Jemma Kahn
Jemma Kahn (19**-) [1]. Theatre and film maker.
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Training
She read Fine Art and Drama at the University of the Witwatersrand and then spent two years as a teacher of English in Japan. It was in this context that she learned kamishibai -- an illustrated story-telling theatre medium, which draws on ancient Japanese traditions.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She had a role in After Cardenio (2011). 2023/2024: Director for Dog Rose performed at the National Arts Festival, Makhanda and the Baxter Theatre.
As artist/performer she has co-created and performed The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults (with by Gwydion Beynon, 2012), The Last Show (with by Gwydion Beynon, 2013), .
Awards, etc,
Standard Bank Young Artist Award (Theatre) (2018).
Sources
Business Day, 23 July 2013.
Sowetan, 2 November 2017.
Die Burger, 9 May 2024.
https://weekendspecial.co.za/the-epicene-butcher-alexander-bar/
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