Kurt Wustmann

(1971-2013) Actor and director.

Studied at the University of Cape Town. Became a freelance actor and director. Later also became the Creative Director for The Event Production Company.

Died unexpectedly of cancer on 12 November 2013.

Stage performances as actor

Roles over the years include:

Merchant of Venice (Maynardville, 1992); Medea (directed by Mark Fleishman, Magnet Theatre, 1994-1996); David Hirson’s La Bête, (Nico Arena, 1995); I Do x 22 (directed by Mark Fleishman, Magnet Theatre, 1997/8); Twelfth Night ( Maynardville, 1998); Shopping and Fucking (directed by Fred Abrahamse, Baxter Theatre, 2000); Macbeth (leading role, directed by Geoffrey Hyland, Maynardville, 2004); Romeo and Juliet,(directed by Clare Stopford, The Actors Centre, Tesson Theatre, Johannesburg Civic Theatre, 2008)

As director

Co-director, with Adrian Kohler, of the Handspring Puppet Company's The Chimp Project (2001)

Directed the cabaret Afro-Dizzia!, as a Sun City Extravaganza (2006).

Directed All Soaped Up... between fact, foam and fiction by Terence Bridgett (2011)

Sources

"Wustmann (42) onthou as puik akteur" in Die Burger, Friday 15 November 2013, p. 14.

http://newsle.com/person/kurtwustmann/47729705

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