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A Conversation with Liezl de Kock

Liezl de Kock is an actor, director, theatre-maker and lecturer. She performed the lead role of Janet in the Ovation Award-winning and double Fleur du Cap Theatre Award winner Pictures of You, which was the highest-grossing theatre production on the fringe at the 2009 National Arts Festival. Liezl was also nominated for a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for her role in Rob Murray’s Womb Tide. She performed with Andrew Buckland in Crazy in Love, which received an Ovation Award and the Amsterdam Fringe Fest award for Best International Production. Her performance in Crazy in Love received a Naledi Theatre Award nomination. Her final Master’s production, Piet se Optelgoed won a Silver Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival and was nominated for Best International Production at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival. Earlier this year, she was nominated for a Naledi Theatre Award for her role as Sussie in Reza de Wet’s African Gothic directed by Alby Michaels. She is currently reprising her role in Athol Fugard’s Statements After an Arrest Under The Immorality Act at The Fugard Theatre following its debut run earlier this year at the 2019 Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees.

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October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Director, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Actor, Actress, Advice, Athol Fugard, Cape Town, Clown, Clowning, Conspiracy of Clowns, Conversation, Director, Greg Karvellas, Liezl De Kock, Photography, South Africa, Statements After An Arrest Under The Immorality Act, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Theatre-maker, Women 1 Comment

A Conversation with Kathleen Stephens

Kathleen Stephens is a theatre-maker and performer. In 2016 she debuted her acting career in People Beneath our Feet at the National Arts Festival. Other credits include Wessel Pretorius’ I Love You Sally Field, Dara Beth’s Nasty Womxn, and Jon Keevy’s Single Minded and The Underground Library. Most recently, Kathleen has been seen in Like Hamlet directed by Kanya Viljoen, Wessel Pretorius’ Fotostaatmasjien and in the first all-female South African production of The Taming of the Shrew directed by Tara Notcutt. She is currently gearing up to star in the Fugard Theatre’s return season of Shakespeare in Love. Continue reading →

August 1, 2018May 22, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, Shakespeare, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, Womxn, writerTags: Actor, Actress, Advice, Cape Town, Conversation, Greg Karvellas, Interview, Kathleen Stephens, Like Hamlet, Lucy Brittany Woolley, Nasty Womxn, Photography, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, Shakespeare in Love, Single Minded, Taming of the Shrew, The Fugard, The Furies, The Underground Library, Theater, Theatre, Theatre-maker 5 Comments

A Conversation with Lucy Tops

Lucy Tops is a singer, songwriter and actress. As a vocalist, she has released several songs and CD’s and performs in the singing duo The Romantix alongside her husband, Alexander Tops. Over the last few years, Lucy has dazzled audiences by starring in several hit productions including Funny Girl, The Rocky Horror Show, Bar None for which she received a Fleur du Cap nomination and Shakespeare in Love which returns to the Fugard Theatre later this year. However, it her latest role in the South African premiere of Joshua Harmon’s critically acclaimed Broadway play, Significant Other, that has audiences seeing her tackle a leading role and making it her own.
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June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Dancer, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, Shakespeare, Singer, Songwriter, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Absolucy, Advice, Alex Tops, alexander tops, Bad Jews, Bar None, Cape Town, Conversation, Dancer, Fleur du Cap, Funny Girl, Greg Karvellas, Jesse Kramer Photography, Joshua Harmon, Lucy Tops, Nominee, Performer, Shakespeare in Love, Significant Other, Singer, South Africa, The Fugard, The Romantix, Theater, Theatre, Vocalist, Waterfront Theater College, Women 1 Comment

A Conversation with Robyn Scott and Roxane Hayward

Robyn Scott and Roxane Hayward have joined forces to star in The Fugard Theatre‘s star-studded production of Shakespeare in Love. Not only are Robyn and Roxane tackling roles that awarded their film counterparts Academy Awards, Shakespeare in Love marks a return to the stage for both women. We sat down in the audience of The Fugard Theatre to chat about the show, the journey back to theatre and the current climate for female actors in South Africa. Continue reading →

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Dance, Dancer, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, Shakespeare, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Woman, WomenTags: Actors, Actress, Actresses, Cape Town, Chris de Beer, Conversation, Film, Greg Karvellas, Performance, Photography, Queen Elizabeth, Robyn Scott, Roxane Hayward, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Love, South Africa, Television, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Tom Stoppard, TV, Viola de Lesseps, Women 6 Comments

A Conversation with Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child: The Women of The Father part 2

Welcome to Part two of our conversation with Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child, currently starring in The Fugard Theare’s sold out production of Florian Zeller’s The Father. Part one of our conversation can be found here. Continue reading →

November 24, 2016April 25, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, Photography, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actors, Actress, Actresses, Amy Louise Wilson, Anthea Thompson, Conversation, Emily Child, Greg Karvellas, inspirational, Interview, Marius Weyers, Performer, Photography, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Women 1 Comment

A Conversation with Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child: The Women of The Father part 1

“Growing old is an inevitability we all face-Time waits for no man and as sure as taxes, the reaper will visit us all.”- Greg Karvellas.

Florian Zeller’s award-winning play The Father makes its South African premiere at The Fugard Theatre featuring an all-star cast led by the incomparable Marius Weyers. Translated into English by Christopher Hampton, The Father peers into the mind of Andre, a retired dancer living with his adult daughter Anne and her husband. Or is he a retired engineer receiving a visit from Anne who has moved away with her boyfriend? Why do strangers keep turning up in his room? And where has he left his watch? THE FATHER is a funny, sad and poignant roller coaster ride on a fight against insanity that twists and turns with all the excitement of a taut thriller. After spending an evening peering into the mind of Andre, we were fortunate to be granted the opportunity to peer into the minds of the female cast members of the show; Anthea Thompson, Amy Louise Wilson and Emily Child.

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November 22, 2016February 10, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Art, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: Actors, Actress, Actresses, Amy Louise Wilson, Anthea Thompson, Arts, Conversation, Emily Child, Greg Karvellas, inspirational, Interview, Marius Weyers, Performer, South Africa, The Father, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Women 10 Comments

A Conversation with Susan Danford, Lesoko Seabe & Claire-Louise Worby: The Women of Clybourne Park- Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of our interview with Susan Danford, Lesoko Seabe and Claire-Louise Worby! Click Here for Part 1 Continue reading →

September 8, 2016February 18, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Cape Town, Clybourne Park, Conversation, Culture, Interview, Now Playing, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: @sarafinamag, Art, Arts, blog, Cape Town, Claire Louise Worby, Clybourne Park, Conversation, Film, Greg Karvellas, inspirational, Interview, Lesoko Seabe, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, sarafinamagazine, sarafinamagazine.com, South Africa, South African, Susan Danford, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, TV, Women 3 Comments

A Conversation with Susan Danford, Lesoko Seabe & Claire-Louise Worby: The Women of Clybourne Park- Part 1

There’s a new neighbour in town! Clybourne Park which opened at The Fugard Theatre on August 16th has been making waves in Cape Town. Billed as Bruce Norris’ acclaimed black (and white) comedy, Clybourne Park tells a complex story of race relations in America. What makes the story so unique is that act 1 and 2 take place 50 years apart from one another requiring the same group of actors to portray entirely different characters in the second act. Continue reading →

September 6, 2016February 4, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Art, Arts, Cape Town, Clybourne Park, Culture, Now Playing, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, WomenTags: @sarafinamag, Art, Arts, Birrie Le Roux, blog, Bruce Norris, Cape Town, Claire Louise Worby, Clybourne Park, Greg Karvellas, inspirational, Kieran McGregor, Lesoko Seabe, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, sarafinamagazine, sarafinamagazine.com, South Africa, South African, Susan Danford, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Women 16 Comments

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