TALK: South African Theatre in Post-Apartheid Democracy
Malcolm Purkey (Artistic Director, Market Theatre of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Tuesday, November 23 / 5:00 PM / McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB, 6th floor / Free
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Distinguished theater director and playwright, Malcolm Purkey will speak on the role of theatre in contemporary South Africa. Malcolm Purkey, who is also a screenwriter, a Fulbright Scholar and Head of the Division of Dramatic Arts at Wits University was recently appointed Artistic Director of the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. As a founding member and director of Junction Avenue Theatre Company, one of South Africa's leading workshop theatre companies, Purkey has created a number of significant South African plays including: The Fantastical History of a Useless Man, Randlords and Rotgut, Tooth and Nail, and Sophiatown.

Presented by the IHC African Studies and Performance Studies Research Focus Groups. For more information, contact cole@dramadance.ucsb.edu.

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