Siv Panics
Siv Ngesi, one of the top-selling comedians at the National Arts Festival, starred in Panic, a one-person show on climate change that he had commissioned. Different to stand up comedy, Siv - under the direction of Heinrich Reisenhofer - did well in conveying this challenging, poetic piece to appreciative audiences.
Rainbow Scars gets Ovation Award recognition
Rainbow Scars - directed by Lara Bye - was recognized with an Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival and has subsequently been invited to theatres and festivals both locally and abroad.
Rainbow Scars and Brothers in Blood in Top Twenty
Rainbow Scars and Brothers in Blood featured among the top twenty ticket-sellers on the Fringe of the National Arts Festival in 2013. The top ten shows featured seven comedies, but the excellent audiences for these two plays shows that there is an audience for drama at the Festival.
Inaugural National Arts Festival Playwright
Mike van Graan was appointed as the first Festival Playwright at the National Arts Festival in 2013. Four of his works, including a new piece, Writer's Block, were showcased at the Festival.
Brothers in Blood to be read in Washington
Theater J will host a reading of Brothers in Blood on 7 December 2012
Green Man Flashing - winner of the English leg of the Theatre in Translation competition - was staged in Buenos Aires on 27 November 2012.
African Creative Economy Conference in Dakar
Presentation of paper on implementing the UNESCO 2005 Convention in Africa
Kuns Onbeperk Board of Directors initiates a Theatre Indaba
Recognition in 2012
My three plays produced by Artscape in 2012 have all won some form of recognition
International distribution
Two plays will be introduced to international audiences in 2012/13.
After a first print run by Junkets Publishers sold out, "Green Man Flashing" has been reprinted and is now available for schools and universities who have prescribed the text. The Independent Education Board is largely responsible for the play's popularity after including it in its list of setworks for 2011.
School's Play Festival
I was invited to serve as judge at Westerford High School’s play festival on Tuesday 14 September. It was interesting to see the kinds of issues that high school learners are dealing with.