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| + | He directed a Rogers and Hammerstein tribute show for [[NAPAC]] and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' for [[PACOFS]]. Directed ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' presented by [[NAPAC]], [[CAPAB]] and [[PACOFS]] 1993. | ||
| − | + | Other productions directed by Philip include ''[[The Best of the Best]]'', [[Civic Theatre]], Johannesburg from 1 August 1994. He directed ''[[The Fantasticks]]'' in 1997, ''[[Summer Holiday]]'' 1998, ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' 2008, ''[[The Lion King]]'' 2008, ''[[Mamma Mia!]]'' 2010. He co-dicrected ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]'' in 2007. | |
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| + | ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'', [[State Theatre]], Pretoria (2000). | ||
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Revision as of 16:37, 11 October 2016
Philip Godawa (19**-) Actor (Theatre, Film & TV), Director (Theatre & Corporate Events), Writer (TV & Corporate).
Contents
Biography
Training
Trained at UCT Drama School. Spent 5 years in England appearing in various theatres and plays.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As stage actor
Joined CAPAB to play in productions such as Shrivings, Much Ado about Nothing, Boeing Boeing, Hamlet and Hay Fever. Last production as permanent member of CAPAB was You're a Good Man Charlie Brown in which he played Snoopy.
Musicals: Fiddler on the Roof; Kiss Me, Kate; Show Boat; Hello Dolly!; The Sound of Music.
Performed in Die Paddas, Roulette, Much Ado about Nothing, Boeing Boeing, Oh What a Lovely War, Hay Fever (as “Simon”), You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (as “Snoopy” with CAPAB), Ross (with PACT), Fiddler on the Roof (as “Motel”), Show Boat (as “Frank” with CAPAB) and in Relatively Speaking (as “Greg” with CAPAB).
Roles in **, Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen (NAPAC, 1980). He starred in NAPAC’s production of Noël and Gertie together with Andre Hattingh at the Leonard Rayne Theatre in 1986. He starred in Lerner and Lowe’s Gigi as Gaston at the Pretoria State Theatre in 1992. Starred in What About Luv?.
Private Lives. Prof Higgins in My Fair Lady; Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (both for NAPAC).
The Playboy of the Western World (CAPAB April 1976), Candide (Baxter Nov 1977), La Cage aux Folles, Show Boat (Oct 1979).
As director
He directed a Rogers and Hammerstein tribute show for NAPAC and The Sound of Music for PACOFS. Directed Oklahoma! presented by NAPAC, CAPAB and PACOFS 1993.
Other productions directed by Philip include The Best of the Best, Civic Theatre, Johannesburg from 1 August 1994. He directed The Fantasticks in 1997, Summer Holiday 1998, Saturday Night Fever 2008, The Lion King 2008, Mamma Mia! 2010. He co-dicrected Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2007.
Resident Director The Phantom of the Opera at Really Useful Group Ltd.
The Wizard of Oz, State Theatre, Pretoria (2000).
TV work
Presented the weekly arts programmes When Movies Were Movies; Arts on One; wrote and presented the Artes nominated documentary Applause.
Roles in Zarbor II;Barneby's Comet; Reap the Whirlwind
Film work
Played "Farouk Bin Abdullah" in The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy' (1999), as "Dr. Bailey" in The House of Usher (credited as Philip Godewa, 1989) and "George Bizos" in Mrs Mandela (2010).
Awards, etc
Sources
SACD 1978/79, 1979/80
Tucker, 1997.
What About Luv? programme notes, 19**.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323726/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Philip/Godawa
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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