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| − | [[Lara Foot]] (1967/8[?*]-) is a South African director, playwright and theatre manager. | + | [[Lara Foot-Newton]](1967/8[?*]-) is a South African director, playwright and theatre manager. (Also known as [[Lara Foot]].) |
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| − | Born [[Lara Foot]] in Pretoria, completed a BA (Drama) at [[University of the Witwatersrand]] (1989), and a MA in Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]] (2007).
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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 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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| − | Was married to [[Lionel Newton]] for a while and worked as [[Lara Foot-Newton]], reverting to her maiden name afterwards.
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| − | == Directing credits ==
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| − | 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), [[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), ''[[Tshepang]]'' (2003-2011), ''[[Betrayal]]'' (2006), ''[[Amadeus]]'' (2006), ***, ''[[Karoo Moose]]'' (2007/8), ''[[Scrooge]]'' (Baxter Theatre, 2013), ''[[Fishers of Hope (Taweret)]]'' (2014), ''[[The Inconvenience of Wings]]'' (2016)''[[Solomon and Marion]]'', ''[[Woyzeck]]'',
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| − | == As playwright ==
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| − | 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.
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| − | == Film work ==
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| − | In later years she also worked in film, writing and co-directing the multiple award-winning short film ''[[And There is the Dust]]'' (2007?*), being asked to join the Sundance Film Writers’ Lab (2007) and the Sundance Film Directors’ Lab (2008).
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| − | == Awards ==
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| − | Her numerous awards include the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] for Outstanding Young Director ([[Rosalie van der Gucht Prize]], 1992)[[, National Vita Award]] (shared with [[Athol Fugard]]) for Best Director (1994), [[Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year Award]] (1995) and [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New South African Play for ''[[Tshepang]]'' (2003), among others. [[Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors]] (1992), ***. She is also a Sundance Fellow and in 2016 she was the Featured Artist at the 2016 [[NAF]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[Percy Tucker]], 1997
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| − | WCtheatre - Marc Lottering is Scrooge at the Baxter - 04/12/2013 - [[Artslink]].co.za News
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| − | http://www.tedxcapetown.org/news/lara-foot-newton
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| − | "Lara Foot, Featured Artist at the 2016 NAF", [[Artslink]].co.za <news0716@artslink.co.za>
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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