Plays
The dogs must be crazy
- Selected as a “Hot off the Fringe” production at the National Arts Festival, 1991.
Some of our best friends are cultural workers
- Selected as a “Hot off the Fringe” production at the National Arts Festival, 1992.
Dinner Talk
- Winner of the Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Best New Script, 1997.
Green Man Flashing
- Jury winner, UCT/Performing Arts Network of South Africa (PANSA) Festival of Reading of New Writing, 2003
- Nominee: Best New South African Script, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2005
- Nominee: Best New Script, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, 2005
- Winner: Proyecto 34 Degrees South, Theatre in Translation Project (for Argentinian and South African playwrights), 2012
- Prescribed text for IEB Schools
Hostile Takeover/Just Business
- Audience Award winner as Hostile Takeover, PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing, 2004
- Winner as Just Business of a Standard Bank Encore Ovation Award, National Arts Festival, 2012
Mixed Metaphors
- Nominee: Best New South African Script Produced, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2006
- Nominee: Best New Script, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, 2006
- Nomination for Lindiwe Matshikiza, Best Performance by a Newcomer (Female), Naledi Theatre Awards, 2006
Two to Tango
- Jury Runner-up, NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing, Satire and Comedy, 2005
Some Mothers’ Sons
- Jury Runner-up, NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing, Contemporary Drama, 2005
- Audience Award winner, NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing, Contemporary Drama, 2005
- Best Director Award, Jerry Mofokeng, NDLDT/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing, 2005
Brothers in Blood
- Winner: Best New South African Play Produced, Naledi Theatre Award, 2009
- Nominee: Karabo Kgokong, Best Supporting Actor, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2009
- Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award winner, Greg Homann, Director, National Arts Festival, 2012
Die Generaal/The General
- Winner: Anglogold Ashanti Award for Best New Afrikaans Script, Aardklop Arts Festival, 2007
- Winner: Best New Script, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, 2008
Bafana Republic
- Winner: Best One Person Show, SA Comedy Awards, 2007
- Nomination: Lindiwe Matshikiza, Best Actress, Aardklop Festival, 2007
- One of top six “Pick of the Fringe” productions, as selected by Adrienne Sichel, 2007
Bafana Republic 2: Extra Time
- Winner: Best One Person Show, SA Comedy Awards, 2008
Iago’s Last Dance
- Nominee: Best New Script, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, 2010
- Nominee: Mbulelo Grootboom, Best Supporting Actor, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, 2010
Rainbow Scars
- Winner: Standard Bank Ovation Award, National Arts Festival, 2013
- Nominee: Mari Borstlap, Best Lighting Design, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2013
- Nominee: Kertrice Maitisa, Best Newcomer, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2013
- Nominee: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Best Score, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2013
- Nominee: Best Supporting Actor, Mbulelo Grootboom, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2013
- Nominee: Best Director, Lara Bye, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2013
- Nominee: Best Production of a Play, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2013
Pay Back the Curry
- Winner: Daniel Mpilo Richards, Best Newcomer, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2016
- Nominee: Best New Script, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2016
- Nominee: Daniel Mpilo Richards, Best Performance in a Revue, Cabaret or One-Person Show, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, 2016
When Swallows Cry
- Winner: Best Production of a Play, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2017
- Winner: Lesedi Job, Best Director, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2017
- Winner: Best New Script, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2017
- Nominee: Lesedi Job, Best New Director, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, 2018
State Fracture
- Winner: Daniel Mpilo Richards, Standard Bank Ovation Award for Outstanding Performance, National Arts Festival, 2017
- Winner: Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award, National Arts Festival, 2017
Land Acts
- Nominee: Daniel Mpilo Richards, Best Performance in a Revue, Cabaret or One-Person Show, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, 2018
- Nominee: Best New South African Script, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2018
Another One's Bread
- Best New South African Script, Naledi Theatre Awards, 2018
General
Artist and other residencies
- UCT Drama Department, Cape Town, 2006
- Theater de Appel and Kosmopolis, The Hague, 2008
- Artscape Associate Playwright, Cape Town, 2011-2014
- Robert Bosch Academy, Berlin, 2016/17
- Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Florida, 2017
- University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 2019
Miscellaneous
- Arts and Culture Journalist of the Year for The Cultural Weapon, 2001
- Cape Tercentenary Foundation’s Molteno Silver Medal for Contribution to the Performing Arts, 2001
- Inaugural Festival Artist, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, 2013
- Hiroshima Foundation for Peace and Culture Award, 2018
- PhD (honoris causa) (Honorary Doctorate), University of Pretoria, 2018