Sylvaine Strike is a South African actress, writer and theatre director based in Cape Town, South Africa.
James 'Yoink' Bartlett was a British-born South African actor best known for his role as the wicked puppet master, David Genaro, in Rhythm City and his theatre work.
David Kramer is a South African singer, songwriter, playwright and director, notable for his musicals about the Coloured communities in the Cape, and for his early opposition to apartheid.
Nadia Davids is a South African playwright, novelist, and author of short stories and screenplays. Her work has been published, produced, and performed in Southern Africa, Europe, and the United States. She was a Philip Leverhulme Prize winner in 2013. Her play What Remains won five Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards.
Amra-Faye Wright is a South African stage actress best known for portraying Velma Kelly in the musical Chicago, both on Broadway and in international tours. In 2010, she became the first actress to have performed the role both in English and in Japanese.
Katlego Danke, is a South African actress, radio DJ and TV presenter. She is of Tswana ethnicity. Danke is known for her extensive role playing on South African soap operas, Backstage, Generations,Gomora and Isidingo.
Julia Anastasopoulos is a South African artist, illustrator, designer and actress. Anastasopoulos became a local internet phenomenon in May 2014, with her do-it-yourself web series known as SuzelleDIY. Before she became a YouTube personality, Anastasopoulos created hand-drawn illustrations on the walls and windows of a few MyCiTi bus stations.
Deon Lotz is a South African film, television, and theatre actor. He is perhaps best known internationally for roles in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Beauty (Skoonheid). He has appeared in both English- and Afrikaans-language productions.
Shaleen Surtie-Richards was a South African television, stage, and film actress, perhaps best known for her starring roles in the 1988 film Fiela se Kind and the long-running series Egoli: Place of Gold. She performed in both Afrikaans and English.
Nomhle Nkonyeni was a South African actress who has appeared in television series such as Mzansi, Tsha Tsha and the 2007 mini-series Society, as well as feature films such as Of Good Report (2013).
Kate Normington is a South African actress, singer, and songwriter. Normington first rose to national prominence playing Sister Mary Amnesia in the Alhambra Theatre's production of Nunsense in 1987, and has appeared on the West End and South African stage, and in local and international film and television productions.
Jill Levenberg is a South African actress. In 2018, she starred in Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story as the title character, a role that earned her a nomination and two awards including a South African Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film.
Denise Newman is a South African actress.
Mncedisi Baldwin Shabangu was a South African actor, playwright, and theatre director best known for his role as Khulekani Ngobese in a South African TV musical drama series Rhythm City. He was the winner of several awards including the 2004 Standard Bank Young Artist Award.
Kyle Shepherd is a South African jazz film and theatre composer and pianist. As a film composer he has scored Netflix hit TV series Unseen, Savage Beauty, and Blood and Water. As a performing pianist he has released seven albums and performed in 32 countries around the world in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Théâtre du Châtelet, The Barbican, and the Sydney Opera House.
Anna-Mart van der Merwe, is a South African filmmaker and actress. She is best known for the roles in the films Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux, Poppie Nongena, and Kanarie as well as television soapies Soul City, Binnelanders, and 7de Laan.
Bongiwe Brenda Ngxoli, is a South African actress, model, dancer and director. She is best known for her roles in the television serials; Home Affairs, Ses' Top La and Hustle.
Jennifer Steyn, is a South African actress. She is best known for the roles in the television serials such as; Madam & Eve, Jacob's Cross and Fallen.
Thoko Ntshinga, is a South African actress, director, translator, community theatre facilitator and arts activist. She is best known for the roles in the television serials such as; Egoli: Place of Gold, Interrogation Room and The River.
Celeste Mitzi Karin Matthews is a South African actress, playwright, and former City of Cape Town local government official elected to the City Council in 2021. She is best known for her roles as Gertie Cupido in kykNET & kie's Arendsvlei and Auntie Hester in David Kramer and Taliep Petersen's award-winning 2002 revival of District Six: The Musical (1987). Vincent Colby of the District Six Museum cites the musical play as the material which steered a pivotal discussion held in 1994 at the 'old church hall' in former District Six to establish a dedicated museum.
