Janni Younge
Janni Younge is an award-winning puppet creator, puppet designer and director.
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She was the Head of Unima (the International Company for Puppetry) in South Africa till 2011, when she joined the Handspring Puppet Company. In 2014 she left handspring to found her own production company, Janni Younge Productions.
Productions she has designed and worked on include Ubu and the Truth Commission, War Horse, Ouroboros, The Firebird (Die Vuurvoël)
Awards, etc
In 2010 she was selected as the winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Theatre and in 2012 won a Fleur de Cap award for the design of the puppets in Ouroboros.
Sources
Mariana Malan. 2016. Die Vuurvoël binnekort uit SA na Hollywood. Die Burger. Aktueel. 4 Mei 2016: p.3[1]
Mariana Malan. 2016. Younge gaan met ‘kreature’ imponeer. Die Burger 16 May 2016[2]
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