The Cracked House

ARTISTIC TEAM

NTSIKAYOMZI BENYA

Ntsikayomzi Benya is a South African actor, writer and producer. He obtained his training at the Lady Grey Arts Academy in 2013, the South African State Theatre (Under the Youth InTrust Programme) in 2016 and Magnet Theatre in 2023.

He began his professional career in 2016 and has performed in shows that include The Kraal, Presidents Man, 1606, Tsotsi the musical, Aesop's Fables and many more. He has performed in a variety of theatres and festivals around the country including SAST, Market Lab, Wits Theatre, Artscape, the National Children's Theatre, NAF Makhanda, Cape Town Fringe and many more.

In 2021 he debuted as a play writer with his play IYEZA which had a run at the SAST theatre and in 2024 his second and currently in development play STONES was selected to read an extract at the Baxter Theatre for the KKNK Teksmark program 2024.

In 2018 Ntsika began his television career as an actor in productions that include the Mzansi Magic series The Herd 1& 2, etv former telenovela Isipho, Moja Love series Erased, Coca Cola and Wimpy commercials. 

He has also performed and written scripts for corporate roadshows such as the National Credit Bureau Association, CIPC and the National Lottery Commission. Ntsika’s passion derives from the sincere joy he expresses when telling stories and his drive is charged by the list of possibilities storytelling endeavours.

SIBUYISELO DYWILI - DIRECTOR

Sibuyiselo Dywili is a published playwright, as well as an award- winning performer who has been seen both on screen and stage. His 2021 play Ganga Nyoko! Inzima Nyoko! published by Junkets Press and in which he performed, won the Zabalaza Festival’s Best Production, Best Actor and was nominated for three Fleur du Cap Awards, winning Best New Director. His screen credits include The Whale Caller, Moffie, Inkaba, Jabu, Poppie Nongena and Grobber Freund, Kleiner Junge. Sbuja performed in Tsotsi the Musical as well as Comfort Ye and Buzani ku Bawo.

In 2021, under mentorship in the Masambe Writing Residency, he wrote his second play, Ngxi!  In 2024, Sibuyiselo ventured into English writing and began writing The Salt Lesson.  He was selected to attend the Jakes Gerwel Foundation & Passa Porta's From Brussels to Karoo Writing residency, and the play later presented at Magnet Theatre as a live reading in a project called For The Record. As part of celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Baxter Zabalaza Festival, Sibuyiselo staged The Salt Lesson and took home an award for Best Script of Zabalaza Festival 2025.

He holds an Advanced Diploma in Filmmaking, in which he majored in Directing, Screenwriting and Producing. Sbuja had the distinct privilege of being taught Musical Writing by the legendary David Kramer at the Baxter Theatre. He graduated from a series of Filmmaking Workshops hosted by Tomas Films, from which he co-wrote and directed a short film shot on a cell phone and garnered praise from the Tomas Films Producers/Makers. He is the recipient of the Peter Hayes Award for Best Actor in 2022 for his performance of Can Themba in Dr. Siphiwo Mahala's House of Truth, for which he was also nominated in the 58th Fleur du Cap Awards as Best Actor in a One Man Show.

SIZWE MSUTU

Sizwe Msutu is a prominent South African veteran actor with close to four decades of experience on stage, television/film and well over ninety productions under his belt. His professional career began in the early nineteen nineties after completing a three-year Drama & Speech diploma with the New Africa Theatre Project. 

Besides his string of stage productions, he is best known for his television role as Detective-Inspector Hlomla Mavuso in the SABC 1 drama series Interrogation Room, Captain Nene in the e.tv soccer drama series Shooting Stars and Patrick in the SABC 1 drama Montana. Other television shows he’s graced include  of Khululeka, Stockvel, Madam & Eve, Going Up, Divers Down, Intersections, Traffic and Usikizi. His recent prominent role was on the Mzansi Magic series Nkululeko where he starred as the Brigadier, the protagonist’s love interest's father, and his portrayal of President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Nelson Mandela’s biopic Goodbye Bafama

NICHOLATE L MANGQOZA



Nicholate Mangqoza was born and raised in Knysna, and later relocated to Cape Town, Kraaifontein where she enrolled to learn acting in a Mayibuye Drama Group. Her first professional performance was in My Brother's Return which participated in the Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival and for which she won Best Supporting Actress. Soon after that she was cast in Call the Midwife and then Mama Africa, a commercially produced musical production that saw her touring the USA. In 2014 Mangqoza led and performed in a workshopped opera called Comfort Ye, directed by Robert Lehmeier and Fatima Dike, with a premiere at Artscape and online premiere in Germany.

DOBS MADOTYENI

Mvakalisi Dobs Madotyeni is a film/stage Actor, Vocalist and Dancer with seventeen years of professional experience. He obtained his training at the South African Academy of Performing Arts and the Rodini Films Acting workshops with Bonnie Rodini. His stage credits include Productions such as the Broadway hit musical Mysteries, Danger in the Dark by David Kramer, Buzani Kubawo, Ityala Lamawele, The Lion King and many more. His film and television credits include the Netflix hit series Blood and Water, Isikizi, Montana, Stokvel and many more. Dobs prides himself in being a true definition of a mirror of reality through his love for storytelling, whether through movement, music or acting. He believes in the power he possesses in being an underdog and believes that is what keeps him grounded and faithful to his craft.

TOKOLLO MASETLA - PRODUCTION MANAGER

Tokollo Masetla is a dynamic artist and theatre practitioner who recently completed her studies from the University of Cape Town. With a passion for storytelling and performance, she has been honing her craft in various capacities, exploring the many facets of the theatre industry. Currently, Tokollo is working diversely in the theatre industry, exploring new ways to push boundaries and challenge narratives. Whether on stage, behind the scenes, or in production, she is driven by a commitment to artistic excellence and a desire to inspire and engage audiences. As she continues to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of theatre, she draws inspiration from the words of renowned theatre practitioner, Jerzy Grotowski: "Theatre is a place of exchange, where we can confront our visions, our experiences, and our myths." This quote resonates deeply with Tokollo, who believes that theatre has the power to transform, to provoke, and to connect us in profound ways.