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(19*-) Actor and playwright. ***
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[[Nhlanhla Mavundla]] (19*-). Actor and playwright.
 
 
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
 
 
  
 
=== Youth ===
 
=== Youth ===
 
He grew up in Kwazulu where he enjoyed all the traditions of music and dance for which the Zulu people are famous.
 
He grew up in Kwazulu where he enjoyed all the traditions of music and dance for which the Zulu people are famous.
 
  
 
=== Training ===
 
=== Training ===
 
Nhlanhla trained with [[CAP]] in Cape Town.
 
Nhlanhla trained with [[CAP]] in Cape Town.
 
  
 
=== Career ===
 
=== Career ===
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He had roles in ''[[The Diaries of Diesel du Toit]]'' (2002), ''[[Water Pockets]]'' and ''[[Now Now]]'' (2005).
 
He had roles in ''[[The Diaries of Diesel du Toit]]'' (2002), ''[[Water Pockets]]'' and ''[[Now Now]]'' (2005).
  
The first play that he wrote was ''[[A Man and a Dog]]'', a one-man play he performed under the auspices of the [[Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company]] and [[Artscape]] in 2008.
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The first play that he wrote was ''[[A Man and a Dog]]'', a one-man play he performed under the auspices of the [[Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company]] and [[Artscape]] in 2008.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==  
 
== Sources ==  
 
''Guardians of Eden'' theatre programme, 1997.
 
''Guardians of Eden'' theatre programme, 1997.
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''[[Cape Times]]'', 15 August 2006.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 09:44, 4 July 2018

Nhlanhla Mavundla (19*-). Actor and playwright.

Biography

Youth

He grew up in Kwazulu where he enjoyed all the traditions of music and dance for which the Zulu people are famous.

Training

Nhlanhla trained with CAP in Cape Town.

Career

He joined Theatre for Africa after training.

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

He performed in the Raiders series at the Grahamstown Festival and he was also in the award-winning Horn of Sorrow. He was the principal actor in Guardians of Eden.

He had roles in The Diaries of Diesel du Toit (2002), Water Pockets and Now Now (2005).

The first play that he wrote was A Man and a Dog, a one-man play he performed under the auspices of the Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company and Artscape in 2008.

Awards, etc

Sources

Guardians of Eden theatre programme, 1997.

Cape Times, 15 August 2006.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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