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| − | (19*-) Actor, director, playwtright and manager. Trained as an actor in Johannesburg and appeared briefly in the early nineteen seventies on the SA stage and in early [[SABC]] TV productions. During a long political exile in Holland he co-founded the [[Tekhwini Theatre Foundation]] ('''NATA''') with [[Anthony Akerman]] and [[Joseph Mosikili]], and began writing plays. | + | (19*-) Actor, director, playwtright and manager. Born in Boksburg. Trained as an actor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and appeared briefly in the early nineteen seventies on the SA stage for [[The Company]] and in early [[SABC]] TV productions such as ''[[The Villagers]]''. During a long political exile in Holland from 1976 onwards he co-founded the [[Tekhwini Theatre Foundation]] ('''NATA''') with [[Anthony Akerman]] and [[Joseph Mosikili]], and began writing plays. Returned to South Africa in the early 1990s as an IEC monitor, manager of a Port Nolloth guest lodge and working with communities in the Richtersveld. |
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| + | In 1998, he began working with the [[New Africa Theatre Association]] in Cape Town, for which he and his wife, [[Ina Bruce]] (néé [[Ina Vermeulen]]), created a host of productions, educational plays, and [[Industrial Theatre]] works. He later became the executive director of [[NATA]]. | ||
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| + | As playwright he wrote ''[[And Falls The Shadow]],'' (his first play, produced in Holland, winning a Dutch Arts Council best new play award), ''[[My Father's House]]'', (only work at the time to evade South Africa's censorship laws, [[PACT]], 1989, directed by [[Francois Swart]]), ''[[Kept in Mind]]'' (winning a Radio SA award for the play), and ''[[Groundswell]]'' ([[New Africa Theatre]], 2006) | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | ''[[Get It]]''. Cape Town, October 2013 p. 51. | ||
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Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 08:07, 4 October 2013
(19*-) Actor, director, playwtright and manager. Born in Boksburg. Trained as an actor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and appeared briefly in the early nineteen seventies on the SA stage for The Company and in early SABC TV productions such as The Villagers. During a long political exile in Holland from 1976 onwards he co-founded the Tekhwini Theatre Foundation (NATA) with Anthony Akerman and Joseph Mosikili, and began writing plays. Returned to South Africa in the early 1990s as an IEC monitor, manager of a Port Nolloth guest lodge and working with communities in the Richtersveld.
In 1998, he began working with the New Africa Theatre Association in Cape Town, for which he and his wife, Ina Bruce (néé Ina Vermeulen), created a host of productions, educational plays, and Industrial Theatre works. He later became the executive director of NATA.
As playwright he wrote And Falls The Shadow, (his first play, produced in Holland, winning a Dutch Arts Council best new play award), My Father's House, (only work at the time to evade South Africa's censorship laws, PACT, 1989, directed by Francois Swart), Kept in Mind (winning a Radio SA award for the play), and Groundswell (New Africa Theatre, 2006)
Sources
Get It. Cape Town, October 2013 p. 51.
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