ellis Ellis and Bheki
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Awards
Individually and as a duo, Ellis and Bheki have been nominated on more than twenty occasions for many awards in categories as diverse as designer, director, actor and writer. Their more prestigious awards include:
  • M-Net All Africa Film Awards:
    Ellis Pearson, Best Supporting Actor, THE ANGEL, THE BICYCLE & THE CHINAMAN'S FINGER; Ellis Pearson, Best Supporting Actor, PALJAS

  • FNB Vita Awards:
    Bheki Mkhwane, Best Actor, Best New SA Work, Best Production, SOLOMON'S PRIDE (Greig Coetzee won Best Director); Best Supporting Actor, MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS

  • Scotsman Fringe First Awards:
    Ellis Pearson and Bheki Mkhwane were both instrumental in Theatre for Africa's awards in two consecutive years for KWAMANZI and HORN OF SORROW

  • Standard Bank Pick of the Fringe Award:
    Ellis Pearson & Bheki Mkhwane; SQUAWK and HOLY MOSES

  • Durban Metropolitan Council Achievers Award for Excellence 1998:
    Bheki Mkhwane

  • Fleur Du Cap for Best Performance:
    SOLOMON'S PRIDE (Nominated, Feb 2001)