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[[Julian Seleke Mokoto]] (also [[Julian Seleke-Mokoto]]) (19**-) is a playwright and theatre director.  
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[[Julian Seleke Mokoto]] (19**-) is a playwright and theatre director.  
  
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Also known as '''[[Julian Seleke-Mokoto]]'''
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
Mokoto has created theatre works  such as ''[[Shattered Dreams]]'', ''[[Mary, the unfaithful Woman]]'', ''[[Blind Mind]]'', ''[[The Last Mile]]'', ''[[Tapping Hearts]]'' and ''[[The Cause]]''. Wrote and directed ''[[Hold Up The Sun]]'' (1995) at the [[Abangani Community Arts]] in Soweto and staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and in the [[Windybrow Theatre]]. Wrote and directed ''[[Money Maker]]'', which opened in 2009 at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] and was revived in 2013 at [[Mmabana Studio 1]], a sexually explicit and very popular play about sex workers. ''[[The Lies that Women Tell]]'' (2012), with TV personality [[Nomsa Buthelezi]]. ''[[She Died Dreaming]]'' (2013), a play about four women trying to find love, presented by the [[Playhouse Company]] at the SA Women's Arts Festival in Durban.
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Among the plays written and directed by Mokoto have been: ''[[Mary, the Unfaithful Woman]]'', ''[[Hold Up The Sun]]'' (1995), ''[[The Cause]]'' (1997),''[[The Last Mile]]'' (1998), ''[[Blind Mind]]'' (2004),  ''[[Shattered Dreams]]'' (2004/2005), ''[[Tapping Hearts]]'' (2006), ''[[Money Maker]]'' (2009, revived in 2013), ''[[She Died Dreaming]]'' (2012/2013).
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
  
Winner of two FNB Vita Awards.
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Winner of two FNB [[Vita Awards]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[Jabu Kumalo]], interview in the [[Daily Sun]], December 2009[
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Anon. ''Sisters get a little help from Julian''. ''[[IOL]]'' (7 March, 2006)[https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/sisters-get-a-little-help-from-julian-937576]
http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dailysun/2009/12/24/DJ/21/julian%20seleke-mokoto.html]
 
  
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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[[Jabu Kumalo]], interview in the ''[[The Daily Sun]]'', December 2009[http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dailysun/2009/12/24/DJ/21/julian%20seleke-mokoto.html]
  
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Material relating to the [[Abangani Theatre]] productions held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2007. 32. 9. 199.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:11, 6 May 2024

Julian Seleke Mokoto (19**-) is a playwright and theatre director.

Also known as Julian Seleke-Mokoto

Biography

Hailing from Naledi, he spent his youth focused on soccer, but then he was exposed to theatre by a friend whom he accompanied to a performance of Gibson Kente's Things Are Bad Mzala, featuring Eric Sugar Mlangeni and was thus inspired to join a drama group. Once he was cast in a leading role in a performance he was hooked.

From the start he took on multiple duties and by his second stage role (in Khathatso), he decided to abandon soccer.

He then tried his hand at writing plays and came up with a hit called The Cause. A director from Grahams­town was impressed and invited him to their annual festival. He was also invited to take the play to Zimbabwe and Botswana.

After writing, directing and acting in a play called Hold Up The Sun, he decided to quit acting and concentrate on writing and directing. He thus went on to become the director of Abangani Community Arts in Soweto and Abangani Theatre Productions.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Among the plays written and directed by Mokoto have been: Mary, the Unfaithful Woman, Hold Up The Sun (1995), The Cause (1997),The Last Mile (1998), Blind Mind (2004), Shattered Dreams (2004/2005), Tapping Hearts (2006), Money Maker (2009, revived in 2013), She Died Dreaming (2012/2013).

Awards, etc

Winner of two FNB Vita Awards.

Sources

Anon. Sisters get a little help from Julian. IOL (7 March, 2006)[1]

Jabu Kumalo, interview in the The Daily Sun, December 2009[2]

Material relating to the Abangani Theatre productions held by NELM: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2007. 32. 9. 199.

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