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The independent Durban-based theatre company, the Actor's Co-operative, has scored with its 1996 production of White Men with Weapons. It was awarded the Cape Fleur du Cap Award for best script in Cape Town recently. The one-man play also earned playwright and actor, former schoolteacher Greig Coetzee, the award for best actor. |
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White Men with Weapons, which also won the Natal FNB Vita best actor and best new script awards, has been well received at festivals and various theatres around the country. |
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White Men with Weaponsis to be given a second season at the Grahamstown Arts Festival this year. Immediately afterwards it will be seen at the Lincoln Centre in New York as part of the Woza Africa: After Apartheid season.Then at the end of July Actors Co-operative plan a further season of the play in Durban. |
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TECH WORKSHOPSRealising the need for today's performers to be skilled in more than one discipline Calli Denton, Janine van Pletzen and Tracy-Jane Whitaker have created the Technikon Natal Performing Arts studio. Weekend workshops are aimed at the 13 to 18 year age group and offer practical training in drama, song and dance. The first workshop opened last month with an intake of 33 with figures mounting to 40, setting the seal for a successful launch. The workshops run for 14 Saturdays, ex-cluding school holidays, and cost R400.To book a place in a workshop phone Tracy on 207-6352 or Calli on 29-2504. |
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THEATRE CATSThe Playhouse Theatre Cats (children between six and 12 years) will meet in the Playhouse Alhambra Room from 10h30 and 13h00 on April 26. |
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