Jacobi is one of Britain’s foremost stage and screen actors.
On graduating from Cambridge in 1960, after an acclaimed performance of EDWARD II, he became a member of the Birmingham Rep. His talent was recognized by Laurence Olivier who invited him to become one of the eight founding members of the new National Theatre. Olivier cast him as Cassio in OTHELLO and Andrei in THE THREE SISTERS.
After eight years at the National Theatre, Jacobi then starred in the BBC miniseries MAN OF STRAW and the blockbuster series I, CLAUDIUS, cementing his popular reputation.
In between many awarded and notable theatrical performance, Jacobi’s film appearances include roles in DEAD AGAIN, HAMLET, LOVE IS THE DEVIL, UNDERWORLD, EVOLUTION. He played Gracchus in GLADIATOR, Mr. Wheen in NANNY MCPHEE, and starred in THE RIDDLE, GOLDEN COMPASS, ENDGAME, THE KING’S SPEECH.
His many TV appearances include starring roles in THE JURY, THE LONG FIRM, PINOCHET IN SUBURBIA.
He has been intensely busy during 2011, 2012 and 2013 working in film, TV and theatre. He played KING LEAR to great acclaim in sold out performances across the UK and at BAM Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn, NY. TV and Film: JOE MADDISON’S WAR, CAPTURE ANTHOLOGIES: DIMENSIONS OF SELF, IRONCLAD, THERE BE DRAGONS, THE BORGIAS, ANONYMOUS, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, TITANIC, BLOOD AND STEEL, CLOUD CUCKOO LAND, THE HALLOWEEN KID, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, DANGEROUS EDGE: A LIFE OF GRAHAM GREENE and VICIOUS
Film and television: THE WILD GEESE, MARIGOLDS IN AUGUST, KILLING HEAT, THE GRASS IS SINGING, MASTER HAROLD…AND THE BOYS, SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PALACE, AN AFRICAN DREAM, A DRY WHITE SEASON, THE NATIVE WHO CAUSED ALL THE TROUBLE, SARAFINA, IN DARKEST HOLLYWOOD: CINEMA AND APARTHEID, SOWETO GREEN, THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS, KAP DER RACHE, KINI AND ADAMS, THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT, FINAL SOLUTION, HILLSIDE, SILENT WITNESS, ENDGAME, WHITE LION, CORIOLANUS.
Kani received an Olivier Award nomination for his role in MY CHILDREN, MY AFRICA! won a Tony Award in 1975 for SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD and the ISLAND. In 2003 he was awarded a Fleur du Cap award for best actor and a special Obie award for his extraordinary contribution to theatre in the USA. He has also won a Life Time Award (SAFTA Awards), the Avanti Hall of Fame Award from the South African film, television and advertising industries, an M-Net Plum award, a Clio award, the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation Award for the year 2000 and the Olive Schreiner Prize for 2005. He was voted 51st in the Top 100 Great South Africans in 2004. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Cape Town.
Warren Adler is CEO of Long Range Systems, a communications company. Prior to setting up this business, Warren had a successful financial services company called St Bartz Consulting. St Bartz was sold in December 2005.
In December 2005, Warren completed an advanced level acting course. He followed this by starting a parallel career, launching straight into the world of film, playing a supporting lead role in action packed local thriller, THE HITCHIKER.
Film appearances include: STARSHIP TROOPERS 3: MARAUDER, MORE THAN JUST A GAME, BLOOD DIAMOND, THE FALL, CATCH A FIRE, SLIPSTREAM, BLAST, COUNTRY OF MY SKULL, CHARLIE, PROTEUS, CONSEQUENCE, PROMISE LAND.
Numerous TV appearances include: ELLA BLUE, I SHOULDN’T BE ALIVE, SUPERNOVA, RING OF THE NIBELUNGS, ISIDINGO, CHARLIE JADE and SAM ET SALLY
Richard, born in India, was educated in Dorset and London, where he has lived since graduating from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
As an actor his work in the theatre includes: CAUSE CELEBRE, FOREVER IVOR, IVANOV, TWELFTH NIGHT, HAMLET, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, REBECCA, AS YOU LIKE IT, HEDDA GABLER, THE MAGISTRATE, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, GASLIGHT, LOVE FOR LOVE, THE TEMPEST.
In film: MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, JAIL CAESAR, THE EDGE OF LOVE, AS YOU LIKE IT, HENRY V, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, DANGEROUS MAN, LOVE’S LABOURS LOST, CARRINGTON, FRANKENSTEIN, THE FOOL, LITTLE DORRIT.
TV: SPARKLING CYANIDE, AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, DESMONDS, THE FORTUNES OF WAR, QUEEN OF SWORDS, BROTHER CADFAEL.
He has directed: HEARTBREAK HOUSE, THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE, ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, THE MIKADO, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE TEMPEST, THE FAIRY QUEEN, COMUS, BREAKING THE CODE, PLAYING THE WIFE, DIE FLEDERMAUS.
Richard is a partner in the film company BITS AND PIECES PICTURE COMPANY. He has also directed various galas in the UK and abroad.
Born and raised in Austria, Gunter Singer turned to kickboxing at an early age. After a stint in the military he moved to the US to pursue his sport professionally. Competing at Las Vegas, he won the World Championship in his category. He has also worked as a bodyguard in the film industry.
Vaneshran has a B.A.Hons. in Social Anthropology and Dramatic Art (University of the Witwatersrand), a M.A. in Performance and Theatremaking (University of Cape Town) and was awarded a full scholarship at Columbia University, NYC, by the International Fellowship Programme (Ford Foundation). In addition he has completed numerous courses in martial arts, stunt work, voice and dance training, emotional intelligence, creativity, improvisation and communication. He frequently teaches acting courses and lectures in Voice and Acting for the Screen (Cape Town City Varsity Drama Department). He has developed and taught a transpersonal awareness course for greater efficiency and social harmony.
Vaneshran has been acting since 1996 and highlights of his career in both film and theatre include: STREAKS, SUBURBAN BLISS, SOS 2, JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN, YOUNG LEONARDO, 90 PLEIN STREET, COPPOSITES, MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM, INTERRRUPTING HENRY, THE PHILANTHROPIST, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU BLACK AND WHITE, MORE THAN JUST A GAME, CISSIE, YOU EXPECTED SOMETHING ELSE, SCORPION KING: RISE OF THE AKKADIAN, SCANDAL, and HAMLET.
He has frequently both directed and acted in, or produced and directed productions: NOT AN ANGRY APE, ALL IN ONE, TEXTURE, DARK NIGHT WITH YOU IN THE MOURNING, PONDO BICYCLE, PAD, YOU EXPECTED SOMETHING ELSE.
Grethe Fox has played numerous principal roles in film - THE FOURTH REICH,THE GOOD FASCIST, ‘N POT VOL WINTER, AU PAIR, A REASONABLE MAN, WORLD UNSEEN, BIG FELLAS.
Her Television appearances include: ISIDINGO, AMALIA, LIVING WITH MOTHER, PLATINUM, SOUL CITY, ONDER DRAAI DIE DUIWEL ROND, PARADYS, THE FOURTH REICH, KONINGS, GOOD NEWS, WESTGATE, DOKTER DOKTER, DIE MANNHEIM SAGE, MOORDSPELETJIES, DIE DOOD VAN ELMEIN ADLER.
Among her many performances in the theatre are Polina in ON THE LAKE, Masha in DRIE SUSTERS TWEE, BOKLIED, CHILDREN OF THE WOLF, Nora in THE DOLL’S HOUSE, VROUE VAN TROJE, and Lulu in AUGUST AUGUST AUGUST.
She studied at U.C.T. in South Africa, receiving a degree in Drama and languages and a performer’s diploma.
She has won several awards: the Vita Award for WOMEN IN THE WINGS, an Avanti Television award for ONDER DRAAI DIE DUIWEL ROND and an M-Net Film award for THE GOOD FASCIST.
Jonathan is a published playwright, actor, poet and comedian. Arriving in South Africa from the ravaged Zimbabwe in 2002, he worked as a gardener, handyman and vendor. In 2006 he met Bo Petersen, who worked with him as his drama coach. They formed a dynamic partnership and together created THE CROSSING and THE BICYCLE THIEF, both widely performed in South Africa and Harare.
Jonathan acted in the feature films DISGRACE and JAIL CAESAR, and performed his poetry in the South African Parliament on World Refugee Day and at the Global Dancefest (New Mexico, USA).
His plays, THE CROSSING, THE BICYCLE THIEF, FAITH IN LOVE and COCKROACH, a 3 play anthology, have been published by Junkets and performed in South Africa.
Nobuhle, born in the ghettos of the Eastern Cape, started singing at the age of twelve to support her impoverished family. She is now an accomplished actress, musician, praise poetess and storyteller.
Nobuhle released her first album - BACK TO YOUR ROOTS - in 2005, selling over 5,000 copies locally and internationally. She has collaborated with other artists in South Africa and internationally - Fresh Ground Remix,Thanduxolo, Ben Amato, Shamle, Lynn Holmes - and has done a beautiful collaboration with Desert Rose - SPIRIT OF AFRICA.
She has performed in several Arts Cape musical productions.
Peter John Christians started writing hip hop lyrics, poetry and slam poetry in 2006 whilst serving in Pollsmoor Prison. In 2007 he formed INCARCERATED KNOWLEDGE, a hip hop crew of rappers and dancers, hosting their first performance in Pollsmoor Prison on on 27th March, Human Rights Day. Also in 2007 he started working on JAIL CAESAR with INCARCERATED KNOWLEDGE, contributing it’s talents as a crew.
Peter John, a school drop out, completed ABET level 4, to further his education, and he co-ordinated performance events and fundraisers with warders and volunteers (radio personalities, business men, church members).
After his release in 2007, while working in Paint and Décor, he completed parole without violation, voluntarily starting a community project, training youth in life skills, hip hop dancing and creative writing. He also recorded a 5 track demo and the a 14 track album INCARCERATED KNOWLEDGE which still receives airplay on local radio stations.
He is currently collaborating with Plexus Films on a documentary about INCARCERATED KNOWLEDGE, and is writing a screenplay XAN LION OF THE KHALAHARI for INDABA UNIVERSAL.
Bo received a Bilingual Performer’s Diploma in Drama at Cape Town University, and has completed many training workshops.
Her films include: CHRONICLES, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU BLACK AND WHITE, AMELIA, ENDGAME, TO BE FIRST, OUT ON A LIMB, THE WOODEN CAMERA, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, CITIZEN VERDICT, SANDMOTHER.
Bo’s TV credits include: ACUITY, OUTCASTS, ATLANTIS, ELLA BLUE, KNOWN GODS, ORION, DEATH IN THE FAMILY, THIS LIFE, SCOOP SCHOOMBIE, MADAM AND EVE, THE LEGEND OF ANGEL VALLEY.
In the theatre she has acted in: MEDEA, KINDERTRANSPORT, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY, DECADENCE, EQUUS, PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, BURIED CHILD, STATEMENTS AFTER ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT, ROMEO AND JULIET, TWELFTH NIGHT, COMEDY OF ERRORS, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. South African plays include: IN THE WINGS, CISSIE, TWO TO TANGO, THIS IS FOR KEEPS, GOING DARK (which Bo wrote), SUPERHEROES CINCINATTI. She performed in the musicals: GREASE, UP ‘N ATOM, BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS.
Her directing credits are: HOT CROSS NUNS, COCKROACH, BLACKBIRD, THE BICYCLE THIEF, MIND THE GAP, THE COLEMANS, TALES FROM A DARK CORNER, LETTERS FROM PATIENT ESOP, WOZA ALBERT, DAAIZA LADY, THE ROAD TO MECCA.
Bo was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work in KINDERTRANSPORT.
She works extensively as an accent and dialogue coach.
Warren Adler is CEO of Long Range Systems, a communications company. Prior to setting up this business, Warren had a successful financial services company called St Bartz Consulting. St Bartz was sold in December 2005.
In December 2005, Warren completed an advanced level acting course. He followed this by starting a parallel career, launching straight into the world of film, playing a supporting lead role in action packed local thriller, THE HITCHIKER.
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