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[[Bogosi Kenny Bolokwe]] (?-) is a lighting designer and playwright.
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[[Bogosi Kenny Bolokwe]] (?-) is a lighting designer, director and playwright.
  
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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Bolokwe trained as a lighting designer at [[Sun City]].
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[[Bogosi Kenneth Bolokwe]] trained as a lighting designer at [[Sun City]] and also under the late [[Gibson Kente]].
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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===As lighting designer===
 
===As lighting designer===
 
His theatre lighting credits include touring the world with the internationally acclaimed South African musical ''[[Umoja]]'', and he has been a member of the influential US based theatre organisation, Theatre Makers Studio, the umbrella body of Broadway, which is led by Tony Award winning Producer Ken Davenport.
 
His theatre lighting credits include touring the world with the internationally acclaimed South African musical ''[[Umoja]]'', and he has been a member of the influential US based theatre organisation, Theatre Makers Studio, the umbrella body of Broadway, which is led by Tony Award winning Producer Ken Davenport.
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===As playwright===
 
===As playwright===
  
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He created ''[[ Umshadoo: The Marriage of Heritage]]'' (2015).
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He created ''[[ Umshadoo: The Marriage of Heritage]]'' (2015) and ''[[Lament: Songs of Imbokotho]]''.
  
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===As director===
  
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2014: ''[[The Way We Heal]]''
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
 
https://citylifearts.co.za/waiting-for-funds-from-nac-by-approved-artists-maybe-over-but-agony-of-the-790-under-review-is-not/
 
https://citylifearts.co.za/waiting-for-funds-from-nac-by-approved-artists-maybe-over-but-agony-of-the-790-under-review-is-not/

Latest revision as of 15:46, 8 October 2026

Bogosi Kenny Bolokwe (?-) is a lighting designer, director and playwright.

Biography

Bogosi Kenneth Bolokwe trained as a lighting designer at Sun City and also under the late Gibson Kente.

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

As lighting designer

His theatre lighting credits include touring the world with the internationally acclaimed South African musical Umoja, and he has been a member of the influential US based theatre organisation, Theatre Makers Studio, the umbrella body of Broadway, which is led by Tony Award winning Producer Ken Davenport.

As playwright

He created Umshadoo: The Marriage of Heritage (2015) and Lament: Songs of Imbokotho.

As director

2014: The Way We Heal

Sources

https://citylifearts.co.za/waiting-for-funds-from-nac-by-approved-artists-maybe-over-but-agony-of-the-790-under-review-is-not/

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