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== Training ==
 
== Training ==
She read Fine Art and Drama at the University of the Witwatersand and then spent two years as a teacher of English in Japan. It was in this context that she learned kamishibai -- an illustrated story-telling theatre medium, which draws on ancient Japanese traditions.
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She read Fine Art and Drama at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and then spent two years as a teacher of English in Japan. It was in this context that she learned kamishibai -- an illustrated story-telling theatre medium, which draws on ancient Japanese traditions.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
She had a role in ''[[After Cardenio]]'' (2011).
 
She had a role in ''[[After Cardenio]]'' (2011).
  
As artist/performer she has co-created and performed ''[[The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults]]'' (with by [[Gwydion Beynon]], 2012), ''[[The Last Show]]''  (with by [[Gwydion Beynon]], 2013), , written by [[Gwydion Beynon]] and directed by [[Jemma Kahn]] at the [[Wits Theatre Complex]] (2013).
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As artist/performer she has co-created and performed ''[[The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults]]'' (with by [[Gwydion Beynon]], 2012), ''[[The Last Show]]''  (with by [[Gwydion Beynon]], 2013), .
  
 
==Awards, etc, ==
 
==Awards, etc, ==
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''[[Sowetan]]'', 2 November 2017.
 
''[[Sowetan]]'', 2 November 2017.
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https://weekendspecial.co.za/the-epicene-butcher-alexander-bar/
  
 
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Jemma Kahn (19**-) [1]. Theatre and film maker.

Training

She read Fine Art and Drama at the University of the Witwatersrand and then spent two years as a teacher of English in Japan. It was in this context that she learned kamishibai -- an illustrated story-telling theatre medium, which draws on ancient Japanese traditions.

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

She had a role in After Cardenio (2011).

As artist/performer she has co-created and performed The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults (with by Gwydion Beynon, 2012), The Last Show (with by Gwydion Beynon, 2013), .

Awards, etc,

Standard Bank Young Artist Award (Theatre) (2018).

Sources

Business Day, 23 July 2013.

Sowetan, 2 November 2017.

https://weekendspecial.co.za/the-epicene-butcher-alexander-bar/

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