Cherice Smith

Biography

The daughter of academic and theatre historian Julian Smith, she studied drama at the University of Stellenbosch between 2003 - 2005, followed by an honours level BPhil in Journalism at the same university. She went into Journalism, working as a Journalist for Media24 (Pty) Ltd and Naspers Limited (2007-2011), then became the Managing Editor and Features Editor for New Media Publishing for a short while, before joining the US Business School at the University of Stellenbosch in 2012-2016 as a marketing specialist and writer, working in various capacities.

In 2015 she also began taking further courses in marketing, doing the USB-ED Senior Management Development Programme at the Stellenbosch Business School (receiving the Director's Award for Best Student) and followed this with a masters in Master in Corporate Communication from the IE School of Science and Technology (2016 - 2017). Since then, she has worked globally for a number of companies.

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

As a drama student she had acting roles in Brolloks en Bittergal (written by Denene Erasmus, directed by Marthinus Basson, 2004),

She also wrote a play called Tussen Wyn en Wingerde in this time.

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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