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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
Performed in  
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Performed in ''[[The Way it Was]]'', ''[[I Love my Wife]]'', ''[[The Merry Widow]]'', ''[[Info Scandals]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'' (for [[Des and Dawn Lindberg]]), ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Pyjama Tops]]'' (for [[Toerien/Firth]]), ''[[An Arabian Night]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]),  
''[[The Way it Was]]'',  
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''[[Marico Moonshine and Mampoer]], ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'', ''[[Softer than Rock]]'', ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country]]'', (2003), ''[[Fangs]]'' (as "Jugular Vain"), ''[[Accommodations]]'' (as "Pat"), ''[[The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte]]'', ''[[Mitzi Blitz]]'' (as "Crepe Suzette") and ''[[Aladdin]]'' for the [[Baxter Theatre]] (as "Aladdin"), ''[[The Boy Who Fell from the Roof]]'' (2005/2007), and ''[[The Insatiables]]'' ([[Theatre on the Bay]], 2009).
''[[I Love my Wife]]'',  
 
''[[The Merry Widow]]'',  
 
''[[Info Scandals]]'' (at the Market Theatre),
 
''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'' (for Des and Dawn Lindberg),  
 
''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (at the Market Theatre),  
 
''[[Pyjama Tops]]'' (for Toerien/Firth),  
 
''[[An Arabian Night]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]).  
 
''[[Marico Moonshine and Mampoer]],  
 
''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'',
 
''[[Softer than Rock]]'', ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country]]'', (2003).
 
 
 
Other appearances include Jugular Vain in ''[[Fangs]]'', Pat in ''[[Accommodations]]'', ''[[The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte]]'', Crepe Suzette in ''[[Mitzi Blitz]]'' and Aladdin in ''[[Aladdin]]'' for the [[Baxter Theatre]].
 
 
 
''[[The Boy Who Fell from the Roof]]'' (by [[Juliet Jenkin]]) , [[Artscape]] Arena, October 2005, [[Grahamstown Festival]] 2007, ''[[The Insatiables]]'' ([[Theatre on the Bay]], 2009).
 
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 06:14, 15 December 2020

Adrienne Pearce (19**-). Actress.


Biography

Youth

Training

Career

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

Performed in The Way it Was, I Love my Wife, The Merry Widow, Info Scandals (at the Market Theatre), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (for Des and Dawn Lindberg), The Merchant of Venice (at the Market Theatre), Pyjama Tops (for Toerien/Firth), An Arabian Night (at the Market Theatre), Marico Moonshine and Mampoer, Forbidden Fruits, Softer than Rock, Cry, the Beloved Country, (2003), Fangs (as "Jugular Vain"), Accommodations (as "Pat"), The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte, Mitzi Blitz (as "Crepe Suzette") and Aladdin for the Baxter Theatre (as "Aladdin"), The Boy Who Fell from the Roof (2005/2007), and The Insatiables (Theatre on the Bay, 2009).

Awards, etc

She was nominated for a Naledi Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mary and the Conquerer 2013.

Sources

SACD 1978/79; 1979/80; 1980/81.

Torch Song Trilogy programme notes, 1984.

Cape Times, 7 July 2003.

Cape Times 31 Oct 2005.

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