Aldo’s theatre career spanning 35 years, served as the foundation for his recent expansion and immersion into the visual arts. In 2018, his epic photography exhibition, Foreign Nationals, was invited to the Brunei Gallery at SOAS, at the University of London. He has since completed his postgraduate degree in Fine Art at UCT’s Michaelis School of Fine Art (with a Distinction), and is currently a Master’s student in Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University.
To date, Aldo has performed and had multiple solo exhibitions in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, England, India, and Sweden. Aldo celebrated his 21st solo exhibition in May, 2024.
Aldo’s primary career in the performing arts, was founded under the tutelage of the legendary Jacques Le Coq in Paris in the late 80’s and upon his return to South Africa, he established Brincat Productions, an ad-hoc theatre company which focused on original, socio-political work, community theatre initiatives, and site-specific activations.
His most recent solo performance, The Moon Looks Delicious From Here, won The Special Jury Award at the Bitesize Theatre Festival, at the prestigious Riverside Theatre in London, and The Standard Bank Siler Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda, South Africa, both in 2024.
Aldo also received an invitation to perform for His Excellency, Nelson Mandela, on his birthday in 1997; and an invitation to showcase his environmental theatre work, Woza Waste Water, at the World Bank in Washington D.C., in 2000.
In 2008, Aldo was commissioned to write a theatre piece, Light, for Ian Khama to celebrate his accession to the Presidency of Botswana. Aldo has been nominated for, and won, several theatre and community initiative awards, and was voted by the Mail & Guardian (SA), as among The Top Five Stage Performers of the Decade, 1999–2010.