Promising young performers shone in the Mzansi Many Roots One Tree talent show, at the Artscape, last Friday. Singer Vicky Sampson, producer Gabi le Roux and vocalist Nini Schlechter put the show together. They have a non-profit company, Mzansi Cultural Industries, that teaches marginalised youth how to make it in show business, and Friday’s show gave the audience – which packed the theatre despite the rain – a taste of what the young performers can do, while raising money for the project that trains them.