SOUL CITY INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION

Soul Buddyz Search for a Young Star Auditions

19 April 2007: South Africa’s favourite children’s television programme is searching for two new stars for the latest series of Soul Buddyz.

Soul Buddyz is calling budding Gauteng based actors to audition for the characters of an 11 – 15 year old black, Sotho speaking boy, as well as an 11 - 15 year old coloured girl who is fluent in both English and Afrikaans.

According to Zanele Gule, Marketing Manager, “The Search for a Young Star initiative is developed to unearth young acting talent and to help them further develop their skills to become professional actors in the industry. The winners will receive an acting course that will cover basic acting, dance, and television acting technique and will get lead roles in the next series of Soul Budyz. Soul Buddyz has a history of unearthing young talent from disadvantaged backgrounds.”

Soul Buddyz, aimed at empowering 8 to 12 year olds, is a real-life television drama that has consistently been the most popular children’s television programme in the country.

Details for the auditions: 

Date:            Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April 2007

Venue:          Bassline, Newtown, Johannesburg

Time:            9:00am – 3:00pm

Soul Buddyz is developed by Soul City: the Institute for Health and Development Communication (IHDC) in partnership with SABC Education and BP

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For further information about Search for a Young Star, please contact Onyx Marketing Communications: Georgina Lefifi 082 908 2555 georgina@onyxmarketing.co.za