Languages
English
Xhosa
Accents
South African character
Standard South African
Vocal Style
Animation
Hard Sell
Reading Age
25 - 34
Nwabisa Plaatjie is a young and upcoming theatre-maker. Her first professional year (2016) was spent at Magnet Theatre through their year-long Theatre-Making Internship Programme where she created Aha! and 23 Years, a Month and 7 Days both of which have toured locally and internationally.
In 2017 she was awarded the Theatre Arts Admin Collective’s 2017 Emerging Theatre Director’s Bursary for Reimaging The Native Who Caused All The Trouble and was the first recipient of the Baxter Theatre Centre Playlab. Nwabisa was also one of five nominees for Best New Director for the 2018 Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards and is the 2018 Baxter Theatre Centre’s Young Artist of the year.
In 2019 she completed her Master's degree in Theatre and Performance at the Centre For Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies (UCT), directed the South African premier of Wine in the Wilderness and Florence by American playwright Alice Childress, and represented South Africa at the Directors in TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences) International Exchange in Berlin. She is currently curating and coordinating the Baxter’s Masambe Theatre, driving its relaunch as a space for performance, collaboration and networking.
Languages
English
Xhosa
Accents
South African character
Standard South African
Vocal Style
Animation
Hard Sell
Reading Age
25 - 34
Nwabisa Plaatjie is a young and upcoming theatre-maker. Her first professional year (2016) was spent at Magnet Theatre through their year-long Theatre-Making Internship Programme where she created Aha! and 23 Years, a Month and 7 Days both of which have toured locally and internationally.
In 2017 she was awarded the Theatre Arts Admin Collective’s 2017 Emerging Theatre Director’s Bursary for Reimaging The Native Who Caused All The Trouble and was the first recipient of the Baxter Theatre Centre Playlab. Nwabisa was also one of five nominees for Best New Director for the 2018 Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards and is the 2018 Baxter Theatre Centre’s Young Artist of the year.
In 2019 she completed her Master's degree in Theatre and Performance at the Centre For Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies (UCT), directed the South African premier of Wine in the Wilderness and Florence by American playwright Alice Childress, and represented South Africa at the Directors in TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences) International Exchange in Berlin. She is currently curating and coordinating the Baxter’s Masambe Theatre, driving its relaunch as a space for performance, collaboration and networking.
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