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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Roles in John Osborne’s ''[[The Entertainer]]'' ([[PACT]], 1983), ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' as Eufesia, 1985, William M. Hoffman’s ''[[As Is]]'' ([[Janice Honeyman]], 1986), ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' for [[PACT]] Drama in 1986, ''[[When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout]]'', ([[Des Lindberg|Des]] & [[Dawn Lindberg]], 1987), ''[[Flight]]''.
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Roles in John Osborne’s ''[[The Entertainer]]'' ([[PACT]], 1983), ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' as Eufesia, 1985, William M. Hoffman’s ''[[As Is]]'' ([[Janice Honeyman]], 1986), ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' for [[PACT]] Drama in 1986, ''[[When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout]]'', ([[Des Lindberg|Des]] & [[Dawn Lindberg]], 1987), ''[[Flight]]'', ''[[M. Butterfly]] (1989).
  
 
She directed or co-directed ''[[Whale Nation]]'', ''[[The Double Bass]]'', ''[[Not the Midnight Mass]]'', ''[[During the Fall]]'', ''[[Happy as a Sandbag]]''.
 
She directed or co-directed ''[[Whale Nation]]'', ''[[The Double Bass]]'', ''[[Not the Midnight Mass]]'', ''[[During the Fall]]'', ''[[Happy as a Sandbag]]''.

Revision as of 15:36, 2 August 2016

(19*-) Actress, director and singer.

Biography

She was married to Sean Taylor. She emigrated to Australia in 199*

Training

Studied at the School of Dramatic Art, University of the Witwatersrand.


Career

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

Roles in John Osborne’s The Entertainer (PACT, 1983), The Comedy of Errors as Eufesia, 1985, William M. Hoffman’s As Is (Janice Honeyman, 1986), The Grapes of Wrath for PACT Drama in 1986, When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout, (Des & Dawn Lindberg, 1987), Flight, M. Butterfly (1989).

She directed or co-directed Whale Nation, The Double Bass, Not the Midnight Mass, During the Fall, Happy as a Sandbag.

Awards, etc

Sources

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