41 - Princess Mhlongo on Inkabi (Netflix)

African Couch Potato: The Mash-up

"This time around Gino hooks up with the producer of Netflix's Inkabi - who also happens to be an old school colleague, in the person of Princess Zinzi Mhlongo; both of them hailing from eMalahleni, Witbank in Mpumalanga.
Her professional theatre directing debut was a production of And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses presented at festivals in the UK. In 2010 she was selected to be one of 12 theatre producers from across the world to participate in the Theatre Foreman Festival in Germany.
In 2012 she was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year for Theatre, followed in subsequent years by 6 Naledi Theatre Awards nominations. Her work has taken her to the US among other countries.
In 2016 she directed a new musical, Divas Of Kofifi based on the lives of Dorothy Masuku, Abigail Kubeka, and Thandi Klassen with sold-out shows. In 2017 - 2019 she explored music management working with one of the country's biggest stars, Samthing Soweto.
In 2022 she produced The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu which had an international tour in 2023.
Princess is also the managing director of African Entertainers, a company that seeks to develop new voices in film and performance art.

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Chapters

1. 41 - Princess Mhlongo on Inkabi (Netflix) (00:00:00)

2. Theatre and Overseas (00:00:47)

3. American Audiences (00:05:38)

4. Albert Ibokwe Khoza & The Black Circus (00:10:57)

5. Inkabi (00:13:56)

6. "Everything I've wanted, in one place..." (00:21:46)