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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | Performed in ''[[Equus]]'' (in Afrikaans, at the Market Theatre), ''[[Grease]]'' (as “Rizzo” for Brickhill/Burke), ''[[Play it again, Sam]]'', ''[[Brecht on Brecht]]''. Starred in [[Barney Simon]]’s production of ''[[Cincinatti – Scenes from City Life]]'' together with [[Marcel van Heerden]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Lesley Nott]], [[Barrie Shah]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Sam Williams]] and [[Robin Smith]] for The [[Company]] at The [[Market Theatre]], [[Upstairs at the Market]], the [[Baxter Theatre]] and the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1979. Starred in the [[Baxter Theatre]] production of ''[[Seer in the Suburbs]]'', the English translation of [[P.G. du Plessis]]’ ''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'' together with [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Dale Cutts]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]] at the [[Academy Theatre]] in 1981. Starred in [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[Shirley Firth]]’s last joint production namely the [[Baxter Theatre]] production of [[Robert Kirby]]’s ''[[It's a Boy!]]'' together with [[Dale Cutts]] and [[James Irwin]] with direction by [[Keith Grenville]] at the [[Intimate]] in 1982. She starred in [[Graham Wright]]’s [[Baxter]] production of [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Decadence]]'' together with [[John Maytham]] (replacing [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Henry Goodman]] who had played the roles in Cape Town) with direction by [[Ron Smerczak]] at the Durban [[Alhambra Theatre]] and [[Wits Theatre]] in 1984. ''[[Panorama]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], (1988). | + | Performed in ''[[Equus]]'' (in Afrikaans, at the Market Theatre), ''[[Grease]]'' (as “Rizzo” for Brickhill/Burke), ''[[Play it again, Sam]]'', ''[[Brecht on Brecht]]''. Starred in [[Barney Simon]]’s production of ''[[Cincinatti – Scenes from City Life]]'' together with [[Marcel van Heerden]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Lesley Nott]], [[Barrie Shah]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Sam Williams]] and [[Robin Smith]] for The [[Company]] at The [[Market Theatre]], [[Upstairs at the Market]], the [[Baxter Theatre]] and the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1979. Starred in the [[Baxter Theatre]] production of ''[[Seer in the Suburbs]]'', the English translation of [[P.G. du Plessis]]’ ''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'' together with [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Dale Cutts]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]] at the [[Academy Theatre]] in 1981. Starred in [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[Shirley Firth]]’s last joint production namely the [[Baxter Theatre]] production of [[Robert Kirby]]’s ''[[It's a Boy!]]'' together with [[Dale Cutts]] and [[James Irwin]] with direction by [[Keith Grenville]] at the [[Intimate]] in 1982. She starred in [[Graham Wright]]’s [[Baxter]] production of [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Decadence]]'' together with [[John Maytham]] (replacing [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Henry Goodman]] who had played the roles in Cape Town) with direction by [[Ron Smerczak]] at the Durban [[Alhambra Theatre]] and [[Wits Theatre]] in 1984. ''[[Panorama]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], (1988). Title role in ''[[Medea]]'', 1994. |
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
Revision as of 20:53, 12 March 2014
(19**-19**) Actress
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Biography
Training
Graduated from UCT in 1976.
Career
Was with PACT Playwork
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Performed in Equus (in Afrikaans, at the Market Theatre), Grease (as “Rizzo” for Brickhill/Burke), Play it again, Sam, Brecht on Brecht. Starred in Barney Simon’s production of Cincinatti – Scenes from City Life together with Marcel van Heerden, Danny Keogh, Lesley Nott, Barrie Shah, Thoko Ntshinga, Vanessa Cooke, Sam Williams and Robin Smith for The Company at The Market Theatre, Upstairs at the Market, the Baxter Theatre and the Brooke Theatre in 1979. Starred in the Baxter Theatre production of Seer in the Suburbs, the English translation of P.G. du Plessis’ Siener in die Suburbs together with Trudie Taljaard, Dale Cutts and Marcel van Heerden at the Academy Theatre in 1981. Starred in Pieter Toerien and Shirley Firth’s last joint production namely the Baxter Theatre production of Robert Kirby’s It's a Boy! together with Dale Cutts and James Irwin with direction by Keith Grenville at the Intimate in 1982. She starred in Graham Wright’s Baxter production of Steven Berkoff’s Decadence together with John Maytham (replacing Fiona Ramsay and Henry Goodman who had played the roles in Cape Town) with direction by Ron Smerczak at the Durban Alhambra Theatre and Wits Theatre in 1984. Panorama (Pieter-Dirk Uys, (1988). Title role in Medea, 1994.
Awards, etc
Nominated for Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors (2012) for Blackbird.
Sources
Tucker, 1997
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