Farouk Valley-Omar
Farouk Valley-Omar (19**-). Actor, director, teacher.
Also found as Fahruq Valley-Omar
Contents
Biography
Training
BA (Drama) at UCT, . He studied directing at the British Theatre Association in London.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He acted in The Royal Hunt of the Sun, 1969; Skyf 1984 and 1998; The Boys Next Door 1986; Fiela se Kind 1986; Die Asjaspassie 1987; District Six – The Musical 1988; Just Like Home (as Gupta) 1990; Salaam Stories 2004.
Other productions include Toorberg, Die Verminktes, Antjie Somers, Hamlet, As You Like It (Maynardville 1999).
Directed and acted in Die Verminktes (year?)
He directed Dialogue With a Dying Man, 1987
He was on the first steering committee of the Cape Town Theatre Laboratory, 1998
Awards, etc
Sources
See sources of various productions.
Die Burger, 18 August 1986.
Prisma 3(8), October 1988.
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