Smal Ndaba
Smal Ndaba (194*-) is an actor, stage manager, playwright.
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Biography
He matriculated in 1966 and attended Workshop '71 training.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
With Phyllis Klotz, Smal was one of the founders of the Sibikwa Community Theatre Project.
As actor
He played the lead in African Odyssey in 1977. Theatre Action Group (TAG) seminar: Smal Ndaba, Baxter Theatre, 1991, D.E.T. Boys High,.
As playwright
He has written and devised a number of plays. These include:
- So Where To? with (Phyllis Klotz) (1989)
- D.E.T. Boys High (1991)
- Kwela Bafana (with Phyllis Klotz) (1994)
- Uhambo (1997)
Awards, etc
He received the 1999 Greater Benoni Achievement Award for International Recognition in Performing Arts.
He won a Naledi Lifetime Achiever Award, February 2005.
Sources
The Star, 8 Oct 1991.
D.E.T. Boys High programme, 1991.
National Arts Festival programme, 1993. 41.
The Star, 15 February 2005.
Phyllis Klotz and Smal Ndaba (eds.) 2023. Strategies for Survival at SIBIKWA 1988 – 2021. Landmarks of South African Theatre History. Oxford and New York: Routledge.[1]
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