Michael Mitchell
Michael Mitchell (19**-) Set and Costume Designer.
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Biography
Training
He graduated with a National Diploma in Fine Arts and Design from Cape Technikon in 1981.
Career
He joined CAPAB’s Scenic Arts Department in 1983. In 1993 he moved to the Design Department.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He has designed numerous dramatic works for both CAPAB and Maynardville.
Productions designed by him include:
1987: James and the Giant Peach (CAPAB)
1988: Everything in the Garden (CAPAB)
1990: A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (CAPAB)
1992: The Apple Cart (CAPAB)
1995: The Sun, the Moon and the Knife (Jazzart)
1995: Broken Glass (CAPAB)
1995: Kinkels innie Kabel (CAPAB)
1996: Boesman and Lena
1996: Gertrude Stein and a Companion (CAPAB)
1997: The Winter's Tale (Maynardville)
1997: Into the Woods (Cape Town Opera)
1997: Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act (CAPAB)
1997: La Bohème Noir (CAPAB Opera)
1999: Southern Born
1999: A Coloured Place
1999: As You Like It (Maynardville)
1999: Ons Hou Konsert (KKNK)
2000: Amarantha (Cape Town Opera in conjunction with the University of Cape Town Opera School)
2001: Othello
2004: Fidelio on Robben Island (Cape Town Opera)
2007: Carmen (TUT Opera School)
2008: Rigoletto (Cape Town Opera)
2015: Four:30 – Operas Made in South Africa (Cape Town Opera and UCT Opera School)
2018: Tsotsi the Musical (Cape Town Opera)
2019: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Cape Town Opera)
Awards, etc
For Into the Woods he received the 1998 FNB Vita Award for Best Costume Design for the 1997 production.
Sources
Othello theatre programme, 2001.
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