Difference between revisions of "Michele Maxwell"
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| − | Was Assistant Musical Director for Marat Sade and Boogie Woogie Bubble | + | Was Assistant Musical Director for Marat Sade and [[Boogie Woogie, Bubble and Squeak]] and the Musical Director for The Me Nobody Knows, Call Me Woman, Tales of Beatrix Potter. (SACD 1977/78) (SACD 1978/79) (SACD 1980/81) |
| − | (19**-) Actress, singer, musical director. * Worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Don’t walk about with Nothing On]]'', ''[[Dusa]]'', ''[[Fish]]'', ''[[ Stas and Vi]]'', ''[[Gameplay]]'',''[[ Muzeeka]]'',''[[ Outcry]]'', ''[[Pity About People]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] 1974) ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1976), ''[[Strike up the Banned]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1976) and ''[[Three’s Company]]''. Musical director for ''[[A Touch of 1900s]]''. * Also performed at the [[Market Theatre]], i.a. as a member of the women’s cabaret trio, ''[[Skirted Issue]]'', she did i.a. ''[[Boogie Woogie Bubble and Squeak]]''(at the Edinburgh Festival). She starred in [[Frank Shelley]]’s production of [[Shaw]]’s ''[[Major Barbara]]'' together with [[Dorothy Ann Gould]] for [[PACT]] in January 1975. She also starred in [[Barney Simon]]’s production of [[Arthur Miller]]’s ''[[The Crucible]]'' for [[PACT]] together with [[Marius Weyers]], [[Patrick Mynhardt]], [[Michael McCabe]] and [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] in 1975. She starred in [[Malcolm Purkey]]’s production of [[Tom Stoppard]]’s ''[[Jumpers]]''(as “Dorothy”), together with [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Ron Smerczak]] at the [[Market]] in 1980. She starred in [[James Sherman]]’s ''[[Beau Jest]]'' in 1993. | + | (19**-) Actress, singer, musical director. * Worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[Don’t walk about with Nothing On]]'', ''[[Dusa]]'', ''[[Fish]]'', ''[[ Stas and Vi]]'', ''[[Gameplay]]'',''[[ Muzeeka]]'',''[[ Outcry]]'', ''[[Pity About People]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] 1974) ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1976), ''[[Strike up the Banned]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1976) and ''[[Three’s Company]]''. Musical director for ''[[A Touch of 1900s]]''. * Also performed at the [[Market Theatre]], i.a. as a member of the women’s cabaret trio, ''[[Skirted Issue]]'', she did i.a. ''[[Boogie Woogie, Bubble and Squeak]]''(at the Edinburgh Festival). She starred in [[Frank Shelley]]’s production of [[Shaw]]’s ''[[Major Barbara]]'' together with [[Dorothy Ann Gould]] for [[PACT]] in January 1975. She also starred in [[Barney Simon]]’s production of [[Arthur Miller]]’s ''[[The Crucible]]'' for [[PACT]] together with [[Marius Weyers]], [[Patrick Mynhardt]], [[Michael McCabe]] and [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] in 1975. She starred in [[Malcolm Purkey]]’s production of [[Tom Stoppard]]’s ''[[Jumpers]]''(as “Dorothy”), together with [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Ron Smerczak]] at the [[Market]] in 1980. She starred in [[James Sherman]]’s ''[[Beau Jest]]'' in 1993. |
Revision as of 16:00, 2 July 2013
Merry Madcap (for Janice Honeyman), Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club, The Fantastical History of a Useless Man, The Cherry Orchard (as “Varia”), Absurd Person Singular (as “Eva”), Bodies (as “Helen”) Send for Dolly (as “Dolly”),
Was Assistant Musical Director for Marat Sade and Boogie Woogie, Bubble and Squeak and the Musical Director for The Me Nobody Knows, Call Me Woman, Tales of Beatrix Potter. (SACD 1977/78) (SACD 1978/79) (SACD 1980/81)
(19**-) Actress, singer, musical director. * Worked at The Space in the 1970s, acting in Don’t walk about with Nothing On, Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, Gameplay,Muzeeka,Outcry, Pity About People (Pieter-Dirk Uys 1974) God’s Forgotten (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1976), Strike up the Banned (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1976) and Three’s Company. Musical director for A Touch of 1900s. * Also performed at the Market Theatre, i.a. as a member of the women’s cabaret trio, Skirted Issue, she did i.a. Boogie Woogie, Bubble and Squeak(at the Edinburgh Festival). She starred in Frank Shelley’s production of Shaw’s Major Barbara together with Dorothy Ann Gould for PACT in January 1975. She also starred in Barney Simon’s production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible for PACT together with Marius Weyers, Patrick Mynhardt, Michael McCabe and Aletta Bezuidenhout in 1975. She starred in Malcolm Purkey’s production of Tom Stoppard’s Jumpers(as “Dorothy”), together with Nicholas Ellenbogen and Ron Smerczak at the Market in 1980. She starred in James Sherman’s Beau Jest in 1993.
Outcry with Bill Flynn. Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, Director: Bobby Heaney ,2001. Lighting design: Mannie Manim. Music: Janine Neethling, Set design: Stan Knight. Baxter Theatre.
Sources
(Astbury, 1979; Schwartz, 1988, Tucker, 1997)
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