Fleur Du Cap Theatre Awards 2025 in SA: All the winners

Winners across 23 categories were honoured for their outstanding contributions to the performing arts, both on and off the stage.

My Fair Lady, produced by Pieter Toerien Productions and Cape Town Opera, dominated the evening with five awards, including Best Production. Leah Mari won Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical, while Graham Hopkins took Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical. The production also won for Best Set Design, awarded to Greg King, and Best Costume Design, which went to Neil Stuart Harris, Andrew Botha, and Martha Visagie.

Dean Balie won Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical for his role in Ver In Die Wêreld Kittie, while Candice van Litsenborgh earned Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical for The Addams Family: The Musical. Metamorphoses won in two categories, with its cast receiving Best Performance by an Ensemble and Franky Steyn winning for Best Lighting Design.

Sylvaine Strike was awarded Best Director for Spring Awakening. Emily Child won Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Play for her role in A Streetcar Named Desire, while Albert Pretorius took Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play for Othello.

Below is the full list of winners:

Best Sound Design, Original Music, Soundscape, or Live Performance

• Neo Muyanga for original music – Manje! Manje!
• Chantal Willie-Petersen for live performance – Unruly
• Jannous Aukema for sound design and original music – Droomwerk
• Kyle Shepherd for original music – Othello
• Philip Miller for original music – NKOLI: The Vogue-Opera

Best Performance in an Opera, Male

• Thando Zwane as Acmet – Dalinda
• Conroy Scott as Gianni Schicchi – Gianni Schicchi
• Conroy Scott as Enrico – Lucia di Lammermoor
• Lukhanyo Moyake as Edgardo – Lucia di Lammermoor
• Sandile Zitha as Ubaldo – Dalinda

Best Performance in an Opera, Female

• Nontobeko Bhengu as Dalinda – Dalinda
• Brittany Smith as Lucia – Lucia di Lammermoor
• Minette du Toit-Pearce as The Princess – Suor Angelica
• Nobulumko Mngxekeza as Sister Angelica – Suor Angelica
• Zizipho Funzo as Governess – The Turn of the Screw

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical or Music Theatre Show

• Graham Hopkins as Colonel Pickering – My Fair Lady
• André Terblanché as Josef Marais – Ver in die Wêreld Kittie
• Brendan van Rhyn as Lurch – The Addams Family: The Musical
• Dean Balie as Ernest Logan – Orpheus McAdoo
• Yahto Kraft as Uncle Fester – The Addams Family: The Musical

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical or Music Theatre Show

• Candice van Litsenborgh as Grandma – The Addams Family: The Musical
• Adrienne Pearce as Mrs Higgins – My Fair Lady
• Alexis Petersen as Lucy Moten – Orpheus McAdoo
• Bethany Dickson as Alice Beineke – The Addams Family: The Musical
• Jenny Stead as Rosa de Miranda – Ver in die Wêreld Kittie

Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical or Music Theatre Show

• Dean Balie as Koos Heuningbek – Ver in die Wêreld Kittie
• Conroy Scott as Orpheus McAdoo – Orpheus McAdoo
• Craig Urbani as Henry Higgins – My Fair Lady
• Marcel Meyer as Sweeney Todd – Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Niza Jay as Emcee – NKOLI: The Vogue-Opera

Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical or Music Theatre Show

• Leah Mari as Eliza Doolittle – My Fair Lady
• Ann Masina as Mrs Nkoli – NKOLI: The Vogue-Opera
• Brittany Smith as Mattie Allen – Orpheus McAdoo
• Rushney Ferguson as Kittie Jaftha – Ver in die Wêreld Kittie
• Samantha Peo as Morticia Addams – The Addams Family: The Musical

Most Promising Student

• Nichola Viviers – Stellenbosch University
• Dylan Janse Van Rensburg – LAMTA
• Elizabeth-Ann Fosu – AFDA
• Jayden Dickson – LAMTA
• Mfuneli Ntumbuka – CTDPS
• Oliver Carnegie – CTDPS
• Seth Daniel Cloete – CTDPS
• Tshepiso Modise – AFDA

Best New South African Script

• Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni – Neighbourhood
• Jennie Reznek and Mwenya Kabwe – Manje! Manje!
• Mlindeli Zondi – Off Balance
• Pieter Odendaal – Droomwerk
• Rosalind Butler – Expelled

Best New Director

• Aidan Scott – The Dumb Waiter
• Lara Toselli – A Doll’s Life
• Marianne Thamm – Round of Applause – South Africa Still Standing
• Sinenhlanhla Mgeyi – Text Me When You Arrive
• Tankiso Mamabolo – Don’t Believe A Word I Say

Best Theatre Production for Children and Young Adults

• Pampoenpit se Groen Gevoel
• Braam en die Engel
• Glimmer
• Kipper and the Olympic Flame / Vlooi en die Olimpiese Vlam
• The Little Mermaid

Best Performance by an Ensemble

• Awethu Hleli, Carla Smith, Carlo Daniels, Jock Kleynhans, Lyle October, Nolufefe Ntshuntshe, Tamzin Williams – Neighbourhood
• Benjamin Stannard, Che-Jean Jupp, Gabriella Knight, Gemma Bisseker, Gerard van Rooyen, Hannah Norcott, Jasmine Minter, Jayden Dickson, Jude Bunyan, Killian Blerk, Nandipa Nyivana, Noa Duckitt, Skye Themeda Goss, Tatum Coleman, Tjaart van der Walt, Tumelo Mogashoa – Spring Awakening
• Azola Mkhabile, Buhle T. Stefane, Emmanuel Ntsamba, Karabo Hope Banda, Lusanda Soboyise, Melusi Molefe, Mihlali Bele, Sanele Phillip, Yvonne Msebenzi – Manje! Manje!
• Awethu Hleli, Brent Palmer, Cassiel Eaton-Winnik, Carlo Daniels, Lyle October, Matthew Vey, Nolufefe Ntshuntshe, Tamzin Williams – Metamorphoses
• Kyla Davis, Lisa Overy, Roberto Pombo – The Agents

Best Performance in a Revue, Cabaret, and One-Person Show

• Fiona Ramsay – Blonde Poison
• Andrew Buckland – The Ugly Noo Noo
• Bo Petersen – Pieces of Me
• Erika Breytenbach-Marais – The Good Dad
• Shannon Esra – My Left Breast

Best Puppetry Design

• Marthinus Basson and Elana Snyman – The Addams Family: The Musical
• Michael Curry – Disney – The Magic Box

Best Lighting Design

• Franky Steyn – Metamorphoses
• Denis Hutchinson – My Fair Lady
• Mark Fleishman and Themba Stewart – Manje! Manje!
• Niall Griffin – Spring Awakening
• Patrick Curtis – Othello

Best Set Design

• Greg King – My Fair Lady
• Craig Leo – Manje! Manje!
• Gerhard Marx – Othello
• Jaco Bouwer – Die Vegetariër
• Marthinus Basson and Nicolaas de Jongh – The Addams Family: The Musical
• Patrick Curtis – Metamorphoses

Best Costume Design

• Neil Stuart Harris, Andrew Botha, and Maritha Visagie – My Fair Lady
• Birrie Le Roux and Sikelela Nomvete aka Mr Allofit – NKOLI: The Vogue-Opera
• Bridget Baker – Die Vegetariër
• Marthinus Basson – The Addams Family: The Musical
• Michaeline Wessels – Neighbourhood

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play

• Mark Elderkin as Emperor – Amadeus
• Aidan Scott as Mozart – Amadeus
• Carlo Daniels as Cassio – Othello
• Gerben Kamper as Oupa – Droomwerk
• Wessel Pretorius as Roderigo – Othello

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play

• Rehane Abrahams as Mercutio and Lady Montague – Romeo and Juliet
• Faniswa Yisa as Emilia – Othello
• Hannah Borthwick as Nurse – Romeo and Juliet
• Sarah Wolhuter as Stella Kowalski – A Streetcar Named Desire
• Tinarie van Wyk Loots as Suster and Ma – Die Vegetariër

Best Director

• Sylvaine Strike – Spring Awakening
• Garth Tavares – The Addams Family: The Musical
• Jaco Bouwer – Die Vegetariër
• Steven Stead – Metamorphoses
• Steven Stead – My Fair Lady

Best Production

• My Fair Lady – Pieter Toerien Productions with Cape Town Opera
• Manje! Manje! – Magnet Theatre
• Metamorphoses – Baxter Theatre
• Spring Awakening – Anton Luitingh and Duane Alexander (LAMTA)
• Unruly – Empatheatre

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Professor Temple Hauptfleisch

Encore Award

• David Isaacs and Oscar Petersen

Innovation in Theatre Award

• SoapBoxing