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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Starred in Jean Genet’s ''[[The Maids]]'' in 1993. Workshopped, wrote and directed the jazzy gay musical ''[[After Nines]]'' in 1998.  Co-author, with [[Matthew Krause]], of the political cabaret ''[[Dead Man]]'' (1985) - for other plays on this theme see ''[[Tsafendas]]''. Directed ''[[No Room for Squares]]'' with [[Coco Merckel]] in 2000. Workshopped and directed ''[[Two Straight Queers]]'' in 1996 and ''[[Your Loving Simon]]'' in 2003.
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Starred in Jean Genet’s ''[[The Maids]]'' in 1993. Co-wrote ''[[Two Straight Queers]]'' in 1996. Workshopped, wrote and directed the jazzy gay musical ''[[After Nines]]'' in 1998.  Co-author, with [[Matthew Krause]], of the political cabaret ''[[Dead Man]]'' (1985) - for other plays on this theme see ''[[Tsafendas]]''. Directed ''[[No Room for Squares]]'' with [[Coco Merckel]] in 2000. Workshopped and directed ''[[Your Loving Simon]]'' in 2003.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 07:17, 23 July 2014

(1959-) Actor, director, teacher.

Biography

Born in Johannesburg

Training

Studied at University of Cape Town.

Career

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

Starred in Jean Genet’s The Maids in 1993. Co-wrote Two Straight Queers in 1996. Workshopped, wrote and directed the jazzy gay musical After Nines in 1998. Co-author, with Matthew Krause, of the political cabaret Dead Man (1985) - for other plays on this theme see Tsafendas. Directed No Room for Squares with Coco Merckel in 2000. Workshopped and directed Your Loving Simon in 2003.

Awards, etc

A winner in the Johannesburg Civic Theatre's New Stages project in the early 1990s, making his director’s debut with Afro-Dizzia.

Sources

Sunday Times, 27 Aug 1995.

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