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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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She had a role in ''[[After Cardenio]]'' (2011). | She had a role in ''[[After Cardenio]]'' (2011). | ||
| − | 2023/2024: Director for [[Dog Rose]] performed at the [[National Arts Festival]], Makhanda and the [[Baxter Theatre]]. | + | |
| + | 2023/2024: Director for ''[[Dog Rose]]'' performed at the [[National Arts Festival]], Makhanda and the [[Baxter Theatre]]. | ||
As artist/performer she has co-created and performed ''[[The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults]]'' (with by [[Gwydion Beynon]], 2012), ''[[The Last Show]]'' (with by [[Gwydion Beynon]], 2013), . | As artist/performer she has co-created and performed ''[[The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults]]'' (with by [[Gwydion Beynon]], 2012), ''[[The Last Show]]'' (with by [[Gwydion Beynon]], 2013), . | ||
==Awards, etc, == | ==Awards, etc, == | ||
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[[Standard Bank Young Artist Awards|Standard Bank Young Artist Award]] (Theatre) (2018). | [[Standard Bank Young Artist Awards|Standard Bank Young Artist Award]] (Theatre) (2018). | ||
Latest revision as of 05:51, 15 August 2024
Jemma Kahn (19**-) is a theatre and film maker.
Contents
Training
She read Fine Art and Drama at the University of the Witwatersrand and then spent two years as a teacher of English in Japan. It was in this context that she learned kamishibai -- an illustrated story-telling theatre medium, which draws on ancient Japanese traditions.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She had a role in After Cardenio (2011).
2023/2024: Director for Dog Rose performed at the National Arts Festival, Makhanda and the Baxter Theatre.
As artist/performer she has co-created and performed The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults (with by Gwydion Beynon, 2012), The Last Show (with by Gwydion Beynon, 2013), .
Awards, etc,
Standard Bank Young Artist Award (Theatre) (2018).
Sources
Business Day, 23 July 2013.
Sowetan, 2 November 2017.
Die Burger, 9 May 2024.
https://weekendspecial.co.za/the-epicene-butcher-alexander-bar/
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