Caroline Smart

Caroline Smart (19**-19**) is a Durban-based voice coach, broadcaster, newspaper columnist, television presenter and producer.

Biography

Born and resident in Durban.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She has been active as voice coach, reviewer, broadcaster, newspaper columnist, television presenter and producer in Durban over 30 years. In 1995 she founded the website and newsletter ArtSMart, on which she and others review arts events in Durban and KwaZulu-Natal, and has continued to edit this for the past 20 years. Also the administrator of The ArtStand, Essenwood Craft Market, and the co-editor (with Nicola Danby) of D'Arts Magazine, Durban.

Awards, etc

Her awards include the Durban Critics Circle Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Durban Theatre Awards for her contribution to the arts in Durban. In September 2012 she was awarded the Ethekwini Municipality's Living Legend Award for Arts & Culture, a prestigious accolade recognising her contribution to the arts in Durban.