South African Cultural Observatory Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award Winner 2017
RISING star actress and theatre director Lesedi Job was last night named the winner of the 4th annual Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award.
For the past three years, the Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award was presented to the winner at the annual Naledi Theatre Awards. The Award is presented each year by the Market Theatre Foundation to a leading young creative who excels in their career. The recipient of the Award receives the invaluable opportunity to present a work on one of the stages at The Market Theatre. This year’s announcement coincided with the 41st anniversary of the founding of the Market Theatre.READ MORE HERE
Previous winners of the Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award are choreographer and dancer Lulu Mlangeni (2014), writer and director Khayelihle Dom Gumede (2015) and Sonia Radebe (2016). Since winning the award all three have gone on to winning other accolades. Lesedi Job joins their ranks after making a significant impact for her successful work at the Market Theatre. Earlier this year, she directed the world premiere of Mike van Graan’s When Swallows Cry, playing to sold out shows, glowing accolades and standing ovations at every performance.