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#REDIRECT[[Chris Weare]]
(19*-) Actor, director, teacher and administrator.
 
 
 
== Biography ==
 
 
 
Christopher Weare, who has won four Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards and who needs no introduction to the theatre fraternity in South Africa, recently retired as an a professional theatre director and a prolific theatre maker.
 
== Training ==
 
He received his training at Rhodes University
 
 
 
 
 
== Career ==
 
Became a lecturer in the Department of Drama at [[[[University of Cape Town Drama Department|UCT]] in 19*, later became Associate Professor and  Director of the [[Little Theatre]] in the same department. . made professor and director of [[Little Theatre]] (19*). He retired in **. He is also the Founder of ''[[The Intimate Theatre]]'', and a member of [[The Mechanicals Collective]].
 
 
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
He played Hal in ''[[Kvetch]]'' and Graham Johnston in ''[[We All Fall Down]]'' (1988). He directed ''[[East]]'' and ''[[Elizabeth]]''. He starred in [[Lena Ferugia|Lena Farugia]]’s ''[[We and Them]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne Theatre]] in 1989. *** ''[[Bungee Writing Finals]]'' (2003)
 
 
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
 
 
He has won are four [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards]] (as Best Supporting Actor for "Hal" in Berkoff's ''[[Kvetch]]'' (1988), as Best Director and the [[Rosalie van der Gucht]] Prize for New Directors for Berkoff's ''[[East]]'' (1990), the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]]  as Best Director for ''[[Elizabeth]]'' (1996) and **.
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
''[[We All Fall Down]]'' programme notes, 1988.
 
 
 
[[Percy Tucker]], 1997.
 
 
 
Weare to direct 50th [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards]] - 15/03/2015 - [[Artslink]].co.za News
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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