| Intro | South African actor | ||
| Is | Actor | ||
| From | South Africa | ||
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth |
1989, Khayelitsha, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Age | 32 years | ||
| Education |
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Mandisi Arnold Shindo (born 1989, stage name Dr Disi) is a South African actor, writer, director, voice and dance performer, and the founder of the Iselwa Lesizwe Theatre Company. He began pursuing his passion for theatre at age 11 in primary school, and since then has dedicated his life to the arts and to helping young people gain the skills for a tertiary level education. He views the teaching of drama as “(his) calling and weapon to teach those who are not getting the formal classroom teaching.”
Career
Education
Shindo studied his (Diploma) in Theatre and Performance at the University of Cape Town majoring in Community Theatre making.
Performances[1]
- Macbeki by Pieter Dick Uys, dir by Chris Weare Uct Little Theatre and India
- Burnt By Ina and Ian Bruce
- Home Brew By Sabata Sesiu
- Opera 5:20 by Geoff Hyland Baxter 2010
- Isivuno Sama Phupha by Mandla Mbothwe
- The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco dir by Geoff Hyland performed: America Boston 2011
- Bokumka Bonke By Cast Directed By Mandla Mbothwe
- Living under pressure ( which he wrote, directed and performed)