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He has been in theatre since circa 1980. He spent six years working both as playwright and actor in London, performing South African as well as other African plays and Japanese No theatre. In the early 2000s he was arts and cultural co-ordinator at the Centre for African Studies (UCT). | He has been in theatre since circa 1980. He spent six years working both as playwright and actor in London, performing South African as well as other African plays and Japanese No theatre. In the early 2000s he was arts and cultural co-ordinator at the Centre for African Studies (UCT). | ||
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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''[[Cape Times]]'', 1 May 2000, 6. | ''[[Cape Times]]'', 1 May 2000, 6. | ||
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| + | Linkedin [https://za.linkedin.com/in/sabata-sesiu-99449673]. | ||
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 09:16, 4 March 2022
Sabata Sesiu (19**-). Actor, playwright.
Contents
Biography
Born in Lesotho.
Training
Has a Masters Degree from Leeds University.
Career
He has been in theatre since circa 1980. He spent six years working both as playwright and actor in London, performing South African as well as other African plays and Japanese No theatre. In the early 2000s he was arts and cultural co-ordinator at the Centre for African Studies (UCT).
Lecturer at the University of Cape Town.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Author of the plays Giants and The Legend of Murumba (1994), The Blue Song.
On stage he was seen in Dankie Auntie, Far Cry and U'phu Van der Merwe?.
Awards, etc
Won the Rewards for Playwrights Initiative prize in 2000 for his play Giants.
Sources
Cape Times, 1 May 2000, 6.
Linkedin [1].
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