(Gillian
Brunings)
Managing Director to the Durban Actors Studio
(DAS), Gillian Brunings, is to leave the organisation early next year. Her
husband has been offered a position in the UK and Brunings and her two children
will be joining him mid-2019.
“I am incredibly happy to announce that
Nicole Theunissen, who has been with Durban Actors Studio since 2014, will take
over the running of the Studio from January 2019,” says Brunings.
Theunissen holds qualifications in BDram,
BA Hons Drama, MA Drama Choreography. She has practical and academic experience
in theatre and the dramatic arts, with a focus on Choreography and Physical
Theatre. During her postgraduate training, she served as a Graduate Assistant in
tutoring undergraduates. Upon completion of her MA, she spent one year as a
lecturer in the University of Zululand’s Creative Arts department.
(Nicole
Theunissen)
Theunissen will be supported by the current
team which includes Sunny Sibiya and Sam Freesewith a couple of new faces
joining the team in 2019.
“Faces may change BUT our core principles
will always be to 1) provide access to expert arts education, 2) to inspire
people to serve their craft, and 3) to propagate performance - these these principles are why we are here
and why we will remain the #1-part time, youth and adult, practical performance
training facility in Kwazulu-Natal; #leavingalegacy,” explains Brunings.
“I will always be honoured and blessed to
have had the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of so many young
people, directly or indirectly, through Durban Actors Studio. To the students I
have had the privilege to personally teach over the last 11 years, thank you
for allowing me to learn, share and grow with you in this mad world of theatre,
never forget the joy of performing and remember “a dream is great, but life
only changes when you start to create!” she continues.
“Please join me in wishing success, full
houses and an abundance of LAMDA examination distinctions to the 2019 Durban
Actors Studio teaching team and to every student who passes through their
doors. I am looking forward to watching, with absolute pride, the amazing work
they will produce into 2019 and beyond.”
DAS is situated at 114 Intersite Avenue, Umgeni
Business Park, Durban. Admin Hours: Monday to Friday 09h00 to 16h00. Contact 031
332 0173 or WhatsApp: 066 013 9880 or email: info@durbanactorsstudio.co.za
For more information on the Durban Actors
Studio visit https://www.durbanactorsstudio.co.za/
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