Darryl Nel - Revision history

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 Born in East London, where he grew up and matriculated from Selborne College (1990). He began producing theatre while still at school, under the banner of [[The Good Fun Company]]. After school, he completed a degree in English and Drama at [[Rhodes University]] in Grahamstown (1993), before moving to Cape Town, where he lived for several years, working as a teacher and actor (1994-1998).
-Relocating to Argentina for a brief spell to work as a theatre teacher (1999-2000), he then returned to South Africa, to live in Port Elizabeth where he and his wife ran a theatre company ([[DSN Productions]]), before moving to the UK in 2005 to work as a music and theatre teacher and later as an administrator at ACS International School in Cobham in Surrey, where he worked with young, emerging theatre makers and performers for 18 years.
+Relocating to Argentina for a brief spell to work as a theatre teacher (1999-2000), he then returned to South Africa, to live in Port Elizabeth where he and his wife ran a theatre company ([[DSN Productions]]), before moving to the UK in 2005 to work as a music and theatre teacher and later as an administrator at ACS International School in Cobham in Surrey, where he worked with young, emerging theatre makers and performers for 18 years. Since August 2023, he has dedicated most of his time to playwriting, and to genealogical and historical research.
 In England he also completed a PhD at SOAS University of London[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAS_University_of_London] in 2018 titled ''The Tokoloshe and Cultural identity in post-Apartheid South Africa''.

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 ===Awards===
-[[Rhodes University]] Drama Department Award; Winner – [[Shell Road to Fame]] (1993); [[The Herald]] [[Showtime Awards]] ([[Something Cheeky]], [[Comedy Tonight!]] & Special Award) (2005)
+[[Rhodes University]] Drama Department Award; Winner – ''[[Shell Road to Fame]]'' (1993); [[The Herald]] [[Showtime Awards]] (''[[Something Cheeky]]'', ''[[Comedy Tonight!]]'' & Special Award) (2005)
 == Sources ==

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 : ''[[Poetry in Motion - Greatest Hits Volume 1]]'' ([[The Good Fun Company]])
 : ''[[Partners in Time]]'' ([[PE Gilbert and Sullivan Society]])
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 : ''[[Comedy Tonight!]]'' ([[DSN Productions]])
 : ''[[The Date]]'' ([[DSN Productions]])
 : ''[[Here]]'' ([[DSN Productions]])

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 : ''[[And the Rainbow Stood on the Earth...]]'' (with [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Grahamstown Foundation]])
-: ''[[Perceptions]]''
+: ''[[Perceptions]]'' ([[The Good Fun Company]])
 : ''[[Partners in Time]]'' ([[Dramatic Society of East London]])
-: ''[[Poetry in Motion - The Circus of Words]]''
+: ''[[Poetry in Motion - The Circus of Words]]'' ([[The Good Fun Company]])
-: ''[[Poetry in Motion - Greatest Hits Volume 1]]''
+: ''[[Poetry in Motion - Greatest Hits Volume 1]]'' ([[The Good Fun Company]])
 : ''[[Partners in Time]]'' ([[PE Gilbert and Sullivan Society]])

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 : ''[[And the Rainbow Stood on the Earth...]]'' (with [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Grahamstown Foundation]])
 : ''[[Partners in Time]]'' ([[Dramatic Society of East London]])
 : ''[[Partners in Time]]'' ([[PE Gilbert and Sullivan Society]])

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	1994: ''[[Under the Roses]]'' ([[The Good Fun Company]])		1994: ''[[Under the Roses]]'' ([[The Good Fun Company]])
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		+	1995: ''[[And the Rainbow Stood on the Earth...]]'' (with [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Grahamstown Foundation]])

	1996: ''[[Partners in Time]]'' ([[Dramatic Society of East London]])		1996: ''[[Partners in Time]]'' ([[Dramatic Society of East London]])

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 Involvement in specific productions have encompassed a range of activities.
 '''As a child actor:'''
 ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' ("Small") (1984), ''[[Dark of the Moon]]'' ("Floyd") (1986), ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' ("Scarecrow") (1986), ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' ("Knave of Hearts") (1987), ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' ("Barnaby") (1988), ''[[Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood]]'' ("Cecil") (1988), ''[[South Pacific]]'' ("Professor") (1989), ''[[Mame]]'' ("Patrick Snr") (1991)

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 * ''[[The Scholar's Hamlet]]'' (1992)
 * ''[[Fame '92]]'' (music and lyrics, 1992)
 * ''[[Citi Boy]]'' (concept, music and lyrics, 1993)
 * ''[[Songs My Lover Stole]]'' (music, 1993)

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 : ''[[Genesis]]'' (co-director with [[Gavin Baker]], [[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
 : ''[[The Adventures of Mortimer Mouse]]'' ([[The Good Fun Company]])
 : ''[[Fame '92]]'' (musical director, [[ISIDA]])
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 * ''[[Simply South African]]'' (music and lyrics, 1991)
 * ''[[The Adventures of Mortimer Mouse]]'' (1992)
 * ''[[Fame '92]]'' (music and lyrics, 1992)
 * ''[[Citi Boy]]'' (concept, music and lyrics, 1993)

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	1991: ''[[Genesis]]'' (co-director with [[Gavin Baker]], [[Rhodes University Drama Department]])		1991: ''[[Genesis]]'' (co-director with [[Gavin Baker]], [[Rhodes University Drama Department]])
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		+	1991: ''[[The Adventures of Mortimer Mouse]]'' ([[The Good Fun Company]])

	1992: ''[[Fame '92]]'' (musical director, [[ISIDA]])		1992: ''[[Fame '92]]'' (musical director, [[ISIDA]])