Colin Ward
Colin Ward (1939-2025). Actor, playwright, director, arts administrator.
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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As arts administrator
Colin was CAPAB's regional director in the Eastern Cape until his resignation in January 1994.
As actor
His association with theatre in Port Elizabeth began in 1962 when he appeared in The Wooden Dish (PEMADS).
He was in several productions in Port Elizabeth including Night Was Our Friend (1962), Death of a Salesman 1962). Hamlet (1963). In 1966 he appeared in a PACOFS production of Twee Voëls met Een Skoot. He also appeared in Richard III (1968), and As You Like It (Mannville, 2007).
As director
He directed a number of productions, including A Thousand Clowns (PEMADS, 1970), Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood (PEMADS, 1987), Wait Until Dark (Arts Theatre Club, 1988), A Bedfull of Foreigners (Arts Theatre Club, 1989), A Christmas Carol (PEMADS, 1991)
As playwright/screenwriter
He wrote Cupid in Tyhume, Holy Man, Who took all the Christmas trees? and adapted Poland’s The Adventures of Ntini the Small Otter for the stage.
He wrote the short films Small Change (2009), Justice? (2012)
As production manager (film/TV)
He was the production manager of the films Siener in die Suburbs (1973), Fighter Pilots (1974), Geluksdal (1974), Ongewenste Vreemdeling (1974), Ngaka (1977), Isivumelwano (1978).
He later worked as a producer at Sunshine Coast Studios in Port Elizabeth. He produced The Dancing Sangoma (2011), Amasango: The Gates (2013) and Slice of Light (2018). He was series producer of the 13 episode Afrikaans comedy series, Kniediep in die Warm Water (2020).
Sources
Die Burger, 17 January 1994.
Material held by NELM.
IMDb [1].
See also [2].
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