John Lata
John Lata (1968-) Actor.
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Biography
Training
He acquired his theatre education working with Gibson Kente.
Career
John Lata started performing as a teenager in plays such as Crime Doesn't Pay and Pikinini. He was empoyed as an actor by North West Arts in the late 1990s.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
For North West Arts he performed in Not With My Gun, Survival, The Suitcase (NAF 2006), The Island, Urban Reality, Messiah, The Stick. He appeared in Township Fever (1989-1990), Comrades Arms (2000).
He toured the Netherlands with Sikhulu (1995) and the UK with Jozi-Jozi. He performed in On My Birthday at the Lincoln Centre, New York, in 1997.
He has taken part in several television productions, such as the Going Up series.
Awards, etc
FNB Vita Awards for A Crowd in the Clouds and Desiring Souls.
Sources
Comrades Arms theatre programme, 2000.
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
The Star, 29 March 1990
Witness, 11 July 2006.
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