Business Role Player and Actress

Nompumulelo Mayiyane is a strong member of the PRPT team, in addition to her training in Role Play, Real Play and Forum Theatre. She has also attended PRPT’s Masterclass on Role Play. Mpumi was also selected and sponsored by PRPT to attend the DukeCE programme: Women Leading From The Edge. She was pivotal to Performance Role Play Training’s national Industrial Theatre Roadshow on Ethics for a major national brand.  Her versatility also ensures that she is an asset when improvisation is required.

Mpume is currently gracing the world stage in the International Touring Production of Matilda, as Mrs Phelps – a role which has already won her a Best Supporting Actress Fleur du Cap nomination in her home country, South Africa. This speaker of five languages has her Bachelor of Arts Honours in Live Performance from the South African School of Motion Picture and Performance, AFDA. She has extensive experience on stage and screen and is immensely versatile as a performer.

She’s performed on international stages in over 10 countries. In 2018 she played KHWEZI in the controversial stage play “KHWEZI, say my name” in 2018 at the State Theatre. Her theatre and film credits include: Africa Umoja, Songs of Jazz Town, Too Much Punch for Judy, Rock of Ages, Mad Buddies and Oscars’ submission Little One.  Mpume has also performed in several corporate videos. Her MC’ing includes Liberty Life, Vodacom, Telkom, Black Like Me, Absa and Dstv.

Associate Business Role Player, Actor, Radio Presenter

Peter has worked with Performance Role Play Training on a number of training interventions, doing mainly Role Play and Forum Theatre. Having worked in management for many years himself, he has a strong background in playing “senior executive” roles, but his acting experience means that he is able to play any status role with credibility.

Peter was involved in New Employee Induction Training at Toyota SA every month for 13 years from 2001 to 2014; playing a Customer Relations expert giving a presentation on the importance of treating the customer with respect at all times, in an Industrial Theatre segment in which he was constantly heckled by a stranger who had wandered into the presentation. It elicited wonderful responses from the audiences, who were unaware that it was all a carefully scripted performance (The heckler was “The Customer”).

Peter has also worked in Role Play for World Bank training in Rwanda (2008) and Washington DC (2009).

Beyond Role Play, Peter has worked as an actor since 1972, and is fully bilingual (English and Afrikaans). He has appeared in countless theatre productions, television series, and international films. He is a well-known and well-loved radio presenter on Classic FM. Aside from being one of South Africa’s senior and most experienced actors, Peter headed up the Drama division of PACT, the Performing Arts Council in Gauteng for many years. This gave him a deep understanding and knowledge of corporate affairs and performance management.

PRPT Associate, Actor, Musician

Paul Ditchfield is an associate of Performance Role Play Training. He currently is a regular on the DukeCE Immersion: Doctors on Call. He has also appeared in various corporate videos for PRPT.

Paul has been in the entertainment industry for many years. Best known as a founder member of the group THE BATS, Paul is still currently touring the country with them. Paul’s career has been full and varied, starring in many TV series, movies and TV shows as well as many appearances on stage. Highlights have been Flight of the Phoenix with Dennis Quaid and Hugh Laurie, and many TV shows including Isidingo, Scandal, Binnelanders, Wild at Heart, Sewende Laan, Generations, Video 2 and review plus, to name a few. Paul was musical director and performed the role of Norman Petty in The Buddy Holly Story, and probably his favourite role to date was PT Barnum in the award-winning musical, Barnum, at the then Civic Theatre – now the Joburg Theatre. Paul won a Best Actor Award for this role. He also appeared in Grease and Oklahoma, amongst others. He has just finished filming a feature film, Konfetti as well as the TV movie, Donkerland.

Paul is an accomplished songwriter, having written extensively throughout his career. He won a SARIE Award in 1972 for composition in Song Writing and was chosen for the finals of the TOKYO INTERNATIONAL WORLD SONG FESTIVAL where his song was performed live. In 2005 he was awarded the South African Department of Arts and Culture Contribution to Music Award by Minister Pallo Jordon. He writes extensively for corporate theatre.