The CEO and Board of the Naledi Theatre Awards are proud to announce the Winners of the 2023 Naledis for productions staged in 2022.

BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG AUDIENCES (Aged 0-13) – SUPPORTED BY ASSITEJ SA               
Innocence Lost (National Children’s Theatre)
 
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES                             
Noni Mkhonto (The Little Mermaid Jr. – People’s Theatre) 
 
BEST PRODUCTION: INDEPENDENT-/FRINGE THEATRE                           
Cruise (HIV@40)
 
BEST PERFORMANCE IN AN INDEPENDENT-/FRINGE THEATRE PRODUCTION        
Daniel Geddes (Cruise – HIV@40)
 
BEST PRODUCTION: STUDENT THEATRE                               
Cabaret (Redhill School)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A STUDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION                           
Nicolas Hattingh (Cabaret – Redhill School)

BEST PRODUCTION: DANCE, PHYSICAL THEATRE AND BALLET                         
Ingress (Moving Into Dance)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A DANCE, PHYSICAL THEATRE AND BALLET PRODUCTION
Oscar Buthelezi (Ingress – Moving Into Dance)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jennifer Steyn (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Sven Ruygrok (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
 
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE                                
Boitumelo Morule (Pelegi)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A PLAY OR MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION                   
Ignatius van Heerden (Birthing Nureyev)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS                               
Sne Dladla, Zolani Shangase, Dionne Song & Viwe Mkizwana (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDSCAPE                         
Lungiswa Plaatjies (Kunene and the King)

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR                                  
Dale Ray Scheepers, Viwe Mkizwana & Zolani Shangase (Hlakanyana – The Musical)
 
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SOLO PRODUCTION                              
Ruan Wessels (Plesierengel)
 
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SOLO COMEDY PRODUCTION (WITH ELEMENTS OF STAND-UP)
Alan Committie (Live and Let Laugh)

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION                         
Ensemble (Hlakanyana – The Musical)
 
BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY                                
Cast (The Red on the Rainbow)
 
BEST COSTUME DESIGN                         
Anjil Naidoo, Priyen Naidoo, Jerry D’Souza & Bipin Tanna (Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp)

BEST THEATRE SET DESIGN                               
Greg King (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

BEST THEATRE AV DESIGN                                
Andrew Timm (Janice Honeyman’s Adventures in Pantoland)

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN                          
Bobby Heaney & Francois van der Hoven (Fordsburg’s Finest)

BEST SOUND DESIGN                              
Pieter-Louis van Twisk (Die Gelofte)

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION                         
Janice Honeyman (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY                                
Charmaine Weir-Smith (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
Momo Matsunyane (Hlakanyana – The Musical)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
Sibusiso Mxosana (Hlakanyana – The Musical)
 
BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION            
Amanda Strydom (Brel/Piaf)

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
Sandisile Dlangalala (Hlakanyana – The Musical)
 
BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY                        
Gontse Ntshegang (The Parrot Woman)
 
BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY                            
Michael Richard (Kunene and the King)

BEST NEW SOUTH AFRICAN SCRIPT                           
John Kani (Kunene and the King)

BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY                         
The Beauty Queen of Leenane (How Now Brown Cow)

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL/MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION          
Hlakanyana – The Musical (UJ Arts & Culture and Madevu Entertainment)