Alistair Dube
Alistair Dube (19**-). Actor, writer and director.
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Biography
Youth
Training
He trained at the Soyikwa Institute of African Theatre, based at the Funda Centre.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He starred in Mothobi Mutloatse’s adaptation of The Suit in 1993. Other stage roles include Julius Caesar, Lifa, Marabi directed by Malcolm Purkey, Ekhaya: Museum over Soweto, The Good Woman of Sharkville, Maru, The Transistor Radio, The Wheel, Komeng and The Coolie Odyssey in 2005.
In 1994, Dube appeared in Man Friday, which was presented at the Market Theatre. Included in the cast were Ignatius Qulu and Lucky Ngojo. (Xaba incorrectly states he wrote and directed the play).
Awards, etc
Sources
National Arts Festival programme, 2000. 62.
Andile Xaba. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis. Go to ESAT Bibliography
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