Gopala Davies (born 14 May 1988) is a South African actor and
director. He is best known for his intermedial theatre production
Barbe Bleue: A story about madness, which won a Standard Bank Ovation
Award at The National Arts Festival in 2015, and the Best Student
Director Award in 2014.Gopala plays the character Adam in the short
Film Lilith: Genesis One which won the Film category at the 2015 PPC
Imaginarium Awards. and the 2016 'Best International Experimental' at
the ICARO Festival Internacional de Cine. He plays the role of Robert
in the SABC 1 soap opera Generations: The Legacy. Gopala also toured
South Africa with Pieter Toerien’s The History Boys, which won a
Naledi award for The Best Production of a Play in 2011.In 2013 Gopala
played the role of Mohammed in Tom Coash’s Cry Havoc, produced by
Grace Meadows and Ashraf Johaardien, in which he performed alongside
actors David Dennis and Brenda Radloff.In 2016 Gopala was commissioned
by the French Institute of South Africa (Institut Français) to direct
Les Cenci: A story about Artaud for the National Arts Festival’s
Main Programme. He also played the role of Alphonse Lebel in Jade
Bowers’ Scorched, written by Wajdi Mouawad.
director. He is best known for his intermedial theatre production
Barbe Bleue: A story about madness, which won a Standard Bank Ovation
Award at The National Arts Festival in 2015, and the Best Student
Director Award in 2014.Gopala plays the character Adam in the short
Film Lilith: Genesis One which won the Film category at the 2015 PPC
Imaginarium Awards. and the 2016 'Best International Experimental' at
the ICARO Festival Internacional de Cine. He plays the role of Robert
in the SABC 1 soap opera Generations: The Legacy. Gopala also toured
South Africa with Pieter Toerien’s The History Boys, which won a
Naledi award for The Best Production of a Play in 2011.In 2013 Gopala
played the role of Mohammed in Tom Coash’s Cry Havoc, produced by
Grace Meadows and Ashraf Johaardien, in which he performed alongside
actors David Dennis and Brenda Radloff.In 2016 Gopala was commissioned
by the French Institute of South Africa (Institut Français) to direct
Les Cenci: A story about Artaud for the National Arts Festival’s
Main Programme. He also played the role of Alphonse Lebel in Jade
Bowers’ Scorched, written by Wajdi Mouawad.
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