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| − | ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' ([[Maynardville]], 1992); ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (1993); ''[[Medea]]'' (directed by [[Mark Fleishman]], [[Magnet Theatre]], 1994-1996); | + | ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' ([[Maynardville]], 1992); ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (1993); ''[[Medea]]'' (directed by [[Mark Fleishman]], [[Magnet Theatre]], 1994-1996); David Hirson’s ''[[La Bête]]'' (as Valere), ([[Nico Arena]], 1995); ''[[Macbeth]]'' (as Macduff, 1996), ''[[I Do x 22]]'' (directed by [[Mark Fleishman]], [[Magnet Theatre]], 1997/8); ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' ( [[Maynardville]], 1998); ''[[How I Learned to Drive]]'' (as Big Papa, 1998); ''[[Shopping and Fucking]]'' (directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Baxter Theatre]], 2000); ''[[Macbeth]]'' (leading role, directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Maynardville]], 2004); ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'',(directed by [[Clare Stopford]], [[The Actors Centre]], [[Tesson Theatre]], [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], 2008), ''[[Vigil]]'' (2008). |
| − | David Hirson’s ''[[La Bête]]'', ([[Nico Arena]], 1995); ''[[Macbeth]]'' (as Macduff, 1996), ''[[I Do x 22]]'' (directed by [[Mark Fleishman]], [[Magnet Theatre]], 1997/8); ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' ( [[Maynardville]], 1998); ''[[Shopping and Fucking]]'' (directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Baxter Theatre]], 2000); ''[[Macbeth]]'' (leading role, directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Maynardville]], 2004); ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'',(directed by [[Clare Stopford]], [[The Actors Centre]], [[Tesson Theatre]], [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], 2008) | ||
== As director == | == As director == | ||
Revision as of 14:36, 11 October 2022
Kurt Wustmann (1971-2013) was a South African actor and director.
Contents
Biography
Died unexpectedly of cancer on 12 November 2013.
Youth
Training
Kurt graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1990.
Career
Became a freelance actor and director. Later also became the Creative Director for The Event Production Company.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Stage performances as actor
Roles over the years include:
The Merchant of Venice (Maynardville, 1992); Antony and Cleopatra (1993); Medea (directed by Mark Fleishman, Magnet Theatre, 1994-1996); David Hirson’s La Bête (as Valere), (Nico Arena, 1995); Macbeth (as Macduff, 1996), I Do x 22 (directed by Mark Fleishman, Magnet Theatre, 1997/8); Twelfth Night ( Maynardville, 1998); How I Learned to Drive (as Big Papa, 1998); Shopping and Fucking (directed by Fred Abrahamse, Baxter Theatre, 2000); Macbeth (leading role, directed by Geoffrey Hyland, Maynardville, 2004); Romeo and Juliet,(directed by Clare Stopford, The Actors Centre, Tesson Theatre, Johannesburg Civic Theatre, 2008), Vigil (2008).
As director
Co-director, with Adrian Kohler, of the Handspring Puppet Company's The Chimp Project (2001)
Directed the cabaret Afro-Dizzia!, as a Sun City Extravaganza (2006).
Directed All Soaped Up... between fact, foam and fiction by Terence Bridgett (2011)
Awards, etc
Sources
"Wustmann (42) onthou as puik akteur" in Die Burger, Friday 15 November 2013, p. 14.
http://newsle.com/person/kurtwustmann/47729705
http://www.theeventcompany.co.za/
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