david isaacs
Was born in Parkwood, Cape Town, into a family of musicians, and started playing piano already by the age of four. His passion for music started at the age of 7 when he sang for the St Georges’ Cathedral Choir. His stage debut a little later was in in the operetta Old King Cole in which he appeared alongside his older brother, Roger Isaacs. Still shy of the stage and being more on the quiet side, David’s two career choices was to be, either, a doctor or a classical pianist. The turning point, however, came after performing in a high school production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht. David was bitten by the bug and encouraged by his Drama teacher/mentor he then enrolled at UCT Drama School to take his discovered passion further.
At UCT 1993 - 1995, David worked with Oscar Petersen and Heinrich Reisenhofer to develop Suip! Fruit of the Vein, which formed the basis for the professional production that later won extensive critical acclaim. After leaving university, where he did numerous drama school productions including Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Harold Pinter's The Caretaker & Reza de Wet's Diepe Grond, David was cast in his first professional production, for the then CAPAB, Kinkels innie Kabel, a musical by Andre P Brink. Thereafter, also for CAPAB, he played in Elizabeth by Dario Fo and Shakespear's Twelfth Night.
David's television career started with Skerpieon onder die Klip, a documentary by Idol Pictures about the history of the Afrikaans language in four parts, which he narrated. His first T.V. drama in 1996 was Hagenheim Streng Privaat for SABC, thereafter he was cast in Penguin Films' Fishy Feshuns, a sit-com in which he played the character Dino. For this role he was awarded an Avanti nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a comedy. In 2000 he teamed up with Oscar Petersen and Heinrich Reisenhofer to create Joe Barber and later that same year, David starred in another sit-com, SOS for eTV , playing the character Colin Abrahams. In 2001 he won the Avanti Award for Best Actor in a TV role and in 2002 he received an FNB Vita theatre nomination for Best Comedy Actor. His work also includes feature films of which Cape Of Goodhope has toured the world film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and The Tribeca Film Festival (Robert De Niro's festival in New York).
At UCT 1993 - 1995, David worked with Oscar Petersen and Heinrich Reisenhofer to develop Suip! Fruit of the Vein, which formed the basis for the professional production that later won extensive critical acclaim. After leaving university, where he did numerous drama school productions including Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Harold Pinter's The Caretaker & Reza de Wet's Diepe Grond, David was cast in his first professional production, for the then CAPAB, Kinkels innie Kabel, a musical by Andre P Brink. Thereafter, also for CAPAB, he played in Elizabeth by Dario Fo and Shakespear's Twelfth Night.
David's television career started with Skerpieon onder die Klip, a documentary by Idol Pictures about the history of the Afrikaans language in four parts, which he narrated. His first T.V. drama in 1996 was Hagenheim Streng Privaat for SABC, thereafter he was cast in Penguin Films' Fishy Feshuns, a sit-com in which he played the character Dino. For this role he was awarded an Avanti nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a comedy. In 2000 he teamed up with Oscar Petersen and Heinrich Reisenhofer to create Joe Barber and later that same year, David starred in another sit-com, SOS for eTV , playing the character Colin Abrahams. In 2001 he won the Avanti Award for Best Actor in a TV role and in 2002 he received an FNB Vita theatre nomination for Best Comedy Actor. His work also includes feature films of which Cape Of Goodhope has toured the world film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and The Tribeca Film Festival (Robert De Niro's festival in New York).
oscar petersen
Oscar's career spans a period of 3 decades. Although trained as an actor, Oscar's abilities stretch into teaching, writing and dancing. His stage successes Meet Joe Barber, Joe Barber and Boeta Gamat Too, Joe Barber 4 The People, Joe Barber 5 School Cuts and Suip! have put him firmly on the map as one of Cape Town's leading writing and performing talents.
Oscar's career highlights include playing the part of Chiron in the British/South African co-production of Titus Andronicus, in which Sir Anthony Sher played the lead role. Another highlight was playing Valentine April opposite John Lynch in the movie The Quarry. This movie won the Montreal Grand Prix Prize and was on the movie circuit in twelve different European countries as well as in Japan and Canada.
Oscar has also worked as a teacher at the Drama Department at the University of Cape Town and at Stellenbosch University. Oscar made his directorial debut Angels Everywhere in 2006.
Oscar's career highlights include playing the part of Chiron in the British/South African co-production of Titus Andronicus, in which Sir Anthony Sher played the lead role. Another highlight was playing Valentine April opposite John Lynch in the movie The Quarry. This movie won the Montreal Grand Prix Prize and was on the movie circuit in twelve different European countries as well as in Japan and Canada.
Oscar has also worked as a teacher at the Drama Department at the University of Cape Town and at Stellenbosch University. Oscar made his directorial debut Angels Everywhere in 2006.
heinrich reisenhofer
Heinrich is a transformation story-teller and coach, and an award-winning South African theatre-maker of productions such as Suip! the Joe Barber series and Cry the Beloved Country.
Go to www.heinrichreisenhofer.com for more info.
Go to www.heinrichreisenhofer.com for more info.