Dicky Longhurst
(195*-) Designer, Stage manager
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Biography
Training
Studied fine arts at the University of the Orange Free State.
Career
Joined PACOFS as graphic artist in 1972, appointed stage manager in 1973. Joined the Little Theatre in 1976. Became resident designer for CAPAB in 1978. Designed for NAPAC since 1985.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Designed The Millionairess (1973), Canterbury Tales (1985), Gulls, Ain't Misbehavin' (1990), Die Joiner, Mother to Mother, Die Proponentjie, As You Like It, Cardenio, Come Back, Little Sheba, A Flea in her Ear, The Importance of Being Earnest, On the Razzle, Tartuffe, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Blue Iris, Kermis op Koekenmoer.
Awards, etc
Nominated for a Fleur du Cap for his design for The Secret Love Life of Ophelia, 2005.
Sources
Ain't Misbehavin' programme notes, 1990.
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