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'''Alex Halligey''' (1982- ) is a South African actress. She graduated from [[UCT]]'s Theatre and Performance programme in 2004.
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[[Alex Halligey]] (1982- ) is a performer, theatre-maker, lecturer and academic.  
  
In 2007 she won the Micheál Mac Liammóir Best Female Outstanding Performance Award at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for her portrayal of Georgina in ''[[The Boy Who Fell From The Roof]]'' and she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress [[Fleur de Cap Award]] for the performance.
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==Biography==
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Born in 1982, she graduated from the [[University of Cape Town]] 's Theatre and Performance programme in 2004 and went on to become became an actress and senior lecturer in the [[Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies]] Department at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], Johannesburg.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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===As performer and theatremaker===
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She won the Micheál Mac Liammóir Best Female Outstanding Performance Award at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for her portrayal of Georgina in ''[[The Boy Who Fell from the Roof]]'' in 2007 and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress [[Fleur du Cap Award]] for the same performance.
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=== As teacher and lecturer ===
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She is a senior lecturer in the [[Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies]] at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], Johannesburg, and an Alexander Technique teacher.
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===As researcher and academic===
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Alex uses theatre and performance as research tools and conceptual lenses for understanding cities, with a particular, though not exclusive, focus on cities in the global south. She runs participatory theatre process with city residents to explore their experience of day-to-day placemaking practices.
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== Sources ==
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Call for papers on ''Vulnerability as Critical Practice in Socially Engaged Theatre-Making'' (Mailing list for the [[African Theatre Association]])
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Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[ESAT Personalities  H]]
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]
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Latest revision as of 07:06, 13 September 2025

Alex Halligey (1982- ) is a performer, theatre-maker, lecturer and academic.

Biography

Born in 1982, she graduated from the University of Cape Town 's Theatre and Performance programme in 2004 and went on to become became an actress and senior lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies Department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

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

As performer and theatremaker

She won the Micheál Mac Liammóir Best Female Outstanding Performance Award at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for her portrayal of Georgina in The Boy Who Fell from the Roof in 2007 and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Fleur du Cap Award for the same performance.

As teacher and lecturer

She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and an Alexander Technique teacher.

As researcher and academic

Alex uses theatre and performance as research tools and conceptual lenses for understanding cities, with a particular, though not exclusive, focus on cities in the global south. She runs participatory theatre process with city residents to explore their experience of day-to-day placemaking practices.

Sources

Call for papers on Vulnerability as Critical Practice in Socially Engaged Theatre-Making (Mailing list for the African Theatre Association)

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to ESAT Personalities H

Return to South African Theatre Personalities

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page