The Cape Town Fringe FRESH Awards celebrate and recognise stand-out performances and creativity.

Finalists are nominated throughout the Fringe by a panel, which will be kept anonymous until the end of the Fringe to allow them (and artists) to work freely. Winners will be announced on 7 October.

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Here are the nominations so far…

FRESHEST Show

• Gug’ Othandayo the Musical
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
• The Playroom 
• Tswalo
• (w)asem
• J Bobs Live! Off the Record
• Samthing Soweto Gold Tour
• Kasi Stories: A Story Not Often Told
• In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses’ Lament
• Abangabonwa (The Unseen)
• Worst of Both Worlds
• The Champion

FRESH Performer

• Nobuhle Mazinyane (keyboard) – Ernestine Deane
• Tiana Marwanqana (bass guitarist) – Ernestine Deane
• Francis Mennigke – The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy
• Megan Oberholzer – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
• Emihle Mdingi – Black Pride
• Thembekile Komani – The Playroom
• Babalwa Makweo – The Playroom
• Billy Langa – Tswalo
• Somila Toyi – Iziqhamo Zombomu
• Jeff Tshabalala aka J Bobs – J Bobs Live! Off the Record
• Thobani Nzuza  – Boy Ntulikazi
• Mpapo Simon Majola – The Funeral
• Thulani Mtsweni – Kasi Stories: A Story Not Often Told
• Sinoxolo Cezula – Ndendile
• Thembekile Komani – Abangabonwa (The Unseen)
• Amykay Klaasen – Abangabonwa (The Unseen)
• Nkosentsha Tamana – Abangabonwa (The Unseen)

FRESH Creative Award finalist

• Kei-Ella Lowe (director) – In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses’ Lament
• Unmute Dance Company (choreography) – Access Me
• Billy Langa (writer) – Tswalo
• Mahlatsi Mokgonyana (director) – Tswalo
• Nicola Hanekom (director) – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
• Brendon Peel – Hocus Pocus
• Jeff Tshabalala (director, creator) – J Bobs Live! Off the Record
• Thando Doni (director) – Phefumla / To Breathe
• Ntsika Benya (script) – Stones 
• Mzokuthula Gasa (choreography) – Abangabonwa (The Unseen)
• Khayalethu Anthony (writer) – The Champion