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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Starred in Jean Genet’s ''[[The Maids]]'' in 1993 and in ''[[East]]'' and ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]''. Co-wrote ''[[Two Straight Queers]]'' in 1996. Workshopped, wrote and directed the jazzy gay musical ''[[After Nines]]'' in 1998.  Co-author, with [[Matthew Krouse]], of the political cabaret ''[[Famous Dead Man]]'' (1985) - for other plays on this theme see ''[[Tsafendas]]''. Directed ''[[No Room for Squares]]'' with [[Coco Merckel]] in 2000. Workshopped and directed ''[[Your Loving Simon]]'' in 2003.
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Starred in Jean Genet’s ''[[The Maids]]'' in 1993 and in ''[[East]]'' and ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]'', ''[[Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes]]'', ''[[The Homosexual or the Difficulty of Expression]]'' (2004), ''[[Curl Up and Dye]]'' (2013), ''[[Battle!]]'' (1981), ''[[Score Me the Ages]]'' (1989), ''[[Six Degrees of Separation]]'' (1991), ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' (early 1990s).  
  
The Homosexual or the Difficulty of Expression, Curl up and dye, Angels in America, The Story I am about to tell, Battle!, Score Me the Ages, Six Degrees of separation, Yout Loving simon, Apartheid on Trial
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Co-wrote ''[[Two Straight Queers]]'' in 1996. Workshopped, wrote and directed the jazzy gay musical ''[[After Nines]]'' in 1998.  Co-author, with [[Matthew Krouse]], of the political cabaret ''[[Famous Dead Man]]'' (1985) - for other plays on this theme see ''[[Tsafendas]]''.
  
UBu Roi, Afrodizzia.
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''[[Afrodizzia]]''.
  
He directed [[Acropolis Cafe]] written by Irene Stephanou, starring [[Robert Whitehead]] as the Cypriot patriarch, [[Vanessa Cooke]] at the [[Laager]] in 2005. Business Day, 24 October 2005.
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He directed ''[[Apartheid on Trial]]'' (1994), ''[[The Story I am about to Tell]]'' (1999), ''[[No Room for Squares]]'' with [[Coco Merckel]] (2000), ''[[Your Loving Simon]]'' (2003), ''[[Acropolis Cafe]]'' (2005).
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Latest revision as of 15:17, 24 May 2017

Robert Colman (1959-) Actor, director, writer, teacher.

Biography

Born in Johannesburg

Training

Studied at University of Cape Town.

Career

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Starred in Jean Genet’s The Maids in 1993 and in East and Scenes from an Execution, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, The Homosexual or the Difficulty of Expression (2004), Curl Up and Dye (2013), Battle! (1981), Score Me the Ages (1989), Six Degrees of Separation (1991), Ubu Roi (early 1990s).

Co-wrote Two Straight Queers in 1996. Workshopped, wrote and directed the jazzy gay musical After Nines in 1998. Co-author, with Matthew Krouse, of the political cabaret Famous Dead Man (1985) - for other plays on this theme see Tsafendas.

Afrodizzia.

He directed Apartheid on Trial (1994), The Story I am about to Tell (1999), No Room for Squares with Coco Merckel (2000), Your Loving Simon (2003), Acropolis Cafe (2005).

Awards, etc

A winner in the Johannesburg Civic Theatre's New Stages project in the early 1990s, making his director’s debut with Afro-Dizzia.

Sources

Sunday Times, 27 Aug 1995.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

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