Peter Court

Peter Court is an all-round theatre and education practitioner and community facilitator.

Biography

As a mature student he graduated from the University of Plymouth (U.K.) with a BA Honours in Theatre Arts and Performance and Design Arts.

He arrived in South Africa in October 1995 for a three-week holiday - and then never went back. Since then he has written, directed, designed or performed in numerous productions. Everything from Shakespeare to puppetry, from pantomime to farce. He gradually also moved into education and life coaching, becoming involved with a range or organizations and initiatives.

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

As performer and theatre-maker

Based in Durban, he has worked with numerous theatre and performance companies, and also has his own called Creative Madness (Pty) Ltd., working in theatre and education (also internationally)

A nominee and/or winner of several Vita Awards and Durban Mercury Theatre Awards, he has worked on acclaimed shows like The Glass Menagerie (Best Set and Lighting design), Memory of Water (best Supporting Actor), Red Coat Tales (Best Costume Design), King Kong (Best Director), Memory of Water (Best Director). In 2013 he received the Fleur du Cap Award for Best Supporting Actor for CABART.

As writer, director and/or playmaker

He has created or helped to create productions for a range of venues and companies, such as the uShaka Marine World, Unilever, the ICC and others.

Among the works have been: Can You Feel It? (written and directed with Charon Williams-Ros, 2013), Georgy Porgy (director, 2008),

As director

Georgy Porgy

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As teacher and coach

He teaches Theatre Arts and Performance in Durban and tends to focus on strengthening school systems through the creative arts and life orientation programmes.

Management and development initiatives

He is listed as a team member at Footsteps, a not-for-profit association of organisation development and development practitioners and as the National Creative Arts implementation partner for the Mr Price Foundation.