Murray McGibbon

Murray McGibbon (born Murray Lewis James McGibbon) (19**- ) is a South African-born theatre personality and a multi-award-winning stage director and producer.

Training

Holds a B.A. English and Speech and Drama from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, (1978), a Higher Diploma in Education, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg (1979) and an M.F.A. Acting and Directing from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA (1987).

Career

Joined NAPAC in 1987. For six years he served as Artistic Director of Drama for the Playhouse Company in Durban, where he directed 40 productions and produced 122 [1].

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

For NAPAC he directed Master Harold...and the boys, Frank 'n' Stein, Under the Oaks, Paradise is Closing Down, Hey...Listen, The Normal Heart, The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Hamlet, Circus Adventure, The Fantastical History of a Useless Man, Romeo and Juliet, Love Letters, The Dream Winnie-the-Pooh and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?. He directed Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine at the Victory Theatre in 1992. Agnes of God, 1996.

Awards, etc

Murray McGibbon has won the Naledi Award six times. The US Government awarded him a Fulbright Scholarship [2] in 1983, which enabled him to undertake his graduate studies in the USA.

Sources

Indiana University [3]

Winnie-the-Pooh theatre programme notes, 1992

Tucker, 1997

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