Sylvaine strike biography
Sylvaine Strike is a South African actress, writer and theatre director based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Sylvaine Strike
South African actress, writer and theatre director
Sylvaine Strike is a South African actress, writer and theatre director based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Naledi Theatre awards for her acting and directing. In 2018 Strike was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
Early life
Strike was born in Pretoria to French-speaking parents, and grew up in Verwoerdburg.[1][2] She studied at the University of Cape Town and graduated with a degree in drama in 1993.
Strike studied further from 1998 to 2000 in Paris at Jacques LeCoq School where she completed a two-year diploma with a focus in mime and clown.[3][4][5]
Career
Theatre
Strike is the artistic director[6]Molière's The Miser (2012) and Tartuffe (2017)[7] and the Chekhov-adaptation, Tobacco and the Harmful Effects Thereof (2016).[8] In 2004, Strike co-created the show Black and Blue[4][9]