Graham Weir

(19**-) Actor, singer, playwright. Born in Scotland, came to South Africa at the age of 5, when his parents settled in Benoni. First stage role in Oliver Twist for his parents’ theatre group in Benoni. Studied for a year at Wits Drama school, then some time at Pretoria Technikon. Then went to England to dodge the draft, before returning to work in theatre in a variety of capacities. He and his sister Christine Weir founded the hugely successful a capella group Not the Midnight Mass in 1985(?*). He wrote, directed and performed in a number of plays over the years, including Letters from Patient Essop (Baxter, 19**), Psychedelic Cowboy (Baxter, 19**), Sister Nun (Baxter, 19**), Jesus hopped the A-train (Baxter, 19**), How Graham Weir Accidentally Managed to Stay Alive (Kalkbay Theatre, 2005), Noah (with Megan Choritz), Artscape New Writer’s Programme 2005, Songs of Hangings and Redemptions (directed by Megan Choritz, Kalk Bay Theatre, 2006) ; **. WEIR, Graham. He was part of the a capella group called Not the Midnight Mass who performed at Ziggy’s in 1991. He starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical Jesus Christ Superstar at the Durban Playhouse in 1991.

Sources

Tucker, 1997

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