Albert Khoza

Albert Silindokuhle Ibokwe Khoza has been performing since the age of 10 doing a lot of school plays and advertisements for retail stores. In 2005 he joined the Hillbrow theatre under the supervision and tutoring by Michael Linda Mkhwanazi and Gerard Bester which he represented his high school in the inner City Drama schools festivals. Through the help and mentoring of Michael he then with his fellow schools mates created plays that won numerous awards with devised plays like flat 309, Umama uyangichaza which he walked away with winner for best actor (2005), best supporting acting and best character (2006), best theatre group (2007), best cameo (2008) for the inner city drama festival. Driven by the passion and the love of the arts, he decided to take the arts very seriously applying to do a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts at the University of Witwatersrand where he has mastered in music, drama, and dance. Albert has also worked in numerous productions with many directors with the likes of Gys De vilious, Warona Seane, Kabi Thulo, Tsepo Wamamatu, Gerard Bester, and Tarryn Lee to name a few. Through studying in an institution like Witwatersrand University, he has approached his work in a rebellious sense for example refusing to read about dance and using books as a point of reference in anything that he does because of the Eurocentric ideals of what dance is or not. But in that his inspirations come from certain African Practitioners like Robin Orlin, Athena Mazarakis, Mandla Mbothwe, Gregory Maqhoma, Gerard Bester and Nhlanhla Mahlangu. Albert believes that theatre or dance or just art in general is a weapon remind, strike, inflict, awareness, and to create change. Albert continues working hard and creating works that is nationally acclaimed and well received by audience all over.