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Mahlatsi Mokgonyana (19**-)

Mahlatsi Mokgonyana is a South African theatre director, dramaturge, actor, writer and poet. Born in [[Dawn Park]] on the East Rand, he met [[Billy Langa]] while studying at the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]], and the two co-founded the theatre collective [[The Movement RSA]] and the collaborative partnership [[Theatre Duo]].

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

Mokgonyana's work prizes the inherent truth of a piece of theatre and the impact it has on its audiences, and he has explored minimalism in performance rather than spectacle. He provided the direction, dramaturgy and design for ''Tswalo'', written and performed by [[Billy Langa]]. He directed ''My Children! My Africa!'' in 2016, at the height of student protest action in South Africa, and directed the [[Jefferson Tshabalala]] plays ''Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars'' and the revival of ''Poet-O-Type''. He developed the minimalist piece ''SALT'' during a residency at [[The Centre for the Less Good Idea]].

== Awards, etc. ==

Mokgonyana received the 2017 [[Cape Town Fringe]] Fresh Award for Directing and a [[Naledi Theatre Awards|Naledi Theatre Award]] for Best Production. With [[Billy Langa]] he was named a 2022 [[Standard Bank Young Artist]] for Theatre.

== Sources ==

'Mahlatsi Mokgonyana', [[The Centre for the Less Good Idea]].

'Billy Langa and Mahlatsi Mokgonyana', Standard Bank Young Artist Award.

Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 == Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==
-Mokgonyana's work prizes the inherent truth of a piece of theatre and the impact it has on its audiences, and he has explored minimalism in performance rather than spectacle. He provided the direction, dramaturgy and design for ''Tswalo'', written and performed by [[Billy Langa]]. He directed ''My Children! My Africa!'' in 2016, at the height of student protest action in South Africa, and directed the [[Jefferson Tshabalala]] plays ''Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars'' and the revival of ''Poet-O-Type''. He developed the minimalist piece ''SALT'' during a residency at [[The Centre for the Less Good Idea]].
+Mokgonyana's work prizes the inherent truth of a piece of theatre and the impact it has on its audiences, and he has explored minimalism in performance rather than spectacle. He provided the direction, dramaturgy and design for ''[[Tswalo]]'', written and performed by [[Billy Langa]]. He directed ''[[My Children! My Africa!]]'' in 2016, at the height of student protest action in South Africa, and directed the [[Jefferson Tshabalala]] plays ''[[Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars]]'' and the revival of ''Poet-O-Type''. He developed the minimalist piece ''SALT'' during a residency at [[The Centre for the Less Good Idea]].
 == Awards, etc. ==