Naledi Theatre Awards

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Naledi Theatre Awards
Awarded forExcellence in Theatre
CountrySouth Africa
First awarded2004;19 years ago (2004)
Website naleditheatreawards.com

The Naledi Theatre Awards are annual South African national theatre awards held in Gauteng launched in 2004 by Dawn Lindberg after the Vita Awards ended. [1] [2] Productions staged throughout the previous year are eligible, and the candidates are evaluated by the Naledi panel of judges.

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Ceremonies

#SeasonDateVenueMC(s)
1st20032004Sound Stage, Midrand [3]
2nd200413 February 2005Barnyard Theatre Broadacres Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Anthony Fridjhon [4]
3rd200519 February 2006 University of Johannesburg Arts Centre Bill Flynn and Rosie Motene [5]
4th200619 February 2007 Marc Lottering and Jeannie D [6]
5th20073 March 2008Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City Leanne Manas and Tumisho Masha [7]
6th200819 April 2009 South African State Theatre Mark Banks and Sade Giliberti [8]
7th20097 March 2010Corne and Twakkie [9]
8th20107 March 2011Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City Nik Rabinowitz [10] [11]
9th201218 March 2013 Alan Committie [12]
10th201317 March 2014 Lebo Mashile [13]
11th201418 March 2015Lebo Mashile and Chester Missing [14]
12th201519 April 2016Mark Banks and Bridget Masinga [15] [16]
13th20165 June 2017Mark Banks [17]
14th201718 June 2018Teatro at Montecasino [18]
15th201820 May 2019 Joburg Theatre
16th201913 September 2020South African State Theatre (online)Sne Dladla

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