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Stage manager for ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]]. | Stage manager for ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]]. | ||
| − | He was the lighting designer for the [[Market Tbeatre]] productions of ''[[Hellhound]]'', ''[[Scenes | + | He was the lighting designer for the [[Market Tbeatre]] productions of ''[[Hellhound]]'', ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]'' (which he also produced) and ''[[Kindertransport]]''. |
He formed [[Tripletake Productions]] with [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]] and [[Mark Graham]] in 2008. Their first production was ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'' staged at the [[Tesson Theatre]]. | He formed [[Tripletake Productions]] with [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]] and [[Mark Graham]] in 2008. Their first production was ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'' staged at the [[Tesson Theatre]]. | ||
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Michael Maxwell (19**-). Actor, stage manager. lighting designer.
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Biography
He was born in Cape Town. He is married to Dorothy-Ann Gould
Career
He joined the Market Theatre as stage manager in 1976. He became a member of Janice Honeyman's Market Theatre Youth Company in 1978.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Performed in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (at the Market Theatre), Hardy Folk (with the Young Market Company) Holy Moses and All That Jazz (at the Market Theatre), Da (for Toerien/Firth), Ten Little Indians (for Pieter Toerien), A Life (for Toerien/Firth), Spider's Web (for Pieter Toerien), A Matter of Policy (1981); The Front Page (PACT); The Lady's not for Burning (1982), Another Country (1983), Royal Hunt of the Sun (as “Young Martin” with PACT); The Canterbury Tales; Animal Farm (PACT); Sly Fox; Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986); The Dybbuk (1986), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Market Theatre), Steve Biko: The Inquest.
Stage manager for The Road to Mecca at the Market Theatre.
He was the lighting designer for the Market Tbeatre productions of Hellhound, Scenes from an Execution (which he also produced) and Kindertransport.
He formed Tripletake Productions with Dorothy-Ann Gould and Mark Graham in 2008. Their first production was Hello and Goodbye staged at the Tesson Theatre.
Awards, etc
Awarded Best Suporting Actor (Transvaal) for Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Sources
84 Charing Cross Road programme notes in 1982 at the Market Theatre.
SACD 1979/80; 1981/82.
The Star, 9 September 2008.
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