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Her work is characterised by audience participation. In ''[[Rainbow Land]]'', an educational play about nature conservation, the ten to twelve year olds in the audience form an integral part of the action, representing the inhabitants of the endangered land. It is a technique also used in her other plays, e.g. The ''[[The Jubba Jugga Junkyard Jollies!]]'' (1980) and ''[[Hey! Hooray!]]'' (1981). | Her work is characterised by audience participation. In ''[[Rainbow Land]]'', an educational play about nature conservation, the ten to twelve year olds in the audience form an integral part of the action, representing the inhabitants of the endangered land. It is a technique also used in her other plays, e.g. The ''[[The Jubba Jugga Junkyard Jollies!]]'' (1980) and ''[[Hey! Hooray!]]'' (1981). | ||
| − | She also wrote ''[[Beware the Moonshadows]]'' and ''[[You and I Exactly Different]]'' (1987). | + | She also wrote ''[[Beware the Moonshadows]]'' (1980) and ''[[You and I Exactly Different]]'' (1987). |
She played in ''[[Tarradiddle Travels]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]] 1980). She wrote and directed ''[[Once Upon a Bootless Christmas]]'' (Baxter 1981), ''[[Scoring the Goal]]'' (Baxter 1982), ''[[The Popcorn People]]'' (1982), ''[[There's a Freebee in my Fishbowl]]'' (Baxter 1983) and ''[[Odds and Ends]]'' (Baxter 1983). | She played in ''[[Tarradiddle Travels]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]] 1980). She wrote and directed ''[[Once Upon a Bootless Christmas]]'' (Baxter 1981), ''[[Scoring the Goal]]'' (Baxter 1982), ''[[The Popcorn People]]'' (1982), ''[[There's a Freebee in my Fishbowl]]'' (Baxter 1983) and ''[[Odds and Ends]]'' (Baxter 1983). | ||
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Annie Barnes (19**-) Actress, children’s theatre author and practitioner.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Since the early 1980s she has been writing and directing plays for young audiences. She started Two Hoots Youth Theatre Productions]] in Cape Town with Liz Mills.
Moving to Johannesburg, she started the Out of the Box Company.
Her work is characterised by audience participation. In Rainbow Land, an educational play about nature conservation, the ten to twelve year olds in the audience form an integral part of the action, representing the inhabitants of the endangered land. It is a technique also used in her other plays, e.g. The The Jubba Jugga Junkyard Jollies! (1980) and Hey! Hooray! (1981).
She also wrote Beware the Moonshadows (1980) and You and I Exactly Different (1987).
She played in Tarradiddle Travels (Baxter Theatre 1980). She wrote and directed Once Upon a Bootless Christmas (Baxter 1981), Scoring the Goal (Baxter 1982), The Popcorn People (1982), There's a Freebee in my Fishbowl (Baxter 1983) and Odds and Ends (Baxter 1983).
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne, 1988.
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