2024 WINNERS

GOLD

• Mwana Wa Mvula, Amandla Danca Teatro ZA, Cabaret or Musical Theatre
• Dwaling/Ihare mâ, Nama Khoi Productions, Dance or Physical Theatre

SILVER

• Cantos of A Life in Exhile, Yuu Media, Theatre
• The Moon looks delicious from here, Aldo Brincat, Theatre
• Leina, The Tx Theatre, Theatre

BRONZE

• My Fellow South Africans, MVG Productions, Theatre
• 32 Lavender Close, Submarine Productions and Theatre Arts, Theatre
• Mehlala, The Market Theatre Laboratory, Theatre
• Despicable, Hehe, Conrad Koch, Stand Up / Comedy
• The Offering [ to our other selves ], KWANTU Designs, Music / Band
• Selekane, Generation Of Stars, Theatre
• 90 Day Comedian, Dalin Oliver, Comedy
• Umbhiyozo womculo, The Cape Reeds Clarinet Quintet, Music / Band
• Yangthola!, Aziye Productions, Theatre

BLUE

• Freshly Squeezed, Fruity Lix Productions, Cabaret or Musical Theatre
• Mr and Mrs Normal, Macbob Productions, Stand Up / Comedy
• Silhouette, Starlight Studios, Dance or Physical Theatre
• Just a Phase, MMM Productions, Performance Art
• Don’t Panic, Kate Pinchuck, Theatre
• The Magic Eye with Stuart Lightbody, Stuart Lightbody, Illusion / Magic
• The Tyrant, Taji Arts in partnership with Mandela Bay Theatre Complex, Theatre
• Shine On, Can of Worms SA, Music / Band
• Igobel’Sandleni, NKALA CREATIVE PRODUCTIONS, Theatre
• Ibali Lam, LoveSeed Empire, Music / Band
• Faith In Love, Living Glory Entertainment, Theatre
• A Musicians Guide to the Galaxy, PentaFusion, Music / Band
• A Froggy Fairytale, Theatresmiths, Children’s Theatre / Family Fare
• Paul Slabolepszy ‘s Finding Rosetta, Starstruck Productions & Lidgetton Theatre Company, Theatre
• Sarafina, Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts, Theatre
• Odd Man Out, Taylor Made Productions, Comedy
• ILLUSIONARIUM, BRENDON PEEL ENTERTAINMENT, Illusion / Magic
• Sorry For The Weight, Khanyisa Jamjam, Stand Up / Comedy
• A Wind Symphony, Eastern Cape Wind Orchestra, Music / Band
• Art of Being, Sarah Cookney Academy of Dance and STANZA Dance Company, Dance or Physical Theatre
• Roped, Boago Production House, Theatre
• Flow, Dirkje Daling, Music / Band
• Abaphansi, Moving Acts Productions, Theatre
• Pieces of Me, ASSITEJ South Africa, Theatre

2023 WINNERS

GOLD

• Namaste Bae: Blessings and Kombucha, Rob van Vuuren, Comedy
• The King of Broken Things, Theatresmiths, Theatre

SILVER

• Red Balloon, National Children’s Theatre, Family Fare
• Ripe ‘n Ready, Pichi, Theatre
• The Great Big Enormous Turnip, Theatresmith, Family Fare

BRONZE

• A Vegan Killed My Marriage, Macbob Productions, Comedy
• As You Like It, Baked Shakespeare, Comedy
• Ashes to Ashes, Nobesuthu Jennifer Ndlovu, Storytelling/ Performance Art
• Dear Tata: What Makes a Man a Man?, Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts, Storytelling/ Performance Art
• Kwantu in Concert, KWANTU Designs, Music
• Land of Nonesi, Isomi Creative Arts Space NPC, Theatre
• Missing, Stirling High School, Theatre
• Pen(t)s Down Haha!, Rhodes University Drama Department, Theatre
• Second Hands, Rhodes University Drama Department, Theatre
• The Stories We See, Gcebile Dlamini Foundation, Theatre
• Wilderness, Stacey van Schalkwyk with PentaFusion, music

BLUE

• 2Lovers, Fool’s Errand, Theatre
• Abangoni, Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts, Dance
• Adventure of Who, Macbob Productions, Family Fare
• Amagrootman, Places and Faces Theatre Productions, Theatre
• Amy Winehouse, Wela Kapela Production, Music
• Azania Was My Woman, Nyathela Works, Theatre
• Baggage, Conrad Koch, Comedy
• Bulletproof, Macbob Productions, Comedy
• Can’t Stand Still, The Outlore, Theatre
• Faces, Creative Arts Department UniZulu, Theatre
• I Am Still Here, Wela Kapela Production, Theatre
• Iva Collective, Ivanya Yethu Heritage Foundation, Music
• Jakob, Theatresmiths, Theatre
• KiDDING, The Market Theatre Laboratory, Theatre
• Laughable, Taylor Made Productions,Comedy
• Legendary Queer Sisters, Emmanuel “È’mma” Rattle, Theatre
• On the Flip Side, Can of Worms SA, Music
• Pumla – Rest, Keen Visuals Pty/Ltd, Theatre
• Stivovo The Puppeteer, Gauteng  Department of Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation, Theatre
• Superwoman, Khanyisa Bunu, Comedy
• The Agents, Robaby Productions , Comedy
• The Hymns of a Sparrow, MagentaPro, Theatre
• Trash Mouth, Kate Pinchuck, Comedy

2022 WINNERS

GOLD

• Emsini, THAPELO TSHITE ARTS DEVELOPMENT, Theatre
• ÎLE, Spark in the Dark, Comedy
• Malifezeke, Iphupho L’ka Biko, Music
• Nakanjani, Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation, Dance

SILVER

• Asinamali, South African Theatre Practitioners, Theatre
• IMPOSSIBLE, BRENDON PEEL ENTERTAINMENT, Illusion
• Matchbox, Rhodes University Drama Department, Theatre
• May I Have This Dance, The Outlore, Dance
• Moodship, Moodship, Music
• My Weight and Why I Carry It, Fishnet Features, Theatre
• NSFW – NOT SAFE FOR WOKE, KD, Comedy
• The Gukurahundi Genocide, Uloyiko Theatre and Projects, Theatre
• The VOCAL EXPLOSION (Amazing grace), Asanda Mqiki , Music
• Whistleblowers, AFDA Johannesburg, Theatre

BRONZE

• Afrika Sings!, Sonwa Sakuba Institute for the Performing Arts, Dance
• Fragments, Stacey van Schalkwyk, Music
• I.N.C.O.K.O, Ezinyaweni zam, Dance
• INTLOMBE, Andy Ndlazilwana, Music
• KGETHO, Emfuleni Arts Creatives, Theatre
• Nomapondo, Amandla Dança Teatro ZA, Dance
• Nombasa, Nombasa M Productions, Music
• Piano Classics, Best of Both Concerts, Classical Music
• SwaRingana, Sikhuthali Oliver Bonga & Walter Strydom, Theatre
• Vincent, Wela Kapela Productions, Cabaret/Musical Theatre
• We’re back with Goosebump a cappella!, NWU Arts, Classical Music

BLUE

• BasicCity, BasicCity, Music
• Can’t-centrate, Yaaseen Barnes, Comedy
• Classical Dreams, Kwantu Designs, Music
• Ghetto The Musical, The Eastern Cape Theatre Ensemble, Cabaret/Musical Theatre
• Hiding in the Dark, Mannini Nkata, Theatre
• Mamlambo, Walter Sisulu University Drama Society, Theatre
• Stay At Home Comedian, Dalin Oliver, Comedy
• The Children’s Monologues, OY!Theatre, a project of Theatre Arts, Theatre
• The cracked vase connecting streams, Theatre
• The Story Of Eva Cassidy, Wela Kapela Productions, Cabaret/Musical Theatre
• Undead Generation, FiveSidedRecords, Music

2021 WINNERS

GOLD

• The Shack, Totem Production, Film
• Gone But Not Forgotten, Gowar Creative Hub, Music

SILVER

• Buya, Mathetha Dances, Dance
• Mobile Inertia, Siphumeze Khundayi, Theatre
• Torinaoshi, Tsukuba Indy LLC, Theatre
• Ruth, Love and Race Productions, Theatre
• Initiation, Is’Thatha Dance Project, Dance
• (extra) ordinary, (un) usual, F Creations, Theatre
• Old Soul Waiting, Mabu Art Foundation, Theatre
• The Core, AFDA Johannesburg, Storytelling 
• Wet&Dry, Cia Paraladosanjos, Theatre
• Verloren, Spark in the Dark, Theatre

BRONZE

• DE|composition, Response-Ability / Revolution Movement, Dance
• Iva Collective – Umhlaba Ophezulu / Higher Ground, Iva Collective, Music
• Dear Donald, Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence), Sally Vahle, Theatre
• Liminal – Documentary, Joy Film Productions, Storytelling 
• Dipalo_The Audio Version, Assitej SA, Storytelling 
• The Joy of Symphonic Music – Concert 2, Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Classical Music
• Acapella Street Corners, Chamber Ensemble, Music

BLUE

• As If The Rain Watched Over Her, Collegiate Girls’ High School, Theatre
• A Long Story Short, Saxola Ketshengane, Comedy
• Izibazi Zomendo, Xiluva Collective, Theatre
• The Joy of Symphonic Music – Concert 1, Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Classical Music
• Your Perfect Life, F Creations, Theatre
• Fairy & Folk Tales, Reckless Haven Productions, Theatre
• Fed, Mthokozisi Zulu, Theatre
• Out of the Red C, Bang Entertainment, Music
• Damsel in Distress, Wela Kapela Productions, Cabaret/Musical Theatre
• Four Hands, Piano Duo, Classical Music
• Looking Forward, Ariel Juana ft. Stanley Matlou and Simon Manana, Music
• Out of the Can, Can of Worms SA, Music
• The Brazilian Jazz Quartet, Couch Concert SA, Music
• The Magic of Sideshow, Brendon Peel Entertainment, Illusion
• The Flower Hunters, Maggie Gericke and Sophie Joans, Theatre
• Butler’s and Bridesmaids (Radio Play), Slick ‘n Sleeve, Storytelling

2020 WINNERS

GOLD

• The King Of Broken Things, Theatresmiths, Theatre
• Women Hold Up The Sky, WoMIN African Alliance, Film

SILVER

• Next!,  Wela Kapela Productions, Musical Theatre
• “Jazz In The Theatre” Featuring: Chadleigh Gowar,  44 On Long (Pty), Music
• Ouma Lilly & Haar Klong, Vulture Productions, Comedy
• Beast In Him, Masifunde’s Academy of Creativity, Theatre

BRONZE

• Inyange Speaks, Simbone Inyange, Poetry
• Mnquma, Xolisile Bongwana, Theatre
• Once Upon A Circus, Zip Zap Circus, Multimedia
• What Falling Feels Like, Nicola Pilkington, Joe Young and Jade Delmage, Film

BLUE

• Eoah A Noah And Edgar – Eoah_Za – Poetry
• Domination – Is’thatha Dance Project – Dance
• The Art Of Experimental Acapella – Then, Now And Always – Signature Sound A Capella – Music
• girl. – Namisa Mdlalose –  Comedy
• Nowhere People – Kinsmen – Music
• Bonjour Monsieur Brel – Jannie Du Toit – Music
• Butlers And Billionaires: Till Death Do Us Part – Slick ‘N Sleeve – Comedy
• Diamonds & Strings – Andrew Young – Music
• For Rhino In Tandem With Roddy Fox And Harry Owen – Roddy Fox and Harry Owen – Poetry
• Fragmented Scribbles – Smangaliso Ngwenya – Dance
• From Makhanda To Kofifi – Major Duo – Music
• “Jazz In The Theatre” Featuring: Muneeb Hermans – 44 On Long (Pty) Ltd – Music
• A Star Is Born: The Rise And Fall Of Judy Garland, Wela Kapela Productions, Musical Theatre
• Certain Songs For Uncertain Times, Ariel & Juana, Music
• Garry’s Retreat, VR Theatrical, Theatre
• Hatchetman: (R)Evolution, Hatchetman, Music
• I Am Because You Are, A Collaboration with Visual Artist Sonya Rademeyer And Baroque Singer Chloe Lam (Hong Kong), Multimedia
• Journey Beyond, Zip Zap Circus In Collaboration With The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Music
• The Joy Of Classical Music, Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Music
• Amagents , Amagents In Partnership with The Gauteng Department Of Sport, Arts, Culture And Recreation, Dance
• Corps/Body, Itrotra Art X Connection, Dance
• I Grandi Tenori In Concert,  Grandi Tenori, Music
• Jakob, Theatresmiths, Theatre
• Jon Shaban Live, Jon Shaban, Music
• Magic Of Lata Mangeshkar Part One, Shashika Mooruth, Music
• Quantitative Teasing, MVG Productions, Theatre
• Resillience, Llewellyn Mnguni Productions, Dance
• Sade In Hollandse Kombuise, Siphumeze Khundayi And Christine Van Hees, Theatre
• Sanan, Ghasedak Art Group, Dance
• Sondela, Thesis Za, Music
• The Ballad Of Lucy & Alexander, Lipsmac Productions, Music
• The Hymns Of A Sparrow, Magentapro, Theatre
• The Tower & The Tree, Mixed Media, Family Fare
• Veranda Panda – Panda Perspectives, Veranda Panda, Music
• Zoom Room, VR Theatrical, Comedy

2019 WINNERS

GOLD

• Xova, The South African State Theatre, Theatre

SILVER

• Fruit, Sketch Productions, Theatre
• Lost & Found, Matchbox Theatre Collective And Theatre On Pointe, Dance
• Unfathomable, Theatre
• Warona, Ukwanda Puppets & Design Art Collective, Theatre

BRONZE

• (W)Asem, Terence Makapan, Theatre
• A Place Of Knowing, Intsusa In Collaboration With Theatreduo, Theatre
• Currently (G)Old, Kwasha Theatre Company, Theatre
• Umnotho The Economy, Young Outreach Artists, Theatre
• You Should Be Dancing, Followspot Productions, Comedy

BLUE

• 047, Muthaland Entertainment, Music
• A Star Is Born – The Rise And Fall Of Judy Garland, Wela Kapela Productions, Musical Theatre
• Clique Claq, Music
• Frizz Pop, Frizz Pop Comedy, Comedy
• How To Be A Politician In South Africa – 2019, Maki Holdings (Pty) Ltd, Comedy
• IGruffalo, National Arts Festival / Tall Stories UK, Family Theatre
• Jeremiah Fyah Ises And The Baakahyaad Band, Jemeriah Fyah Ises, Music
• Little Red Riding Hood And The Big Bad Metaphors, University Of Pretoria, Theatre
• Makhanda Kwantu Choir: Voice Dance, Kwantu Group, Music
• Mother Earth, Nan Hua Temple, Dance
• Nguvu Ya Mbegu, Abengcongolo Collective, Theatre
• Saxman, Andrew Young & Band, Music
• Tats Is Cancelled, ExploSIV Productions, Comedy
• The Chocolate Chronicles, ExploSIV Productions, Comedy
• The Syringa Tree, Theatre
• Walls & Pillows, Peo Entle Productions, Theatre
• When Coasts Meet, Theatre
• Your Perfect Life, F Creations, Theatre

SOLO AWARDS

• Matshidiso Mokoteli of Fruit, Theatre
• Khwezi Becker of When Coasts Meet, Theatre
• Nkosinathi Maki of How to be a Politician in South Africa, Comedy
• Ben Voss of Benny Bushwacker, Comedy
• Terence Makapan of (W)ASEM, Theatre

CUT ABOVE

• A Faint Patch Of Light, Sizile Arts Collective, Theatre
• Benny Bushwhacker, Mamba Productions, Comedy
• Quava Vocal Group, Music
• Umthombo, Amandla Danca Teatro ZA, Dance

ENSEMBLE AWARDS

• The Cast of Currently (G)Old, Kwasha Theatre Company, Theatre
• The Cast of A Place Of Knowing, Intsusa In Collaboration With Theatreduo, Theatre
• The Cast of Umnotho The Economy, Young Outreach Artists, Theatre
• The Cast of Warona, Ukwanda Puppets & Design Art Collective, Theatre
• The Cast of Jeremiah Fyah Ises And The Baakahyaad Band, Jemeriah Fyah Ises, Music

2018 WINNERS

GOLD

• Sullied, Kirsti-Leigh Gresse, Dance
• Medumo Ya Borwa (The Best African Song And Dance Thriller) , Youth Channel Group, Dance
• J. Bobs Live: Off The Record, Jefferson Tshabalala, Theatre

SILVER

• Blue Period Of Milton Van Der Spuy, Hexagon Theatre, Theatre
• The Revlon Girl, Search For Productions, Theatre
• Emathongeni (Visions), Amandla Dança Teatro Za, Theatre
• Marene, Marene, Music
• Hachetman, Hachetman, Music

BLUE

• Andy Ndlazilwana, Music
• Deceptive Delights With Stuart Lightbody, Stuart Lightbody, Illusion
• Duo Kp, Music
• Gary Thomas: Moodship, Gary Thomas, Music
• Gaslight, Laine Butler, Theatre
• I’m HIV And Living, Thando Mbulelo Mbanjwa, Dance
• Letters With Ma’Sisulu, FMA-Neo Motsatse, Music
• Medusa Incarnate, Kate Pinchuck In Collaboration With The Furies, Theatre
• Nomabotwe Sings, Music
• Phokwane Chronicles, Galeshewe Theatre Organisation, Theatre
• Sainthood, Tiisetso Mashifane Wa Noni, Theatre
• Silkworm, Contagious, Theatre
• The Dead Chant In Death, Tshwane University Of Technology, Theatre
• The Island, Paxinos Productions & CYBTT , Theatre
• Tswalo, Theatreduo, Theatre
• Unono Obuyile, Lumanyano Dance Group, Theatre

MERIT

• Devils At A Dead End, University of the Witwatersrand, Theatre

ENCORE

• Best Friends/Worst Enemies, BlankPage Entertainment, Theatre
• Choir Boy, UJ Arts & Culture, Theatre
• Ingoma, Steader Nkwinti Legacy, Theatre
• Lift Club, The South African Theatre Village, Theatre
• Love In The Time Of Revolution, Moving Assembly Project & Nelson Mandela University Dept of Arts Culture and Heritage, Theatre
• Motswadi, Generation of stars, Theatre
• New Year’s Resolutions, Bread and Butter Entertainment, Comedy
• Satanic Dagga Orgy, Music
• Udaka, Music

2017 WINNERS

GOLD

• Hani:The Legacy, Market Theatre Laboratory, Theatre
• Tau, One Man and His Dog and The Market Theatre, Theatre

SILVER

• Bayephi, Thembela Madliki, Theatre
• Human Pieces II, The South African Theatre Village, Theatre
• In(s)kin, Artscape, Theatre
• Silent Scars, Calvin Ratladi Foundation/Zabalaza Theatre Festival, Theatre
• Tats Nkonzo is Privieged, ExploSIV Productions, Comedy

BLUE

• Acoustic Me, LoveChild, Music
• Agony, Thistle Productions, Theatre
• Alan Committie: 180 Punchlines, Alan Committie, Comedy
• Au Revoir, Followspot Productions, Comedy
• Cattle Drive, Theatre for Africa, Theatre
• Celebration: Music of American Composers, Althea Waites, Classical Music
• Dear Mr Government…, UJ Arts & Culture, Theatre
• Dikapapa, Generation of stars, Physical Theatre
• Down to a Sunless Sea, Wind Up Mind, Dance
• Ekurhuleni Jazz Ensemble, Music
• Fire House, Hijinks Theatre, Theatre
• Flamebook, Jo Kinda – MDALI, Theatre
• Guy Buttery, Music
• Molora, Tshwane University of Technology, Theatre
• Njinsky’s War, Leftfoot Productions, Theatre
• Samthing Soweto, Music
• State Fracture, ExploSIV Productions, Comedy
• Syria?, Artscape, Theatre
• The Devil and Billy Markham, Contagious, Theatre
• The Kaffirs, Gauteng Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts & Culture, Theatre
• Welcome to the Zoo, Hijinks and ZikkaZimba, Theatre

ENCORE

• Battles! – Limfazwe!, Storytelling Tour
• Momentum, 34/18 Youth Dance Company, Dance
• Opera Found, Classical Music
• Singing Chameleon, Ditshimega Domain, Storytelling/ Performance Art
• Spiritual Walk, Theatre

MERIT

• Kubili (Two), Musa Hlatshwayo/Mhayise Productions, Dance

SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE

• Siv Ngesi, ExploSIV Productions

STAND OUT INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

• Daniel Richards

STANDING OVATION

• Steve Newman 
• Tony Lankester

2016 WINNERS

SILVER

• Dangled, ExploSIV Productions, Theatre
• Die Glas Ennie Draad, Artscape, Theatre
• Ityala Lamawele, Artscape, Theatre
• Sacre for One, Alan Parker, Dance
• The Graveyard, Rust Co-Operative, Theatre

BLUE

• ‘…feathers…’, Moving into Dance Mophatong, Dance
• BIRD/FISH, Kristin Hua NG-Yang , Dance
• Burn, Liquid Fusion, Dance
• Chapter 2 Section 9, Sibikwa Arts Centre, Theatre
• Cock, Matt Newman, Theatre
• Ebola, Theatre for Africa, Theatre
• Fabric of the Universe, Lexi Meier, Performance Art
• Falling Off the Horn, Uyabona Ke, Physical Theatre
• For Coloured Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf, UJ Arts & Culture, Theatre
• Henrietta with Love, Artscape, Theatre
• Msaki and the Golden Circle, Music
• Neo Motsatse – The Concert, Music
• Nombasa, Music
• Out of Bounds, Hungry Minds Productions, Theatre
• Paleho, Lebo Leisa, Theatre
• Tease!, Bloom & Stone, Comedy
• Thenx Presents Aza-Nya is Five-To, ExploSIV Productions, Comedy
• You Suck: and Other Inescapable Truths, Klara van Wyk, Comedy

MERIT

• 10 Days in a Shebeen
• Abangawona (The Unseen)
• Milked Voices
• Osaro
• Rat Race

ENCORE

• The Dark Ages, ExploSIV Productions, Comedy

2015 WINNERS

GOLD

• Asanda Mqiki, Music
• El Blanco: Tales of the Mariachi, James Cairns, Theatre
• Johnny Boskak is feeling funny, Untouchable Productions, Theatre

SILVER

• A man and a dog, KBT Productions & Here Manje, Theatre
• Barbed Wire Wallpaper, Nondumiso Lwazi Msimanga in association with Clockwork HeART, Dance
• Blaqseed, Music
• Father, Father, Father, Robaby, Physical Theatre
• Hatchetman, Music
• Kafka’s Ape, Art-Mo-Sphere, Theatre
• Morwa the rising son, Artscape, Theatre
• We didn’t come to hell for the croissants: 7 deadly new stories, POPArt productions in association with Jemma Kahn, Theatre

BLUE

• 1606, Youth in Trust, Poetry
• Ashes, Rust Co-operative, Theatre
• B!*CH Stole my Doek, Copy Dog, Comedy
• Barbe Bleu: A Story About Madness, Gopala Davies & The University of Pretoria, Physical Theatre
• Bespoke, Stuart Taylor, Comedy
• Blue, Cape Dance Company, Dance
• Detritus for One, Alan Parker, Physical Theatre
• Have you seen Zandile?, Green Goose in assoc with Yellow Bunny Productions, Theatre
• In the wings, Chaeli Campaign, Theatre
• Inqindi , First Physical Theatre Company, Physical Theatre
• Kahn, Music
• Making Mandela, Hello Elephant, KBT Productions, SA State Theatre, Theatre
• Max-Hoba, Music
• Mixed Motion, SASAD KZN Dance Company, Dance
• Mo Mothebe, Comedy
• Ottoman Slap: An itinerant tale through music and dance, Music
• Raiders: The Musical, Theatre For Africa, Comedy
• Searching for Somebody, Irene Stephanou, Theatre
• Stuart Lightbody: Devilish, Stuart Lightbody, Illusion
• The Girls, Wushwini Arts, Culture and Heritage Centre with support from DSRAC KZN, Theatre
• The Incredible Journey, KBT Productions & Here Manje, Family Fare
• The old and the beautiful, Troupe Theatre Company, Cabaret/Musical Theatre
• The System, African Tree Production, Physical Theatre
• Tin Bucket Drum, Jade Bowers Design & Management with UJ Arts & Culture, Theatre
• Umle, Music
• Unmute, Artscape and Unmute Dance Company, Dance
• Waltz, The Gatherings/Intlangano supported by First Physical Theatre Company and endorsed by Creative City Grahamstown, Physical Theatre
• Waterline, Uyabona Ke, Physical Theatre
• Woza Albert, The Hexagon Theatre, Theatre

ENCORE

• …If the World Was Listening, The KZN Dance Productions NPC supported by The Playhouse Company, Dance
• Qhawe, Ukwanda Puppetry & Design Co in assoc with WC and the Handspring Trust, Physical Theatre

AHA!

• Sipping Lapping Slap, Lexi Meier, Dance

STANDING BLUE OVATION

• The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

2014 WINNERS

GOLD

• Project ELO, Tumi Mogorosi, Music
• Undone, Artscape, Theatre

SILVER

• #OMNOMNOM, Gavin Krastin, Performance Art
• A Man Called Rolex, Batida & Nie, Family Fare
• Guy Buttery & Gareth Gale, Music
• Machine for Living, Rat Western & Wesley Deintje, Performance Art
• Miss Ever’s Boys, University of Oklahoma: Peggy Dow Helmerich School of Drama, Theatre
• Piet se Optelgoed, Liezl de Kock, Physical Theatre
• Siembamba, Rust Co-Operative, Theatre
• The Ballad of Dirk De Bruin, David Butler, Theatre
• The Joke’s on You, Sne Dladla & exploSIV Production, Comedy
• Trio with a Twist, Janine Neethling, Music
• What the Water Gave me, UJ Arts & Culture, Theatre
• Whistle Stop, Dark Laugh Theatre Company, Theatre

BLUE

• Agreed, Web Maestro, Theatre
• Andra, Music
• Bash, The Wider Ground and 360 Degrees Production House, Theatre
• Civil Parting, The Civilians, Theatre
• Cold Case – Revisiting Dulcie September, Denise Newman, Theatre
• Dear Breeder, WhatKind Productions, Comedy
• Digby and the Lullaby, Music
• Dirty Words, Jon Keevy, Comedy
• Doep is nie dood nie, Jannie du Toit, Cabaret/Musical Theatre
• Ella’s Horses, Cape Theatre Ensemble, Theatre
• Giving Birth to my Father, Mncube Productions, Theatre
• Gogo and big sister, Phambili Spirit Sister Productions, Theatre
• Joanna Wincherek, Music
• Julian Redpath, Music
• Laurie Levine & Josie Field ‘Side by Side’, Music
• Memory, Here Manje Productions, Physical Theatre
• Morgue Francis Mennigke, Comedy
• Narrative Dreams, Lereko Mfono, Family Fare
• No Air, Kmad Dance Company, Dance
• Salt, Wynne Bredenkamp, Theatre
• The Baobab, Well Worn Theatre Company and Seka Theatre, Public Art
• The God Complex, Dark Laugh Theatre Company , Physical Theatre
• The Plot, The Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation – Free State, Theatre
• Undermined, Here Manje & KBT Productions cc, Theatre

ENCORE

• That Bushman’s crazy, Robbie Collins, Comedy
• The Erl King, Actors Unemployed Company, Theatre

NEW VOICES

• Giving Birth to my Father, Theatre

SPECIAL MERIT

• Emsini, Theatre

STANDING BLUE OVATION

• Thembi Mtshali-Jones

2013 WINNERS

GOLD

• Dan Patlansky, Music

SILVER

• Julian Redpath, Music
• Rob Van Vuuren – What What?, Rob van Vuuren, Comedy
• The Bram Fischer Waltz, Harry Kalmer, Theatre
• The Things you Left Behind, The Instant Arts Collective, Theatre
• The Year of the Bicycle, Joanna Evans, Theatre
• Steven van Wyk and Thalia Leric, For the creation of Skoonveld in the production Plastic, Dance

BLUE

• 7 Deadly Sins, KMAD.COM, Dance
• An audience with Miss Hobhouse, Silver Productions, Theatre
• Bittersweet, Cape Academy of Performing Arts, Dance
• Breathing In, Toorbos Produksies, Theatre
• Can’t talk about this, Tumbuka Dance Company, Dance
• Cracked Mirror, Port Elizabeth Opera House, Theatre
• Crazy in Love, Conspiracy of Clowns, Theatre
• Drive with Me, KBT Productions, Theatre
• Expectant, Rust Co-operative/Cape Town Edge, Theatre
• FOR.GIVEN, Negative EntertAintMent, Dance
• Get Kraken, Jon Keevy, Comedy
• Karen Zoid, Music
• Lucy Kruger, Music
• Mamela, Theatre Auracaria, Dance
• Plastic, Underground Dance Theatre, Dance
• Rainbow Scars, Artscape, Theatre
• Riaad Moosa: Doctors Orders Tour, Comedy
• Running on Empty, Artscape, Comedy
• Same time next year, KBT Productions, Comedy
• Special thanks to guests from Afar, Artscape, Theatre
• Thom Pain (Based on Nothing), The Pink Couch & TCAM, Theatre
• Unreal, Stuart Lightbody, Performance Art

ENCORE

• A Day in the Desert, Hello Elephant Theatre, Comedy
• Skierlik, Lentswe Arts Projects, Theatre

AHA!

• Scrape, Horses Heads Productions, Theatre

2012 WINNERS

GOLD

• Hol, Artscape, Theatre

SILVER

• Brothers in Blood, Artscape, Theatre
• Dark Imaginings, Stuart Lightbody with Followspot Productions, Comedy
• David wasn’t built in a day, Podium…the Comedy Merchants, Comedy
• Kitchen Fables in a Cookie Jar, Baba Yaga Theatre, Family Fare
• Mayhem, Vuyani Dance Theatre, Dance
• Nibs van der Spuy and Guy Buttery, Music
• The Epicene Butcher and other stories for consenting adults, Jemma Kahn, Theatre
• The Muffinz, Music

BLUE

• Big Girl, Juliet Jenkin, Theatre
• Circle, Maserumele Productions, Theatre
• Face the Music, Followspot Productions, Cabaret/Musical Theatre
• Ghetto Bang, Emonti Arts Company, Dance
• Guy Buttery, Music
• Ithemba-Tattu, K-Cap, Theatre
• Just Business/Net Besigheid, Artscape, Theatre
• Keepsake Minus 3, Nicola Elliott and Underground Dance Theatre, Dance
• Lord Hamlet, Clayton Boyd, Theatre
• Nate Maingard, Music
• Okuya Phantsi Kwempumlo/The Meal, Mamela Nyamza, Dance
• One Woman Farce, Theatreshop Productions, Comedy
• Pants on Fire, Rob van Vuuren and Martin Evans, Comedy
• Puppet Asylum Podium…, the Comedy Merchants, Comedy
• Seashells, Artscape, Theatre
• Signatures, Moving into Dance Mophatong, Dance

ENCORE

• Goon, Galeshewe Theatre Organisation, Theatre
• Keiskamma Music Academy, Music
• Wintersweet, The Runaway Bunny Collective, Theatre

AHA!

• The Satirical Fruit Salad, Gavin Krastin, Performance Art

STANDING OVATION

• Mike van Graan

2011 WINNERS

GOLD

• Chris Chameleon, Music
• The Anatomy of Weather, The Matchbox Theatre Collective, Dance

SILVER

• Dream Brother, Iceman Productions, Theatre
• Laurie Levine and Lize Wiid, Music
• Mafeking Road, The Pink Couch, Physical Theatre
• Rob van Vuuren – Live!, Comedy
• Sie Wiess Alles, James Cairns and Taryn Bennett, Theatre
• Stuperstition, Stuart Lightbody, Comedy
• The Ogreling, FreeVoice Productions, Family Fare

BLUE

• As Night Falls, Choreographed by Nicola Haskins, Dance
• Bhakti, Flatfoot Dance Company, Dance
• Crush-Hopper, Mandisa Roeleene Haarhoff and Ntokozo Madlala , Theatre
• Deeply Fried, Whacked Management and Deeply Fried Man, Comedy
• Door, Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company in collaboration with Jori Snell of Baba Yaga Theatre, Theatre
• Hellpants & the FBHK, Martin Evans, Comedy
• inTraNceit, Rhodes University Drama Department, Physical Theatre
• Loss and Having, Brink Scholtz, Physical Theatre
• Paperboy, 2 Tone Productions, Comedy
• Re-Alignment 1, Sibikwa Art Centre & Neo Leleka (Composer, Cabaret/Musical Theatre
• Return of The Road Warriors, Tony Cox & Steve Newman , Music
• Shannon Hope, Music
• The Soil , Native Rhythms Productions cc, Music
• To be like this rock, Umsindo Theatre Projects, Theatre

ENCORE

• Gavin Krastin, Performance Art
• Richard Antrobus, Theatre
• Shoelace Rockers Soul Band, Music

2010 WINNERS

GOLD

• Butcher Brothers, Dark Laugh Theatre Company, Physical Theatre
• Dekaf, David Newton Productions, Comedy
• Graduation Rites, Tshwane University of Technology, Dance
• Guy Buttery, Music
• London Road, KBT Productions, Theatre

SILVER

• …Miskien, The Pink Couch, Theatre
• Breed, Ubom! Eastern Cape Drama Company, Theatre
• Elev(i)ate2, Athena Mazarakis, Physical Theatre
• Inua, Baba Yaga Theatre, Physical Theatre
• Karoo Moose, Baxter Theatre Centre in association with MOPO Productions, Theatre
• Meri Kenaz – in a moment, Music
• Nibs van der Spuy, Music
• System Dop, Liquid Project, Physical Theatre

BLUE

• Ama-No-Gawa, First Physical Theatre Company & Frauke, Physical Theatre
• Beauty therApy, Mamba Productions, Comedy
• Big Boys Don’t Dance, Followspot Productions, Comedy
• Blood Orange, Untouchable Productions, Physical Theatre
• Boston Marriage, Kickstart Theatre, Comedy
• Convincing Carlos, What Not Entertainment, Theatre
• D-Seven: Fresh A Capella, Music
• Deep Freezing, Comedy
• Extra-Ordinary, Lucy Hind & Dave Toole, Physical Theatre
• High Diving, Weekend Special Theatre, Comedy
• I love you, youíre perfect, now change, Big Leaf Productions, Cabaret/Musical Theatre
• Mein Soldat, Thin Skin, Theatre
• Ncamisa! The Women, Hearts & Eyes Theatre Collective, Theatre
• Outside the New, Music
• Pictures of You, Conspiracy of Clowns, Theatre
• Rumpsteak, Theatre Bazaar, Comedy
• Same but not Different, Ntsoana Contemporary Dance Theatre, Physical Theatre
• Sitting around the fire, Zinosa Enterprise, Theatre
• Steve Newman, Ashish Joshi, Greg Georgiades & Marc Duby, Music
• The Eye of the Storm, Sibikwa Arts, Dance
• Tin Bucket Drum, Think Theatre Productions, Theatre
• Tseleng: The Baggage of bags, The Mothertongue Project, Theatre

ENCORE

• The Soil, Vumile Nomanyama, Music

STANDING OVATION

• Theatre for Africa