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| − | (19**-) Designer, actor, stage manager, director | + | '''John Nankin''' (19**-) Designer, actor, stage manager, director. |
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| + | === Youth === | ||
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| + | John Nankin joined [[The Space]] Theatre in 1973 as a stage designer and set builder directing plays in the venue’s fringe under the mentorship of Brian Astbury. In the late 1970s, he participated in experimental performance workshops with [[Chas Unwin]], [[Jacqui Singer]], [[Marcel van Heerden]], [[Barney Simon]] and others; before co-initiating the avant-garde and now historic [[Glass Theatre]] with [[Chris Pretorius]] in Cape Town in 1981, a group whose ground-breaking work was informed by a return to Surrealism and Dada. | ||
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| + | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| + | His work for [[The Space]] in the 1970s include designs for ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', ''[[Edith Piaf – Je Vous Aime]]'', ''[[Endgame]]'', ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]'', ''[[The First South African]]'', ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'', ''[[Lesson in Blood and Roses]]'', ''[[Luv]]'', ''[[Medea]]'', ''[[My Husband’s wild desires almost drove me mad]]'', ''[[Outcry]]'', ''[[Patty Hearst]]'', ''[[Play it again, Sam]]''; ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'', ''[[Superman]]'' and ''[[Treats]]''. | ||
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| + | John acted in ''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'', ''[[Picnic on the Battlefield]]'', ''[[Tsafendas]]'' and ''[[What the Butler Saw]]''. | ||
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| + | He directed ''[[Four Twins]]'', ''[[In Two Minds]]'', ''[[Patty Hearst]]'' and ''[[Sticks and Bones]]'', and was stage manager for ''[[The Exception and the Rule]]''. | ||
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| + | For [[Glass Theatre]] he was involved in the productions ''[[More Mysteries of Love]]'' and ''[[Battle!]]'' in 1981. | ||
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| + | John and [[Chris Pretorius]] developed a play, ''[[Sex...Female]]'', based on Dario Fo's ''[[Ulrike Meinhoff; Sex: Female; Communist]]'' in the 1980s. | ||
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| + | He created a work called ''[[Mama Papa Kaka]]'' in collaboration with [[Ivor Powell]] in 1983, as part of the first program shown by Possession, a Johannesburg-based artists’ collective, associated with performance and installation. Onto this relic from his ‘childhood’, Nankin has grafted a new work in 2012, ''[[A leg to stand on]]''. | ||
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| + | == Awards, etc == | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979. | ||
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| + | ''[[Insig]]'', 31 January 1989. | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | ||
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Return to [[Main Page]] | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
Revision as of 13:21, 7 September 2017
John Nankin (19**-) Designer, actor, stage manager, director.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Career
John Nankin joined The Space Theatre in 1973 as a stage designer and set builder directing plays in the venue’s fringe under the mentorship of Brian Astbury. In the late 1970s, he participated in experimental performance workshops with Chas Unwin, Jacqui Singer, Marcel van Heerden, Barney Simon and others; before co-initiating the avant-garde and now historic Glass Theatre with Chris Pretorius in Cape Town in 1981, a group whose ground-breaking work was informed by a return to Surrealism and Dada.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
His work for The Space in the 1970s include designs for Don't Drink the Water, Edith Piaf – Je Vous Aime, Endgame, The Exception and the Rule, The First South African, The Glass Menagerie, Lesson in Blood and Roses, Luv, Medea, My Husband’s wild desires almost drove me mad, Outcry, Patty Hearst, Play it again, Sam; Sticks and Bones, Superman and Treats.
John acted in Don't Drink the Water, Picnic on the Battlefield, Tsafendas and What the Butler Saw.
He directed Four Twins, In Two Minds, Patty Hearst and Sticks and Bones, and was stage manager for The Exception and the Rule.
For Glass Theatre he was involved in the productions More Mysteries of Love and Battle! in 1981.
John and Chris Pretorius developed a play, Sex...Female, based on Dario Fo's Ulrike Meinhoff; Sex: Female; Communist in the 1980s.
He created a work called Mama Papa Kaka in collaboration with Ivor Powell in 1983, as part of the first program shown by Possession, a Johannesburg-based artists’ collective, associated with performance and installation. Onto this relic from his ‘childhood’, Nankin has grafted a new work in 2012, A leg to stand on.
Awards, etc
Sources
Astbury 1979.
Insig, 31 January 1989.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities N
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
