Greenside High School entered the play Shwele Bawo! (A grave injustice) into the Edenvale Acting and Drama Society (Eads) One Act Plays Festival and won the competition.
The play was directed by student Rhea-Vera Hicks.
Shwele Bawo! placed in the top five at the Festival of Excellence in Dramatic Arts (Feda).
The following certificates of excellence were awarded:
- The Cast – Best ensemble (nomination)
- Rhea-Vera Hicks – Costumes
- Rhea-Vera Hicks – Set design
- Philip Ginster – Lighting
- Kim Forbay – Acting
- Rhea-Vera Hicks – Directing.
At Repertory Amateur Players Society (Raps), the following students were nominated:
- Best Supporting Actress – Lungile Ndlovu
- Best Director’s Motivation, Best Director, Best Set, and Creative Arts Leadership – Rhea-Vera Hicks
- The play was awarded a merit certificate for stage manager, Paige Steyn
- Best Set, Best Ensemble, Best Supporting Actress – Lungile Ndlovu, who was second runner-up at the 2016 festival.
According to Janet Unterslak, a staff member at Greenside High School, the adjudicators comments were, “Excellent choice of play, absolutely perfect for festivals. The direction of this piece is superb. It is a piece that every drama student should see because of its acting, movement, set manipulation and direction.”
Greenside also entered a second play into the same competitions. The cast of the play, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, won the first runner-up award, which was directed by Asher Pardey, and Layla Mayet was stage manager.
They received the following nominations:
- Best Actress in a Comedy – Kayla Naidoo
- Best Costume
- Best Set.
At Raps, the cast was nominated for Best Ensemble and Best Supporting Actor – Kirsten Johnson.
The cast received the following nominations at the Feda:
- Excellence in Comedy
- Best Backstage Crew
- Best Costumes
- Best Lighting – Phillip Ginster.
