Difference between revisions of "Maralin Vanrenen"
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=== Career === | === Career === | ||
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| − | + | She worked for [[The Space]] since 1972 and in 1975 moved Johannesburg appearing in productions for Barney Simon and Brickhill/Burke before touring Europe and the USA to see, experience and take part in theatre. | |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
She has appeared in ''[[Uproar in the House]]'', ''[[Bedwinner]]'' (at the Hofmeyr Theatre). | She has appeared in ''[[Uproar in the House]]'', ''[[Bedwinner]]'' (at the Hofmeyr Theatre). | ||
| − | + | At [[The Space]] she performed in ''[[Dracula]]'', ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[Fragments]]'', ''[[Futz]]'', ''[[Gameplay]]'', ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'', ''[[The Happy Prince]]'', ''[[Kennedy's Children]]'', ''[[Kitsch]]'', ''[[Lesson in Blood and Roses]]'', ''[[Line/It's called the Sugar Plum]]'', ''[[A Man Hanging]]'', ''[[Muzeeka]]'', ''[[Slag]]'', ''[[The Sport of My Mad Mother]]'', ''[[Superman]]'', ''[[Sweet Eros]]'', ''[[Three’s Company]]'', ''[['Tis a Pity She's a Whore]]'', ''[[A Touch of 1900s]]'' and ''[[What the Butler Saw]]''. | |
| − | She starred in [[Tobie Cronjé]]’s production of ''[[Nunsense]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1988 | + | She starred in [[Tobie Cronjé]]’s production of ''[[Nunsense]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1988. She starred in [[Richard Harris]]’s ''[[The Maintenance Man]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne]] in 1990 and in [[PACT]]'s ''[[Comedy of Errors]]''. |
| − | She made her directing debut at [[The Space]] with ''[[The Maids]]'' and directed ''[[Lunatic and Lover]] at the [[People's Space]] in February 1982 | + | She made her directing debut at [[The Space]] with ''[[The Maids]]'' and directed ''[[Lunatic and Lover]] at the [[People's Space]] in February 1982. |
For [[CAPAB]] she directed ''[[Joggers]]'' (Aron) and ''[[Groucho at Large]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and [[National Arts Festival]] in 1981 and ''[[Aladdin]]'' in 1984. | For [[CAPAB]] she directed ''[[Joggers]]'' (Aron) and ''[[Groucho at Large]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and [[National Arts Festival]] in 1981 and ''[[Aladdin]]'' in 1984. | ||
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She directed [[PACT]]’s annual pantomime ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1991. She directed [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1993. | She directed [[PACT]]’s annual pantomime ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1991. She directed [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1993. | ||
| − | She has done television | + | She directed ''[[My Plunge to Fame]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] in 1994. |
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| + | She has done television work locally and overseas. | ||
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
Nominee 1991 Vanrenen, Maralin in ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' (Gallo Award for best performance in a musical); | Nominee 1991 Vanrenen, Maralin in ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' (Gallo Award for best performance in a musical); | ||
| − | She was | + | She was nominated for a [[Three Leaf Arts Award|Three Leaf Award]] twice. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
[[SACD]] 1980/81. | [[SACD]] 1980/81. | ||
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| + | ''Nunsense'' programme notes, 1988. | ||
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. | ||
Revision as of 15:11, 23 February 2016
VANRENEN, Maralin (19**-) Actress, director
Contents
Biography
She was born in Kenilworth, Cape Town.
Youth
Training
She studied for a Performer's Diploma in Speech and Drama at the University of Cape Town Drama Department.
Career
She worked for The Space since 1972 and in 1975 moved Johannesburg appearing in productions for Barney Simon and Brickhill/Burke before touring Europe and the USA to see, experience and take part in theatre.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She has appeared in Uproar in the House, Bedwinner (at the Hofmeyr Theatre).
At The Space she performed in Dracula, The Exception and the Rule, Fragments, Futz, Gameplay, God’s Forgotten, The Happy Prince, Kennedy's Children, Kitsch, Lesson in Blood and Roses, Line/It's called the Sugar Plum, A Man Hanging, Muzeeka, Slag, The Sport of My Mad Mother, Superman, Sweet Eros, Three’s Company, 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore, A Touch of 1900s and What the Butler Saw.
She starred in Tobie Cronjé’s production of Nunsense at the Alhambra Theatre in 1988. She starred in Richard Harris’s The Maintenance Man at the Leonard Rayne in 1990 and in PACT's Comedy of Errors.
She made her directing debut at The Space with The Maids and directed Lunatic and Lover at the People's Space in February 1982.
For CAPAB she directed Joggers (Aron) and Groucho at Large at the Baxter Theatre and National Arts Festival in 1981 and Aladdin in 1984.
She directed Gcina Mhlope’s Have You Seen Zandile? starring Gcina Mhlope and Thembi Mtshali at the Laager in February 1986.
She directed PACT’s annual pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Alexander Theatre in 1991. She directed Janice Honeyman’s Jack and the Beanstalk at the Market Theatre in 1993.
She directed My Plunge to Fame at the Civic Theatre in 1994.
She has done television work locally and overseas.
Awards, etc
Nominee 1991 Vanrenen, Maralin in The Sleeping Beauty (Gallo Award for best performance in a musical);
She was nominated for a Three Leaf Award twice.
Sources
SACD 1980/81.
Nunsense programme notes, 1988.
Tucker, 1997.
http://www.cathyspecific.co.za
http://www.mediaupdate.co.za/?IDStory=52471
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