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HISTORY
- The Naledi Theatre Awards have been in existence for 6 years and are accepted as one of the premier awards system in South Africa for Live Performing Arts.
- The Naledi was the initiative of Dawn Lindberg, Chairman of Theatre Managements of South Africa (TMSA), and was administered pro bono as a TMSA pilot project for the first two years.
- DAC and Minister Pallo Jordan funded Naledi for 2 years ('06 and '07)
- SABC3 sponsored the Naledi TV Special in 2008
MISSION
- To recognise and reward excellence in South African professional Live Theatre and the Performing Arts
AIMS
- To set up and maintain an Award system for Theatre in SA that is transparent, practical and simple to administer, using a broad based representative panel of judges drawn from the media, academia, and lay experts.
- To raise the profile of South African Theatre and become branded as the most respected award system for Live Theatre in South Africa.
- To obtain a national television media partner and thereby further popularise the Industry to a wider cross section of the population.
- To build new audiences of the future who will become regular theatre-goers.
- To recognise Community Theatre i.e. professional theatre produced in rural and informal areas.
- To recognise and reward young emerging producers and performers.
- To identify and secure partners for Funding and Sponsorship in order to sustain and grow the Naledi Theatre Awards in all these spheres
- To stage an World class Ceremony annually including entertainment from productions staged during the year under review.
- To produce a Ceremony worthy of a sophisticated live audience and exposure on Television.
- To hold a mirror to LIVE THEATRE IN SA and reflect what is staged on our Professional stages during each calendar year.
NALEDI STRUCTURE :
- Naledi is registered as a Section 21 Company.
- Naledi is registered for VAT
- Naledi Board of Directors:
- DALI TAMBO (Chairman)
- DAWN LINDBERG (Executive Director)
- DR JOHN KANI (International Actor and Playwright)
- WELCOME MSOMI (Marketing Executive and Producer)
- ISMAIL MAHOMED (Director of National Arts Festival)
- BRENDA KALI (Group Communications - TELKOM)
- CONNIE NKOSI (business woman)
The Naledi Awards mandate is not determine or dictate choices of Productions or the casts that perform in them other than to encourage and focus on Proudly SA talent and the creation of new work.
BACKGROUND
The NALEDI Theatre Awards has been in existence for 6 years and is firmly recognized as the Premier Awards event on the SA Theatre Calendar.
Companies and individuals have been approached to sponsor categories of their choice, and thereby demonstrate their support for South African Live Theatre.
The Panel of Judges consists of informed and regular theatre-goers, members of the arts media, and teachers of the performing arts in Johannesburg.
The NALEDI THEATRE AWARDS covers all Main-Stream professional productions staged in Gauteng from the period 1 January - 31 December each year. In 2008 the judges evaluated over 60 productions in 24 categories.
Current Sponsors:
- NANDO’S: Best Comedy Performance by a male in a play or musical
- NANDO’S: Best Comedy Performance by a female in a play or musical
- MATRIX CORPORATE AND THEATRE SOUND: Best Lighting design
- WHARFEDALE PRO: Best Sound design/sound effects
- COMPUTICKET: Best Community Theatre Production
- STATE THEATRE: Best Production of a Straight Play
- WITS PERFORMING ARTS: Best Cutting Edge/Ensemble
- PERCY TUCKER: Best Director
- CHRISTOPHER SEABROOKE: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- CHRISTOPHER SEABROOKE: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- CHRISTOPHER SEABROOKE: Best Production of a Musical (The Joan Brickhill Award)
- BASA: Support Funding
- GAUTENG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT: Grant Funding
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