Mbulelo Grootboom
Mbulelo Grootboom. (19**-) Actor.
(Not to be confused with the writer and actor Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom).
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Biography
Youth
Training
Studied for a B.A. in Theatre and Performance at the University of Cape Town.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
His professional career includes Romeo and Juliet (Maynardville, 200*), The Last Drive-in Movie Picture Show (2004), Antigone (Baxter Theatre, 2004), Hamlet (Baxter Theatre, 2005), The Suitcase (Es’kia Mphahlele/James Ngcobo, 2005), Romeo en Julia (Vleis, Rys en Aartappels, 2005), The Suitcase (2006), Skelmstreke January 2007, Iago's Last Dance (2009), Rainbow Scars (2013), Just Business (2013), Where Swallows Cry (Baxter Theatre, 2018), Gif (Woordfees, 2018), Selwyn & Gabriel (Alexander's Bar, 2018).
Film work includes Apostles of Civilized Vice (200*), White Wedding.
Production for children Die Geel Komplot by George Weideman.
Awards
Nominated for a Fleur du Cap Award for Most Promising Student, 2001.
Fleur du Cap best supporting actor Just Business 2013.
Sources
Cape Times, 28 December 2004.
The Weekender, 1 August 2009.
"Hit show Selwyn & Gabriel back at Alexander Bar", Artslink.co.za News <news0518@ticket.co.za>
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