Lara Foot - Revision history

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 === As playwright ===
-As playwright her works include ''[[Tshepang]]'' (2003), ''[[Hear and Now]]'' (with [[Lionel Newton]]), ''[[The Well Being]]'' (with [[Andrew Buckland]] and [[Lionel Newton]]),  ''[[Reach]]'', ''[[Karoo Moose]]'', ''[[Fishers of Hope (Taweret)]]'' (2014), ''[[The Inconvenience of Wings]]'' (2016) all of which have been produced in South Africa and abroad, and most been published, many of them by Oberon Books.
+As playwright her works include ''[[Tshepang]]'' (2003), ''[[Hear and Now]]'' (with [[Lionel Newton]]), ''[[The Well Being]]'' (with [[Andrew Buckland]] and [[Lionel Newton]]),  ''[[Reach]]'', ''[[Karoo Moose]]'', ''[[Solomon and Marion]]'' (2011), ''[[Fishers of Hope (Taweret)]]'' (2014), ''[[The Inconvenience of Wings]]'' (2016) all of which have been produced in South Africa and abroad, and most been published, many of them by Oberon Books.
 === Film work ===

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 [[Lara Foot]] (1967/8[?*]-) is a South African director, playwright and theatre manager.
-(Also known as [[Lara Foot-Newton]].)
+(Also known as '''[[Lara Foot-Newton]]'''.)
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 === Directing credits ===
-Over the years she has directed over 50 professional productions both as [[Lara Foot]] and [[Lara Foot-Newton]], 38 of which have been new South African plays. Her credits include **, ** [[Paul Slabolepszy]]’s ''[[The Return of Elvis Du Pisanie]]'' (1992),  [[Ways of Dying]] by [[Zakes Mda]],  [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]]’s ''[[Nick goes Native]]'' (Amphitheatre, 1992), [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]''  ([[Upstairs at the Market]], 1994), [[Sue Pam-Grant]] and [[D.J. Grant]]’s ''[[Take the Floor]]'' (the [[Laager]], 1994), ''[[Ma-Gents]]'' (1997), ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] (2001), ''[[Tshepang]]'' (2003-2011), ''[[Betrayal]]'' (2006), ''[[Amadeus]]'' (2006), ***, ''[[Karoo Moose]]'' (2007/8), ''[[It's Just Not Fez]]'' (2007), ''[[Scrooge]]'' (Baxter Theatre, 2013),  ''[[Fishers of Hope (Taweret)]]'' (2014), ''[[The Inconvenience of Wings]]'' (2016)''[[Solomon and Marion]]'', ''[[Woyzeck]]'',
+Over the years she has directed over 50 professional productions both as [[Lara Foot]] and [[Lara Foot-Newton]], 38 of which have been new South African plays. Her credits include **, ** [[Paul Slabolepszy]]’s ''[[The Return of Elvis Du Pisanie]]'' (1992),  [[Ways of Dying]] by [[Zakes Mda]],  [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]]’s ''[[Nick goes Native]]'' (Amphitheatre, 1992), [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]''  ([[Upstairs at the Market]], 1994), [[Sue Pam-Grant]] and [[D.J. Grant]]’s ''[[Take the Floor]]'' (the [[Laager]], 1994), ''[[Ma-Gents]]'' (1997), ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] (2001), ''[[Tshepang]]'' (2003-2011), ''[[Betrayal]]'' (2006), ''[[Amadeus]]'' (2006), ***, ''[[Karoo Moose]]'' (2007/8), ''[[It's Just Not Fez]]'' (2007), ''[[Scrooge]]'' (Baxter Theatre, 2013),  ''[[Fishers of Hope (Taweret)]]'' (2014), ''[[The Inconvenience of Wings]]'' (2016), ''[[Solomon and Marion]]'', ''[[Woyzeck]]'',
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 === In theatre management ===
-Initially a free-lance director, she joined the [[Market Theatre]] as Resident Director (1996-1997), then became Associate Artistic Director (1998-2000). In her time there she founded the [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]] in 1998 and the [[Young Writers' Festival]] in 2000 -jointly referred to as the [[Barney Simon Young Directors and Playwrights Festival]].
+Initially a free-lance director, she joined the [[Market Theatre]] as Resident Director (1996-1997), then became Associate Artistic Director (1998-2000). In her time there she founded the [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]] in 1998 and the [[Barney Simon Young Writers' Festival]] in 2000 -jointly referred to as the [[Barney Simon Young Directors and Playwrights Festivals]].
 After spending 2004 in London working with Sir Peter Hall with a Rolex International Theatre Award, she returned to become Resident Director and Dramaturg for the [[Baxter Theatre]] (2005-2007). In 2009 she became the Artistic Director for the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] and in January 2010 she was appointed as CEO and Artistic Director.

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 === In theatre management ===
-Initially a free-lance director, she joined the [[Market Theatre]] as Resident Director (1996-1997), then became Associate Artistic Director (1998-2000). In her time there she founded the [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]] in 1998 and the [[Young Writers' Festival]] in 2000.
+Initially a free-lance director, she joined the [[Market Theatre]] as Resident Director (1996-1997), then became Associate Artistic Director (1998-2000). In her time there she founded the [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]] in 1998 and the [[Young Writers' Festival]] in 2000 -jointly referred to as the [[Barney Simon Young Directors and Playwrights Festival]].
 After spending 2004 in London working with Sir Peter Hall with a Rolex International Theatre Award, she returned to become Resident Director and Dramaturg for the [[Baxter Theatre]] (2005-2007). In 2009 she became the Artistic Director for the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] and in January 2010 she was appointed as CEO and Artistic Director.

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 === In theatre management ===
-Initially a free-lance director, she joined the [[Market Theatre]] as Resident Director (1996-1997), then became Associate Artistic Director (1998-2000). In her time there she founded the [[Barney Simon Young Directors and Writers Festival]] [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]]. After spending 2004 in London working with Sir Peter Hall with a Rolex International Theatre Award, she returned to become Resident Director and Dramaturg for the [[Baxter Theatre]] (2005-2007). In 2009 she became the Artistic Director for the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] and in January 2010 she was appointed as CEO and Artistic Director.
+Initially a free-lance director, she joined the [[Market Theatre]] as Resident Director (1996-1997), then became Associate Artistic Director (1998-2000). In her time there she founded the [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]] in 1998 and the [[Young Writers' Festival]] in 2000.
-The Young Writers' Festival was an initiative to develop the talent of young South African playwrights, inaugurated in 2000. The idea was born out of the [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]] which has run at the Market Theatre since 1998.
+After spending 2004 in London working with Sir Peter Hall with a Rolex International Theatre Award, she returned to become Resident Director and Dramaturg for the [[Baxter Theatre]] (2005-2007). In 2009 she became the Artistic Director for the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] and in January 2010 she was appointed as CEO and Artistic Director.
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	Initially a free-lance director, she joined the [[Market Theatre]] as Resident Director (1996-1997), then became Associate Artistic Director (1998-2000). In her time there she founded the [[Barney Simon Young Directors and Writers Festival]] [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]]. After spending 2004 in London working with Sir Peter Hall with a Rolex International Theatre Award, she returned to become Resident Director and Dramaturg for the [[Baxter Theatre]] (2005-2007). In 2009 she became the Artistic Director for the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] and in January 2010 she was appointed as CEO and Artistic Director.		Initially a free-lance director, she joined the [[Market Theatre]] as Resident Director (1996-1997), then became Associate Artistic Director (1998-2000). In her time there she founded the [[Barney Simon Young Directors and Writers Festival]] [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]]. After spending 2004 in London working with Sir Peter Hall with a Rolex International Theatre Award, she returned to become Resident Director and Dramaturg for the [[Baxter Theatre]] (2005-2007). In 2009 she became the Artistic Director for the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] and in January 2010 she was appointed as CEO and Artistic Director.
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		+	The Young Writers' Festival was an initiative to develop the talent of young South African playwrights, inaugurated in 2000. The idea was born out of the [[Barney Simon Young Directors' Festival]] which has run at the Market Theatre since 1998.
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		+	See: [[Barney Simon Young Directors and Playwrights Festival]]
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		+	Sources
		+	The Citizen, 5 October 2000.

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