About Purpoz Casting Agency

The Team

NELSEN MOKOENA (OWNER) - He has been in the performing arts for more than ten years. In the ten years, he has been truly passionate and committed to the industry. He started first as a performer/actor and featured in local dramas such as; Soul City , Backstage and theatre productions. He is now a Writer-director who has produced many theatrical productions and performed in almost every theatre in the country. He has directed industrial theatre productions for Totem films (PIKI UP) Arepp theatre for life (HIV & AIDS PLAY “AS IF) and Xenophobia “operation ubumbhano” by the Department of Home affairs, which toured schools in 2009.

He is currently a head facilitator at the Youth In Trust drama workshops taking place at the JSE Building Monday to Friday in JHB. He teaches actors not only the skills but he also teaches them discipline and how to live successfully as artists. He is supported by other facilitators, whom he trained and development to become assets to both Purpoz and Youth In Trust.

Nelsen has a two-year diploma in Business and Administration acquired from Damelin. This course has taught him, business skills and knowledge, which made him to understand business and how to run it.

AYANDA SITHEBE (Agent) - got introduced to an Arts organization called Youth In Trus, which molded him into being thee artist that he grew to be. From there on he mastered time management as he had school on Monday to Friday and had rehearsals from Friday to Sunday.

This organization is where he took-part in a lot of showcases, as well as working with the department of education doing industrial theatre under a production called "Desperate Measures", it is under this production where he made his debut. In 2006 he received an award for "Best Actor" at the South African National Community Theatre Association Festival that for him was just confirmation that greater things await him in that industry.

He matured under the watchful eye of his mentor Nelsen Mokoena (Owner and CEO of Youth In Trust), who continued to remind him that H.W.D (Hard Work & Discipline) is the key to all. He matriculated in 2007 and decided to focus more on his craft.

Ayanda went on to be casted in ads, drama series: MTN, Soul buddies, Hillside, & Generations as well as doing Radio voice-overs. With his proven ability he got promoted to be a Facilitator at the same organization that had groomed him.

He has gone on to perform one-man act at the Market Theatre Laboratory and various other Theatres, written and directed plays staged at the Wits Theatre. He was rewarded a best director for his stage production tick tock 2009 at the Total SA Sibikwa Play festival .

I presently continue to work at Youth In Trust, write scripts, Direct and fill a position of being an Agent at Purpoz Casting.

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