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| − | + | [[Faruk Hoosain]] (19**-) is a South African stage manager, designer and actor. His name is alsoii spelled [[Farouk Hoosain]] in some cases. | |
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| + | == Biography == | ||
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| + | Trained and worked as a school teacher in Durban. | ||
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| + | His work in education was characterised by creative, strategic learning interventions, his focus being on using the arts as a medium to encourage learning with critical ways of seeing, and thinking about the world. In 1978 this approach resulted in his censure and dismissal as teacher by the apartheid authorities, especially for his refusal to participate in a memorial service for the apartheid president. | ||
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| + | == His work in theatre == | ||
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| + | He came to Cape Town and worked at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] in the 1970s. He stage managed ''[[The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant]]'', ''[[The Crafty Tortoise]]'', ''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]'', ''[[The Disguise of the Ashes that arose out of the Karnaval at Scarborough to prove that Leonardo was Right–an investigation of guilt]]'', ''[[Edith Piaf – Je Vous Aime]]'', ''[[The Guise]]'', ''[[Imfuduso]]'', ''[[The Incredible Vanishing]]'', ''[[Joggers]]'' and ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]''. He also did the sound for ''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]'', the lighting for ''[[Imfuduso]]'' and appeared as actor in ''[[The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI]]''. | ||
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| + | Sources | ||
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| + | Astbury, 1979 | ||
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| + | "Faruk Hoosains pre-figurative work", E-mail correspondence from [[C.L.A.S.S. Consulting]] (class@efunda.co.za), Monday 30 September, 2013. | ||
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| + | TASA News, December, 1990 (P.7) | ||
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Revision as of 06:50, 11 March 2016
Faruk Hoosain (19**-) is a South African stage manager, designer and actor. His name is alsoii spelled Farouk Hoosain in some cases.
Biography
Trained and worked as a school teacher in Durban.
His work in education was characterised by creative, strategic learning interventions, his focus being on using the arts as a medium to encourage learning with critical ways of seeing, and thinking about the world. In 1978 this approach resulted in his censure and dismissal as teacher by the apartheid authorities, especially for his refusal to participate in a memorial service for the apartheid president.
His work in theatre
He came to Cape Town and worked at The Space in the 1970s. He stage managed The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, The Crafty Tortoise, The Duchess of Malfi, The Disguise of the Ashes that arose out of the Karnaval at Scarborough to prove that Leonardo was Right–an investigation of guilt, Edith Piaf – Je Vous Aime, The Guise, Imfuduso, The Incredible Vanishing, Joggers and A Thousand Clowns. He also did the sound for The Duchess of Malfi, the lighting for Imfuduso and appeared as actor in The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI.
Sources
Astbury, 1979
"Faruk Hoosains pre-figurative work", E-mail correspondence from C.L.A.S.S. Consulting (class@efunda.co.za), Monday 30 September, 2013.
TASA News, December, 1990 (P.7)
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