Chris Weare
(Also billed as Christopher Weare, though most often referred to as "Chris".)
(19*-) Actor, director, theatre maker, teacher and administrator.
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Biography
Born Christopher Weare.
Married to voice coach and director Liz Mills.
Training
He received his training at Rhodes University
Career
Became a lecturer in the Department of Drama at University of Cape Town Drama Department in 19*, later became Associate Professor and Director of the Little Theatre in the same department. . made professor and director of Little Theatre (19*). He retired in **. He is also the founder of the Intimate Theatre, and a founding member of The Mechanicals Collective.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Peer Gynt 1970, Richard Gush of Salem 1970, The Playboy of the Western World 1971, Macbeth 1979, The Crucible 1980, The Philanthropist 1980, The Silent Woman 1981
As actor, he played Hal in Kvetch and Graham Johnston in We All Fall Down (1988). He starred in Lena Farugia’s We and Them at the Leonard Rayne Theatre in 1989.
He subsequently became known as a fine director, his work including Skyvers (Rhodes 1978), Absurd Person Singular (Rhodes 1979), The Business of Murder, El Grande de Coca Cola (1981), Skyf (1984), East (1990), Elizabeth (1996), Pick Ups (1998), Bungee Writing Finals (2003), The Incredible Beer Show (2006), Tonight Neither Hamlet (2012), Gertrude Stein and a Companion (2018),
Awards, etc
He has won are four Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards (as Best Supporting Actor for "Hal" in Berkoff's Kvetch (1988), as Best Director and the Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors for Berkoff's East (1990), the Fleur du Cap Theatre Award as Best Director for Elizabeth (1996) and **.
Sources
We All Fall Down programme notes, 1988.
Tucker, 1997.
Theatre programmes, photographs and other material held by NELM in various locations.
Weare to direct 50th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards - 15/03/2015 - Artslink.co.za News
https://alexanderbar.co.za/show/getrudesteinandacompanion/
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