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| − | + | [[Motshabi Tvelele]] (1969-) is a performer and playwright. | |
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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| − | + | She performed in [[Shwele Bawo!]] written and played by her. Directed by [[Lynne Maree]] and design by [[Sarah Roberts]] at [[Theatre on the Square]], Johannesburg in 2008. She was also in [[Madam and Eve]] on TV. | |
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Performances include [[Fatima Dike]]’s ''[[So What's New?]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]], ''[[No-Good Friday]]'', ''[[Nothing but the Truth]]'', ''[[Blues for an Alabama Sky]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1997), ''[[Plastics]]'' ([[PACT]] 1999), ''[[The Blacks]]'', ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'', ''[[King Ubu]]'', ''[[Two Weeks in September]]'', ''[[Chameleon]]'', ''[[ Robin's A Cruise-Ou]]''. | Performances include [[Fatima Dike]]’s ''[[So What's New?]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]], ''[[No-Good Friday]]'', ''[[Nothing but the Truth]]'', ''[[Blues for an Alabama Sky]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1997), ''[[Plastics]]'' ([[PACT]] 1999), ''[[The Blacks]]'', ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'', ''[[King Ubu]]'', ''[[Two Weeks in September]]'', ''[[Chameleon]]'', ''[[ Robin's A Cruise-Ou]]''. | ||
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== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
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Artes award 1996 for her role as Thando in the [[SABC]] television series ''Suburban Bliss'' (best actress in a comedy). | Artes award 1996 for her role as Thando in the [[SABC]] television series ''Suburban Bliss'' (best actress in a comedy). | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | ||
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| + | ''[[Tribute]]'', 31 August 1996. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:22, 20 March 2023
Motshabi Tvelele (1969-) is a performer and playwright.
Contents
Biography
She was born in Tladi, Soweto.She is a graduate of UCT Drama (BA degree in speech and drama, 1990).
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She performed in Shwele Bawo! written and played by her. Directed by Lynne Maree and design by Sarah Roberts at Theatre on the Square, Johannesburg in 2008. She was also in Madam and Eve on TV.
Performances include Fatima Dike’s So What's New? at the Market Theatre, No-Good Friday, Nothing but the Truth, Blues for an Alabama Sky (Market Theatre 1997), Plastics (PACT 1999), The Blacks, Die Van Aardes van Grootoor, King Ubu, Two Weeks in September, Chameleon, Robin's A Cruise-Ou.
She wrote Shwele Bawo!.
Television roles include Thando in Suburban Bliss and Eve in Madam and Eve.
TV presenter of Crossover.
Awards, etc
Artes award 1996 for her role as Thando in the SABC television series Suburban Bliss (best actress in a comedy).
Her play Shwele Bawo! was nominated as Best new play, Naledi, award year 2003.
She won a Naledi Award for Best performance of an actress in a lead role in Shwele Bawo!, February 2005.
Sources
Beeld, 23 January 2008.
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Tribute, 31 August 1996.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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