarafina
Ian Roelofs – Karel se Oupa
Phillip Schnetler – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Kanyi Nokwe – Pinocchio: The Ultimate Pantomime Adventure
Isabella Jane – Evita
Best Original Choreography for a Play, Musical or Revue
Louisa Talbot – West Side Story
Gregory Maqoma and Richard Lothian – King Kong
Nompumelelo Gumede – Sarafina
Weslee Lauder – Rock of Ages
Bafikile Sidibe – Sophiatown
Best Original Score / Arrangement / Musical Adaptation
Mbongeni Ngema – Sarafina
Todd Matshikiza and Charl-Johan Lingenfelder – King Kong
Matthew MacFarlane – Tamasha on Hope Street
Alice Gillham – Calling Me Home
Sabelo Mavuso – Itsoseng
Best Musical Director
Eddie Mathiba – Sarafina
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder – West Side Story
Louis Zurnamer – Evita
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder and Sipumzo Trueman Lucwaba – King Kong
Bryan Schimmel – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Mncedisi Shabangu – The Inconvenience of Wings
Roberto Pombo – The Play that Goes Wrong
Katlego Letsholonyana – Itsoseng
Afzal Kahn – Tamasha on Hope Street
John Lata – The Suitcase
Best Director of a Musical / Revue
Matthew Wild – West Side Story
Jonathan Munby and Mdu Kweyama – King Kong
Mbongeni Ngema – Sarafina
Elizma Badenhorst – Rock Of Ages
Best Supporting / Featured Performance in a Musical / Revue: Female
Valephi Mnisi – Sarafina
Bianca le Grange – West Side Story
Lerato Mvelase – King Kong
Ntambo Rapatla – King Kong
Chantal Herman – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Isabella Jane – Evita
Best Supporting / Featured Performance in a Musical / Revue: Male
Dumisani Mtshali – Sarafina
Sanda Shandu – King Kong
Schoeman Smit – Rock of Ages
Mark Tatham – Pinocchio: The Ultimate Pantomime Adventure
Grant Towers – Pinocchio: The Ultimate Pantomime Adventure
Best Lead Performance in a Musical / Revue: Female
Noxolo Dlamini – Sarafina
Lynelle Kenned – West Side Story
Nondumiso Tembe – King Kong
Emma Kingston – Evita
Claire Taylor – Rock of Ages
Best Lead Performance in a Musical / Revue: Male
Andile Gumbi – King Kong
David Dennis – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Jonathan Roxmouth – Evita
Sne Dladla – King Kong
Phillip Schnetler – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Best Performance in a Solo Production
Lebohang Toko – The Man Jesus
Graham Weir – Dead Yellow Sands
Gideon Lombard – Die Reuk van Appels
Sello Maake kaNcube – The House of Truth
Jemma Kahn – In Bocca al Lupo
Best New South African Script
When Swallows Cry – Mike van Graan
The Inconvenience of Wings – Lara Foot
Tamasha on Hope Street – Rajsh Gopie
Die Reuk van Appels – Johann Smith
Karel se Oupa – Retief Scholtz
Best Production of a Musical
King Kong
West Side Story
Evita
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Sarafina
Moliere's Tartuffe was in association with the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), and the Alliance Française in South Africa and with the support of Total South Africa, BNP Paris / RCS Group (a BNP Paribas group company), and Mazars and was performed by the Fortune Cookie Theatre Company.
Moliere's Tartuffe toured in 2017 in South Africa in Soweto, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Grahamstown.