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Studied at the Jacques Lecoq School of Theatre, Mime and Movement in Paris in 1979. | Studied at the Jacques Lecoq School of Theatre, Mime and Movement in Paris in 1979. | ||
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=== Career === | === Career === | ||
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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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''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (as “Ania”), | ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (as “Ania”), | ||
''[[Hayfever]]'', | ''[[Hayfever]]'', | ||
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''[[The House of Bernarda Alba]]'', | ''[[The House of Bernarda Alba]]'', | ||
''[[Everyman]]'', | ''[[Everyman]]'', | ||
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''[[Rookery Nook]]'', | ''[[Rookery Nook]]'', | ||
''[[The Crucible]]'', | ''[[The Crucible]]'', | ||
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''[[After the Fall]]''. | ''[[After the Fall]]''. | ||
| − | She starred in the [[PACT]] production of ''[[The State Theatre Overflow Show]]'' together with [[James White]], [[Michael McCabe]] and [[Peter Terry]] with direction by [[Nigel Vermaas]] at the [[Arena Bistro]] in 1981. She starred in the [[PACT]] production of [[William Gibson]]’s ''[[Monday After the Miracle]]'' together with [[Sandra Duncan]] with direction by [[Francois Swart|François Swart]] at the Pretoria [[State Theatre]] and the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1982. She starred in [[PACT]]’s production of Sheridan’s ''[[The Rivals]]'' together with [[John Hussey]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[James White]], [[Pauline Bailey]] and [[John Lesley]] directed by [[Michael Atkinson]] at the [[State Theatre]] in March 1983. | + | She starred in the [[PACT]] production of ''[[The State Theatre Overflow Show]]'' together with [[James White]], [[Michael McCabe]] and [[Peter Terry]] with direction by [[Nigel Vermaas]] at the [[Arena Bistro]] in 1981. She starred in the [[PACT]] production of [[William Gibson]]’s ''[[Monday After the Miracle]]'' together with [[Sandra Duncan]] with direction by [[Francois Swart|François Swart]] at the Pretoria [[State Theatre]] and the [[Alexander Theatre|Alexander]] in 1982. She starred in [[PACT]]’s production of Sheridan’s ''[[The Rivals]]'' together with [[John Hussey]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[James White]], [[Pauline Bailey]] and [[John Lesley]] directed by [[Michael Atkinson]] at the [[State Theatre]] in March 1983. ''[[The Syringa Tree]]'', 2005. |
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 18 September 2015
GIEN, Pamela. (19*-) Actress.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Graduated from Wits, 1978.
Studied at the Jacques Lecoq School of Theatre, Mime and Movement in Paris in 1979.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Performed in The Cherry Orchard (as “Ania”), Hayfever, Savages, Henry IV Part I, Electra, The Maids, The House of Bernarda Alba, Everyman, Oh What a Lovely War! (with PACT in 1980), Rookery Nook, The Crucible, The State Theatre Overflow Show, Royal Hunt of the Sun, A Midsummer Night's Dream, After the Fall.
She starred in the PACT production of The State Theatre Overflow Show together with James White, Michael McCabe and Peter Terry with direction by Nigel Vermaas at the Arena Bistro in 1981. She starred in the PACT production of William Gibson’s Monday After the Miracle together with Sandra Duncan with direction by François Swart at the Pretoria State Theatre and the Alexander in 1982. She starred in PACT’s production of Sheridan’s The Rivals together with John Hussey, Wilson Dunster, James White, Pauline Bailey and John Lesley directed by Michael Atkinson at the State Theatre in March 1983. The Syringa Tree, 2005.
Awards, etc
Won the Olive Schreiner Overseas Award for the Best Student at Wits in 1978.
Nomination The Syringa Tree
Sources
SACD 1978/79; 1980/81; 1981/82.
Tucker, 1997.
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