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Billy Langa (19**-)

Billy Langa is a South African actor, playwright, director, dancer and educator. Raised in [[Hammanskraal]], he is a graduate of the [[Trevor Huddleston Centre]] and the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]], where he met [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]]. With Mokgonyana he co-founded the theatre collective [[The Movement RSA]] and the collaborative partnership [[Theatre Duo]].

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

Langa's work is marked by a curiosity about the body, language and physicality in performance, and by oratory storytelling and physical poetry. He wrote and performed ''Tswalo'', an epic performance poem in English and Sepedi that he debuted at the 2018 [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]]; the text has since been published in two editions and is taught at [[Rhodes University]]. His other performing credits include ''Poet-O-Type'', ''Waiting for Godot'', ''Bapa'', ''Thirst'', ''Milk and Honey'', ''Katanga: January 17'' and ''SALT''. As a director his credits include ''Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars'', ''Rhinoceros'', ''Just Antigone'', ''A Place of Knowing'' and ''Mehlala''. He is a long-time collaborator of [[The Centre for the Less Good Idea]], and since 2019 has worked with [[Lara Foot]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] in ''Life & Times of Michael K''. He cites [[Monageng Vice Motshabi]], [[Jefferson Tshabalala]] and Andrew Buckland among those who inspire him.

== Awards, etc. ==

Langa was named the 2022 [[Standard Bank Young Artist]] for Theatre for ''Tswalo''. He has received a [[Naledi Theatre Awards|Naledi Theatre Award]] for Best Production for Young Audiences, and was named one of the [[Mail & Guardian]] 200 Young South Africans in 2024.

== Sources ==

'Playwright profile: Billy Langa the dream writer', ''The Critter'', 11 May 2020.

'Billy Langa', ''[[Mail & Guardian]]'' 200 Young South Africans, 2024.

'Billy Langa', [[The Centre for the Less Good Idea]].

Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 == Biography ==
-Raised in Hammanskraal[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammanskraal], Gauteng, he is a graduate of the [[Trevor Huddleston Centre]] and the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]], where he met [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]]. With Mokgonyana he co-founded the theatre collective [[The Movement RSA]] and the collaborative partnership [[Theatre Duo]].
+Raised in Hammanskraal[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammanskraal], Gauteng, he is a graduate of the [[Trevor Huddleston Centre]] and the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]], where he met [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]]. With Mokgonyana he co-founded the theatre collective [[The Movement RSA]] and the collaborative partnership '''[[Theatre Duo]]'''.
 == Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==

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-Raised in [[Hammanskraal]], he is a graduate of the [[Trevor Huddleston Centre]] and the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]], where he met [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]]. With Mokgonyana he co-founded the theatre collective [[The Movement RSA]] and the collaborative partnership [[Theatre Duo]].
+Raised in Hammanskraal[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammanskraal], Gauteng, he is a graduate of the [[Trevor Huddleston Centre]] and the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]], where he met [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]]. With Mokgonyana he co-founded the theatre collective [[The Movement RSA]] and the collaborative partnership [[Theatre Duo]].
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 == Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==
-Langa's work is marked by a curiosity about the body, language and physicality in performance, and by oratory storytelling and physical poetry. He wrote and performed ''Tswalo'', an epic performance poem in English and Sepedi that he debuted at the 2018 [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]]; the text has since been published in two editions and is taught at [[Rhodes University]]. His other performing credits include ''Poet-O-Type'', ''Waiting for Godot'', ''Bapa'', ''Thirst'', ''Milk and Honey'', ''Katanga: January 17'' and ''SALT''. As a director his credits include ''Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars'', ''Rhinoceros'', ''Just Antigone'', ''A Place of Knowing'' and ''Mehlala''. He is a long-time collaborator of [[The Centre for the Less Good Idea]], and since 2019 has worked with [[Lara Foot]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] in ''Life & Times of Michael K''. He cites [[Monageng Vice Motshabi]], [[Jefferson Tshabalala]] and Andrew Buckland among those who inspire him.
+Langa's work is marked by a curiosity about the body, language and physicality in performance, and by oratory storytelling and physical poetry. He wrote and performed ''[[Tswalo]]'', an epic performance poem in English and [[Sepedi]] that he debuted at the 2018 [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]]; the text has since been published in two editions and is taught at [[Rhodes University]]. His other performing credits include ''[[Poet-O-Type]]'', ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'', ''[[Bapa]]'', ''Thirst'', ''Milk and Honey'', ''Katanga: January 17'' and ''SALT''. As a director his credits include ''Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars'', ''Rhinoceros'', ''Just Antigone'', ''A Place of Knowing'' and ''Mehlala''. He is a long-time collaborator of [[The Centre for the Less Good Idea]], and since 2019 has worked with [[Lara Foot]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] in ''Life & Times of Michael K''. He cites [[Monageng Vice Motshabi]], [[Jefferson Tshabalala]] and Andrew Buckland among those who inspire him.
 == Awards, etc. ==

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-Billy Langa is a South African actor, playwright, director, dancer and educator. Raised in [[Hammanskraal]], he is a graduate of the [[Trevor Huddleston Centre]] and the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]], where he met [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]]. With Mokgonyana he co-founded the theatre collective [[The Movement RSA]] and the collaborative partnership [[Theatre Duo]].
+== Biography ==
 == Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==