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How do all of these young, contemporary artists that I admire get to where they are now? My whole life is art. When it dawned on me that ardor does not equal opportunity, I came to another blindingly obvious realization - I know virtually nothing about building a career as an artist past this point. My work is well received and I've participated in shows, but I'm used to being generally unnoticed. I graduated from college about a year ago, and have been pursuing art passionately and persistently ever since. Help Desk is co-sponsored by Daily Serving. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving.
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It is uplifting, funny and inspiring.Help Desk is where I answer your queries about making, exhibiting, finding, marketing, buying, selling - or any other activity related to contemporary art. Comedy and stand-up comedy elements have been heightened, together with knockout physical comedy, astute use of props (wooden cubes) and activation of the stage space. It is a deliciously captivating piece of theatre. “Sophie Joans’ Île is a spirited spark in the dark, with enthralling comedic storytelling. We’re just along for the journey, and happily so.” - Dave Mann It’s a play that excavates and animates the aforementioned matrilineal lines as a point of connection, a search for one’s personal history to better make sense of the present. It’s fast, funny, and able to turn on a dime – from the outrageous and the absurd to moments of striking sincerity. A really beautiful culmination of things. Brilliant and wonderful and such a pleasure to watch. His previous directing work includes: KG Mokgadi’s ‘Heavy’, Stuart Taylor’s ‘Funny You Should Say That’, Bevan Cullinan’s ‘Gary the Tooth Fairy’, Louw Venter’s ‘Best Man’s Speech’, Gaëtan Schmidt’s ‘Rumpsteak’, Scott Sparrow’s ‘Isabella’, and more. He has been bringing new work to the National Arts Festival for nearly 30 years. Île is her debut solo play.ĭirector Rob van Vuuren is a multi-award comedian, actor, director and writer. She collaborated on the short film, Verloren (2021 – Winner of Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award). Her previous works include two-hander The Flower Hunters (2021 – Winner of Standard Bank Ovation Award) and puppet show Do You Dream In Colour (2018 – Winner of Zabalaza Festival’s Most Innovative Play).
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She studied theatre at UCT and Wits, and completed short courses in Clowning (RADA), Stand-Up comedy (Comedy Cellar) and Storytelling (Second City). Sophie Joans is an award-winning theatre-maker from Cape Town with Mauritian roots. A hilarious, heart-warming show about a girl trying to understand her mother & crazy family from Mauritius. It’s a story of coming-of-age, family feuds, and the hilarious insanity that happens when people stay in the same place for too long. What she thought would be a nostalgic trip to a tropical island to connect with her late grandfather and meet her backwards extended family, gets all too real as darker characters emerge from the undergrowth of the volcanic island… GOLD OVATION AWARD WINNER 2022 - Fresh from The National Arts Festival Île follows the story of a young girl who goes to visit her ancestral home: Mauritius.