Showmax and Actor Spaces are partnering to open up the industry to help budding actors get a foot in the door!
Masterclasses will be coming to YouTube every second Thursday from August into October and each session will be followed by an Instagram Live session for aspiring talent to ask the featured speaker follow-up questions.
“Our Showmax Originals have shown that whenever you go looking for talent in South Africa, you find it,” says Nomsa Philiso, executive head: programming at MultiChoice. “But while acting is a talent, it’s also a skill that can be refined, and a business that must be learned. So we’re excited to be partnering on these masterclasses with Actor Spaces and some of Mzansi’s favourite talents in front of the camera and behind it, to help develop the next Bonko Khozas and Bokang Phelanes.“
Bonko Khoza is an actor who has performed in local and international work. He was nominated at both the DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Awards and the 2022 SAFTAs for his breakthrough role as Mqhele in the Twitter-topping, record-breaking Showmax Original telenovela The Wife.
He will kickstart the Showmax x Actor Spaces masterclasses by breaking down his character development process, which, in the build-up to playing Mqhele Zulu, included waking up at 3am, wearing a prop gun, spending a lot of time at the taxi rank, and smoking up a storm!
Watch Khoza’s masterclass:
Once you’ve watched his masterclass, join Bonko for his Instagram Live Q&A at https://instagram.com/actorspaces from 6-7pm on 18 August 2022.
For more information, visit www.showmax.com.
