Ilse van Hemert

Ilse van Hemert (19**-). Ilse van Hemert, actress and director

Training

B.(Dram), University of Pretoria, 1981.

Career

PACT from January 1982. Since 1985 she directs schools programmes for PACT. Since 1992 Associate Director at PACT, resigned a year later although she still did ad hoc work for PACT.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

First play directed Die Hoofkarakter Sensor die Drama by Fransi Phillips for the first PACT Potpourri Festival in 1983.

Other plays directed for subsequent PACT Potpourri Festivals: Die Clown, Journey Without Words, Die Prys and Man in die Blou Maan.

First professional direction Fluit vir die Vlieë. Not to Die Today (based on Alcestis by Euripides), Dalk (winner Fringe Prize Nat Arts F 1988), Taraboemdery (1989).

1990: The Seagull, (Adcock-Ingram Theatre), Houd-den-Bek; 1991: Die Sakeman van Venesië; 1992: Romeo and Juliet (State Theatre and the Alexander Theatre; a Rhodes University Drama Department production of Hamlet; 1993: Droomsmokkelaar (TRUK); 1994: Directed Steve Tesich's On the Open Road; Dalene Matthee’s Fiela se Kind (State Theatre; 1998: Die Laaste Strooi; 1999: Op soek na generaal Mannetjies Mentz (Aardklop); 2008: Schalk Schoombie's Samoerai (Aardklop).

As actress in Hard Times, Antjie Somers and I, Callaway Farce and Die Wonderwerk.

Other theatre work includes 36 performances of an Industrial Theatre Production in Ghana.

Awards, etc

DALRO Prize, Best Director for Die Sakeman van Venesië, 1991.

Hanekom Bursary, PACT’s award for exceptional contributions to the industry, 1991

1990 The Seagull, Breytenbach Epathlon (Dalro).

FNB Vita Award (KZN) for Die Laaste Strooi.

Nagtegaalprys for drama (2003)

Sources

PACT Info (2), 1992.

Tucker, 1997. pp. 486, 535.

Amazwi Literary Awards database.

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