Publications and productions as a writer:

Fiction: The Last Summer (ready for publication)

The Hill (Jacana, Johannesburg, 2005.)

Embodied Laughter (Pan MacMillan, Johannesburg, 1998).

Theatre: Ten Bush (Co-writer. Grahamstown Main Festival; Market Theatre, Johannesburg, June-August 2008)

Creatures of Light (Writer and Director). Wits University Theatre, Johannesburg, April 2008.

Dream of the Dog (Grahamstown Main Festival; Market Theatre, Johannesburg, July-August 2007). Nominated for four Naledi Theatre Awards, including Best New Play. Dream of the Dog is currently a set work at Wits University and universities in the US and Canada.

Truth in Translation. (I am the second writer on this production following its run at the Market Theatre. Baxter Theatre, February 2007, and extensive international tour 2007-2008. Edinburgh Fringe First 2007.)

Lord of the Flies (Market Theatre, Johannesburg, September-October 2006)

Laughter in the Dark (The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford, June 2001.)

Radio: Acropolis Café (SAfm, April 2007)

Dream of the Dog (SAfm, August 2006)

Laughter in the Dark (BBC Radio 3, January and August 2004). Winner of the Gold Sony Radio Academy Award, United Kingdom, 2004-2005.

Poetry: Poetry journals in the United Kingdom, North America and South Africa.


Productions as a director:

Creatures of Light, Wits Theatre, Johannesburg, April 2008.

Grimm Tales, Market Theatre, October-December 2007. Nominated for seven Naledi Awards, including Best Director, Best Ensemble and Best Cutting Edge Production.

Dream of the Dog, SAfm, Radio play, June 2006.

Hamlet and A Midsummer Nights Dream, Holmwood House. Colchester, June - July 2004.

Grimm Tales, Holmwood House. Colchester, June 2002.

Macbeth, Holmwood House. Colchester. June 2001.

Blood Wedding, Pegasus Theatre. Oxford, May 2001.

Edward III, Rehearsed reading. Royal Shakespeare Company. The Swan and Barbican Theatres, 2000 and 2001.

Laughter in the Dark, Co-director. Royal Shakespeare Company. Assistant Director Production. The Other Place, September 2000.


Productions as a dramaturge and/or assistant director:

As a Dramaturge includes: Brothers in Blood, Mike Van Graan; The Changeling, Paul Grootboom; Truth in Translation, Directed by Michael Lessac, Baxter Theatre and international tour, including Edinburgh, Texas, Dublin. Guga Mzimba:Gerard Sekoto in Paris, Xoli Norman; Relativity: Township Stories, Paul Grootboom and Presley Chweneyagae; Coal Yard, Prince Lamla and Ofentse Bodibe; Acropolis
Café, Irene Stepahnou; (All Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 2004-2008.)

Henry IV, Parts I and II, Assisted Michael Attenborough. Royal Shakespeare Company, 2000-2001.

The Rivals, Assisted Lindsay Posner. Royal Shakespeare Company, 2000-2001.

The Nativity, Assisted David Farr. The Young Vic, 1999.

Twelfth Night and As I Lay Dying, Assisted Tim Supple, and Dramaturge. The Young Vic, 1998.

More Grimm Tales, Assisted Tim Supple, and Dramaturge. The Young Vic, 1997.

East and The Suit, Assisted Barney Simon. Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 1995.

Other book/magazine publications (excluding newspapers):

Johannesburg Water. A history of Johannesburg told through the history of its water. Funded by Johannesburg Water and commissioned by Jacana for publication in 2007.

Interview with Craig Higginson and Joanna Laurens, conducted by Caridad Svich, entitled "A Triangle of Thought", published in "Performance Research, Vol. 9.1" (March 2004). Later included in the book Popular Forms for a Radical Theatre, eds. Caridad Svich and Sarah Ruhl, Routledge, United Kingdom, 2006

Weekly theatre reviews for "Time Out" magazine through 1997 and 1999, London.

Sections of The Young Vic Book (Methuen, London, 2004).

Introductory Note to Arabian Nights (Nick Hern Books, London, 1998).

Introduction to More Grimm Tales (Faber, London, 1997).

Books/plays as editor include:

Series Editor and Dramaturge of Dung Beetle Drama Series, publishing new South African plays. Plays while editor included: Relativity:Township Stories (2006).

As Editor includes: No Cold Kitchen, Ronald Suresh Roberts; In the Company of God, Joao Silva; Shadow People, Shunna Pillay; Richmond, Andrew Ragalavoo; Walking on Air, Colleen Matthews, Chinongwa, Lucy Michot. All STE Publishers, Johannesburg, 2005-2006.

Other employment includes:

Wits University: Johannesburg. January 2007 - present. Teaching Writing in Performance and writing and directing new work with the students.

The Market Theatre Laboratory: Johannesburg, January 2006 - 2007. Running the Writers' Forum.

The Market Theatre: Johannesburg: September 2004 - present. Literary Manager.

STE Publishers: February 2005 - October 2006. Commissioning Editor.

The Almeida Theatre: London (freelance): June 2003 - June 2004. Script-reading.

Golders Green College: London (freelance): April 2003 - May 2004. Taught English as a Foreign Language.

Greater London Tutorial Agency (freelance): April 2003 - May 2004. One-on-one tuition for secondary school students preparing for the GCSE exam. Taught English Literature and Language, Drama and History of Art.

The Kingsley School of English Paris (full-time): December 2002 - April 2003. Taught English as a Foreign Language.

The Royal Shakespeare Company Literary and Education Departments (freelance): January 1999 - October 2002. Ran writer's workshops, education workshops with schools and audience members, did script-reading and research.

The Young Vic Theatre (freelance and full-time): February 1996 - January 2002. Ran workshops in schools, colleges and at the theatre. Wrote resource material for schools and productions, did script-reading, etc. Was the resident Assistant Director of Tim Supple's Company.

Time Out Magazine (freelance): 1997 and 1999. Wrote weekly reviews for the theatre section.

The Hampstead Theatre (freelance): 1996 - 1997. Wrote production material and did script-reading.

The Pan Bookshop, London (full-time): 1996 and 1998. Worked as a bookseller and ran the Theatre, Film, Poetry and Classics sections.

The Market Theatre, Johannesburg (full-time): November 1994 - October 1995. Worked as the personal assistant to Barney Simon, Artistic Director of the Market Theatre.