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| − | She writes plays, sometimes alone and sometimes with collaborators (e.g. [[Graham Weir]] or [[Rob Hobbs]]). | + | She writes plays, sometimes alone and sometimes with collaborators (e.g. [[Graham Weir]] or [[Rob Hobbs]]). |
| − | ''[[Noah]]'' ([[Artscape]], 2005 (Co-author [[Graham Weir]]) | + | Single authored works include: ''[[The Tent]]'', ''[[Drive With Me]]'', ''[[The Terrified Tokoloshe]]'', ''[[The Deep Red Sea]]'', ''[[Song and Dance]]'' . |
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| + | Co-authored works include ''[[Noah]]'' ([[Artscape]], 2005 (Co-author [[Graham Weir]]), | ||
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| + | Song and Dance (2015) | ||
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| + | This one-woman play was written after a trip to the Grahamstown festival. It was turned down as part of the main festival this year (2012). It is the play I am the most proud of writing. I still believe it will happen in Grahamstown, under circumstances that will favour it. Would you like to produce it? I have a budget drawn up. Contact me on megan@improvision.co.za for more info. | ||
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| + | This is a children’s musical, written in a response to the unoriginal rubbish that gets put on year in and year out, in our theatres, for children. Trevor du Buisson is currently composing the original score for this. Here are the first few scenes. Please contact me on megan@improvision.co.za if you would like to see the whole thing, or if you would like more info. | ||
| + | The Deep Red Sea | ||
| + | Here is the beginning of the Deep Red Sea, a one-woman prose poem for performance. | ||
| + | The Tent | ||
| + | Here are the first few scenes of my award winning play The Tent. | ||
===As director === | ===As director === | ||
Revision as of 07:03, 10 January 2015
(19*-) Actress, playwright, director, reviewer and blogger. ** Also known by her married name Megan Furniss.
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Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
Owner of a theatre company called Improvision, she creates, writes and directs Industrial theatre and runs corporate workshops, teaching the skills of improvisation to business people,
As an actress
Performs TheatreSports with Improguise.
In January 2007, after seeing a particularly shocking production, she began an online review blog called Megans Head.
As playwright
She writes plays, sometimes alone and sometimes with collaborators (e.g. Graham Weir or Rob Hobbs).
Single authored works include: The Tent, Drive With Me, The Terrified Tokoloshe, The Deep Red Sea, Song and Dance .
Co-authored works include Noah (Artscape, 2005 (Co-author Graham Weir),
Song and Dance (2015)
This one-woman play was written after a trip to the Grahamstown festival. It was turned down as part of the main festival this year (2012). It is the play I am the most proud of writing. I still believe it will happen in Grahamstown, under circumstances that will favour it. Would you like to produce it? I have a budget drawn up. Contact me on megan@improvision.co.za for more info.
This is a children’s musical, written in a response to the unoriginal rubbish that gets put on year in and year out, in our theatres, for children. Trevor du Buisson is currently composing the original score for this. Here are the first few scenes. Please contact me on megan@improvision.co.za if you would like to see the whole thing, or if you would like more info. The Deep Red Sea Here is the beginning of the Deep Red Sea, a one-woman prose poem for performance. The Tent Here are the first few scenes of my award winning play The Tent.
As director
Songs of Hangings (**), Redemptions (Graham Weir, 2006)
Sources
http://www.meganshead.co.za/about/
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