Trevor Hicks
Trevor Hicks was a well-known Port Elizabeth amateur actor and producer who alternated between the two roles.
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Trevor Hicks played the part of David Askelon in Helen Mann's production of Peter Shaffer's philosophical drama, Shrivings, played the stammering Duke of York in Lorna Levenson's production of the abdication play, Crown Matrimonial for PEMADS, directed and played one of the leads in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Bog Friend and played Puck in Helen Mann's 1982 A Midsummer Night's Dream. He directed My Fair Lady, for G & S, and played Jaques in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Apart from directing the two G & S presentations, he choreographed them as well.
6 - 19 July, 1968: His first venture onto the stage was as a Highland dancer (the "Sword Dancer"), (his first major acting role) in Brigadoon, Lerner and Loewe's Scots fantasy staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society at the Port Elizabeth Opera House, directed by Helen Mann with musical director Peter K Woolston.
February 1971: Starred as "Lorenzo" in the newly formed Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival's production of The Merchant of Venice which was staged in the Happy Valley Amphitheatre to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Republic of South Africa. Produced by and starring Leslie French as "Shylock".
He also starred in the pantomime Ali Baba, The Crucible, and portrayed Romeo in the 1980's production at Mannville Open-air Theatre of Romeo and Juliet.
Awards, etc
Sources
Evening Post, June 24, 1983.
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