Brian Astbury - Revision history

Fogterop at 07:21, 11 April 2020

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Miriamt at 11:20, 9 March 2020

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−	[[Brian Astbury]] (~~c1941~~-2020) Photographer, director, founder-manager of the immensely influential [[Space Theatre]] in Cape Town.	+	[[Brian Astbury]] (b. 14/11/1941 - d. 07/03/2020) Photographer, director, founder-manager of the immensely influential [[Space Theatre]] in Cape Town.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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-[[Brian Astbury]] (19**-) Photographer, director, founder-manager of the immensely influential [[Space Theatre]] in Cape Town.
+[[Brian Astbury]] (c1941-2020) Photographer, director, founder-manager of the immensely influential [[Space Theatre]] in Cape Town.
 == Biography ==
-Brian was married to [[Yvonne Bryceland]].
+Brian matriculated at Paarl Boys High School in 1959. He was married to [[Yvonne Bryceland]]. He died of a heart attack in London on 7 March 2020.
 === Training ===
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 == Sources ==
-[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]], 1979
+[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]], 1979.
-[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] , 2011
+[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] , 2011.
 == For more information ==

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 == Awards, etc ==
-He won the Johan Nel Award for the "outstanding contribution to performing arts" (Source: undated newsclipping).
+He won the Johan Nel Award for the "outstanding contribution to performing arts" circa 1973 (Source: undated newsclipping).
 == Sources ==

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 == Awards, etc ==
+He won the Johan Nel Award for the "outstanding contribution to performing arts" (Source: undated newsclipping).
 == Sources ==

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 Brian was married to [[Yvonne Bryceland]].
 === Training ===
 Studied art and photography at ***. ***.
 === Career ===

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 He also co-wrote some plays which were subsequently staged at [[The Space]] such as ''[[Zombie]]'' and ''[[The Disguise of the Ashes that arose out of the Karnaval at Scarborough to prove that Leonardo was Right - an investigation of guilt]]''.
-He was a superb theatre photographer and he shot many plays that were staged at [[The Space]] and in 1979 wrote a book on [[The Space]], using a selection of these photographs.
+He was a superb theatre photographer and he shot many plays that were staged at [[The Space]] and in 1979 wrote a book on [[The Space]], using a selection of these photographs. He also took photographs of [[CAPAB]] productions.
 In 1997 he directed ''[[The Guise]]'' at the Nico as part of the 25 year celebration of [[The Space]].

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	[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az\|Astbury]] , 2011		[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az\|Astbury]] , 2011
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		+	== For more information ==
		+	Biography of Brian Astbury held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: SPACE THEATRE]: 2008. 32. 2. 1.

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 == Sources ==
-Astbury, 1979
+[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]], 1979
-Astbury , 2011
+[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] , 2011
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 [[Brian Astbury]] (19**-) Photographer, director, founder-manager of the immensely influential [[Space Theatre]] in Cape Town.
-Studied art and photography at ***. ***. In 1972 he, [[Athol Fugard]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and others felt the need for an experimental and alternative performance space and so [[The Space]]  was born in Long Street, Cape Town. He became the general manager, director, designer and photographer. In the 7 years he was there he directed ''[[The Sun King]]'', ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]'', ''[[The Tiger]]'', ''[[Treats]]'', ''[[What the Butler Saw]]'', ''[[You’ll Come (chuckle) to Love Your ????? (snigger) Test]]'', ''[[Zombie]]'', ''[[Children of the Wolf]]'', ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', ''[[Dracula]]'', ''[[The Eternal Dance]]'', ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'', ''[[Glass House]]'', ''[[Going to Pot]]'', ''[[Hitting Town]]'', ''[[Luv]]'', ''[[Madly in Love]]'', ''[[A Man Hanging]]'', ''[[My Family came over with the Normans]]'', ''[[My Husband’s wild desires almost drove me mad]]'', ''[[Old King Cole]]'', ''[[Ooh! La-La]]'', ''[[Patrick Pearse Motel]]'', ''[[Play it again, Sam]]''; ''[[The Proposal]]'', ''[[The Slab Boys]]''.  In the same period he designed  the lighting  for ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'', ''[[Superman]]'', ''[[A Thousand Clowns]], [[Treats]], [[A Tribute to Noel Coward]] – [[Fumed Oak and Red Peppers]], [[Tsafendas]], [[The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant]], [[Children of the Wolf]], [[Die Hodoshe Span]] (The Island), [[Don't Drink the Water]], [[Drivers]], [[Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi]], [[Edith Piaf – Je Vous Aime]], [[Enemy – An Anti-War Collage]], [[The Eternal Dance]], [[The Family]], [[Female Transport]], [[A Flea in her Ear]], [[The Four Seasons]], [[Glass House]], [[The Glass Menagerie]], [[God’s Forgotten]], [[Hello and Goodbye]], [[Hitting Town]], [[The House of Blue Leaves]], [[The Indian wants the Bronx]], [[Karnaval]], [[Lesson in Blood and Roses]], [[A Long Day's Journey into Night]], [[Luv]], [[Lysistrata S.A.]], [[The Maids]], [[Muzeeka]], [[Occupations]], [[Othello Slegs Blankes]], [[Outcry]], [[People are Living There]], [[Pity About People]], [[Play it again, Sam]], [[Scarborough]], [[Sizwe Banzi Is Dead]], [[Drive In]], [[Ginger Anne]]'' and ''[[Tooth of Crime]]''. He did the sound for ''[[Hitting Town]]'' and ''[[Play it again, Sam]]''; the design for ''[[The Eternal Dance]]'' and ''[[Ooh! La-La]]''; as well as the visual effects for ''[[Kitsch]]''. He also co-wrote some plays which were subsequently staged at [[The Space]] such as ''[[Zombie]]'' and ''[[The Disguise of the Ashes that arose out of the Karnaval at Scarborough to prove that Leonardo was Right - an investigation of guilt]]''. He was a superb theatre photographer and he shot many plays that were staged at [[The Space]] and in 1979 wrote a book on [[The Space]], using a selection of these photographs. In 1980*? he left for London, where his wife, [[Yvonne Bryceland]], continued her career. Astbury continued as photographer, taught acting at ** and also ran the *** theatre. In 2011 he published his e-book on actor-training (''[[Trusting the Actor]]'' ) on  Amazon Kindle.
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 Astbury , 2011
-Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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-Return to [[ESAT Personalities A]]
+Return to [[ESAT Personalities  A]]
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]