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[[Gilda Blacher]] (19**-) Actress, comedienne, writer and director for stage, film and TV. | [[Gilda Blacher]] (19**-) Actress, comedienne, writer and director for stage, film and TV. | ||
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| + | Also known as '''[[Gilda Blacher Ayerst]]''' | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| − | Studied drama at University of the Witwatersrand, and entered the industry as an actress and stand up comedienne, often writing her own material. | + | Studied drama and English literature at University of the Witwatersrand, and entered the industry as an actress and stand up comedienne, often writing her own material, later also working as a creative director of Corporate Theatre and Events (January 1995 to January 2007), a freelance television writer (January 2000 to March 2008) and a creative director with Tin Rage Television (February 2004 - April 2010). |
| − | After | + | After her successful theatre career as performer and writer in South Africa, she moved to Australia to become an Award winning Television Director and Writer, Corporate Video Director and Community Arts practitionerin the Greater Melbourne Area. |
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| + | In 2017 - 2018 she completed a Masters Degree in Film/Cinema/Video Studies at University of Melbourne. | ||
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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She wrote and performed in ''[[On the Couch]]'' ([[Eauver the Top]], Kalk Bay, 1993), ''[[Shopping and Schtupping]]'' ([[Theatre on the Square]] and Montreal Comedy Festival in 1999). | She wrote and performed in ''[[On the Couch]]'' ([[Eauver the Top]], Kalk Bay, 1993), ''[[Shopping and Schtupping]]'' ([[Theatre on the Square]] and Montreal Comedy Festival in 1999). | ||
| − | South African films include ''Inside Out'' | + | South African films include ''[[Inside Out]]'' (1998), ''[[Mazinyo Dot Q]]'' (TV Series, 2004) and |
| + | ''[[Heart Aka 4 Minutes]]'', a short film, 2017). | ||
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilda-blacher-ayerst-3a996351/?originalSubdomain=au | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilda-blacher-ayerst-3a996351/?originalSubdomain=au | ||
| − | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | + | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6873582/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1 |
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| + | https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b818862f4 | ||
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| + | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, including a short biography of Gilda Blacher (Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2007. 10. 7. 144.). | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:17, 8 July 2022
Gilda Blacher (19**-) Actress, comedienne, writer and director for stage, film and TV.
Also known as Gilda Blacher Ayerst
Contents
Biography
Studied drama and English literature at University of the Witwatersrand, and entered the industry as an actress and stand up comedienne, often writing her own material, later also working as a creative director of Corporate Theatre and Events (January 1995 to January 2007), a freelance television writer (January 2000 to March 2008) and a creative director with Tin Rage Television (February 2004 - April 2010).
After her successful theatre career as performer and writer in South Africa, she moved to Australia to become an Award winning Television Director and Writer, Corporate Video Director and Community Arts practitionerin the Greater Melbourne Area.
In 2017 - 2018 she completed a Masters Degree in Film/Cinema/Video Studies at University of Melbourne.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She starred in Grease (Alexander Theatre, 1992) *The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in The Universe (Johannesburg Civic Theatre, 199*), Two Weeks with the Queen (1995).
She wrote and performed in On the Couch (Eauver the Top, Kalk Bay, 1993), Shopping and Schtupping (Theatre on the Square and Montreal Comedy Festival in 1999).
South African films include Inside Out (1998), Mazinyo Dot Q (TV Series, 2004) and Heart Aka 4 Minutes, a short film, 2017).
Awards, etc
Vita Award (KZN) 1994 for best new script as well as best actress for On the Couch with Gilda Blacher; Vita Award (Gauteng Region) Best Supporting Actress for Two Weeks with the Queen, 1995.
Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilda-blacher-ayerst-3a996351/?originalSubdomain=au
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6873582/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1
https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b818862f4
Various entries in the NELM catalogue, including a short biography of Gilda Blacher (Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2007. 10. 7. 144.).
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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