Murray McGibbon

Murray McGibbon (born Murray Lewis James McGibbon) (19**- ) is a South African-born stage director and producer and academic.

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]. He joined the faculty at Indiana University [2] in the USA in 1996.

Publications

His publications include: Theatre in the 21st Century, a journey backwards into the future; The Playhouse Cookbook;

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

Productions he directed include: Adam and Eve (1972); Suicide to Order (1973); The Epidemic (1974); Oliver! (1978 & 1983); Blithe Spirit (1979); The Boyfriend (1979); Godspell (1981); Murder Among Friends (1982); Smike (1982); You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (1983); Stage Struck (1984); Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1984); Equus (1984); The Form (1985); Jonah Man Jazz (1985); Superbike (NAPAC, 1987); Paradise is Closing Down (NAPAC, 1988); Under the Oaks (NAPAC, 1988); Frank'n'stein (NAPAC, 1988 & 1989 & 1993); The Public Eye and The Private Ear (NAPAC, 1988); The Normal Heart (NAPAC, 1988); Hey Listen! (NAPAC, 1988); The Circus Adventure (NAPAC, 1989); Kiss of the Spiderwoman (NAPAC, 1989); Hamlet (NAPAC, 1989); Master Harold and the boys (NAPAC, 1989 & 1994); The Fantastical History of a Useless Man (NAPAC, 1990); Ta' Lea se Stories (NAPAC, 1990); Love Letters (NAPAC, 1991); Winnie-the-Pooh (NAPAC, 1991 & 1992); Romeo and Juliet (NAPAC, 1991); Peter Pan (NAPAC, 1992); Shirley Valentine (NAPAC, 1992); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (NAPAC, 1992 & 1993); The Dream (NAPAC, 1992); Murder Among Friends (NAPAC, 1993); The Myster of Irma Vep (NAPAC, 1993); A Piece of my Heart (NAPAC, 1993); Oliver! (NAPAC, 1994); Equus (NAPAC, 1994); Charley's Aunt (1995); A Night to Remember (1995); Frank'n'stein (1996); Agnes of God (1996); Educating Rita (KwaSuka Theatre, 2003);

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. He directed the comedy skit show Black Mamba with Ben Voss and John van de Ruit. In 2005 he re-directed Frank'n'stein. In 2007 he directed The Tempest in Pietermaritzburg, with a cast of University of Natal students.

Awards, etc

Murray McGibbon has won the Naledi Award six times. The US Government awarded him a Fulbright Scholarship [3] in 1983, which enabled him to undertake his graduate studies in the USA.

Sources

Indiana University [4]

Winnie-the-Pooh theatre programme notes, 1992

Tucker, 1997

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