Alex Halligey
Alex Halligey (1982- ) is a performer, theatre-maker, lecturer and academic.
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Biography
Born in 1982, she graduated from the University of Cape Town 's Theatre and Performance programme in 2004 and went on to become became an actress and senior lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies Department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As performer and theatremaker
She won the Micheál Mac Liammóir Best Female Outstanding Performance Award at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for her portrayal of Georgina in The Boy Who Fell from the Roof in 2007 and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Fleur du Cap Award for the same performance.
As teacher and lecturer
She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and an Alexander Technique teacher.
As researcher and academic
Alex uses theatre and performance as research tools and conceptual lenses for understanding cities, with a particular, though not exclusive, focus on cities in the global south. She runs participatory theatre process with city residents to explore their experience of day-to-day placemaking practices.
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