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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | + | The first set he designed for was ''[[Klaaglied vir Koos]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1986). | |
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| + | ''[[Pigs on Passion]]'' (1985); ''[[Die Teken]]'' (1986), ''[[Thina Bantu - We People]]'' (1988). Among the other productions he designed for are [[Barney Simon]]'s ''[[Eden and Other Places]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 198*), [[Robert Kirby]]'s ''[[Heliotrope Bouquet]]'' ([[CAPAB]], 199*?), ''[[Top Girls]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 199*), ''[[The Trojan Women]]'' ([[Little Theatre]], 199*), [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[Valley Song]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 200*), ''[[For Coloured Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2002), ''[[Pula]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 200*), ''[[Church Full Of Light]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 200*), [[Adam Small]]'s ''[[Kanna, hy kô Hystoe]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2003), ''Oom Wanja/[[Uncle Vanya]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2004 - [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]]), ''[[Wit]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2004), ''[[Twaalfde Nag]]'' ([[Oude Libertas Theatre]]/[[Baxter Theatre]], 2005), ''[[Betrayal]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2006 – [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]]), . CURTIS, Patrick (Design), FUGARD, Athol. ''[[Valley Song]]''. [[Ivan Abrahams]] & [[Quanita Adams]]. Director: [[Barbara Rubin]], [[Baxter Theatre]]. (2003), ''[[Amaza]]'' by [[Z.S. Qangule]] ([[Artscape]] 2009), ''[[Miss Julie|Mies Julie]]'' (2012-2013), ''[[Fishers of Hope]]'' (2014). | ||
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | ||
| + | ''[[Cape Argus]]'', 21 May 2013. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:20, 5 June 2017
Patrick Curtis, (1958-) Designer, stage- and production manager.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Career
In the 1980s he was Assistant Production Manager and designer for the Market Theatre. In 198*? became Stage Manager for the CAPAB Drama, in 1996 Production Manager for the Little Theatre (University of Cape Town) and in 200* Production Manager for the Baxter Theatre.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
The first set he designed for was Klaaglied vir Koos (Market Theatre, 1986).
Pigs on Passion (1985); Die Teken (1986), Thina Bantu - We People (1988). Among the other productions he designed for are Barney Simon's Eden and Other Places (Market Theatre, 198*), Robert Kirby's Heliotrope Bouquet (CAPAB, 199*?), Top Girls (Little Theatre, 199*), The Trojan Women (Little Theatre, 199*), Athol Fugard's Valley Song (Baxter Theatre, 200*), For Coloured Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf (Baxter Theatre, 2002), Pula (Baxter Theatre, 200*), Church Full Of Light (Baxter Theatre, 200*), Adam Small's Kanna, hy kô Hystoe (Baxter Theatre, 2003), Oom Wanja/Uncle Vanya (Baxter Theatre, 2004 - Fleur du Cap Award), Wit (Baxter Theatre, 2004), Twaalfde Nag (Oude Libertas Theatre/Baxter Theatre, 2005), Betrayal (Baxter Theatre, 2006 – Fleur du Cap), . CURTIS, Patrick (Design), FUGARD, Athol. Valley Song. Ivan Abrahams & Quanita Adams. Director: Barbara Rubin, Baxter Theatre. (2003), Amaza by Z.S. Qangule (Artscape 2009), Mies Julie (2012-2013), Fishers of Hope (2014).
Awards, etc
He won a Fleur du Cap Award for Best technical contribution in the early 2000s and was nominated in two categories in 2012.
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Cape Argus, 21 May 2013.
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