Ashraf Johaardien

Ashraf Johaardien (born 1974) is an award-winning playwright, columnist, performer and arts manager.

Biography

He was born in Cape Town in 1974 and was schooled in South Africa and the UK. He holds an International Baccalaureate from Atlantic College in Wales and a Bachelor of Arts Degree and an English Honors Degree from The University of Cape Town.

His plays include "Coloured Son X, Salaam Stories/SALAAM, Happy Endings Are Extra, STRIPPED, Miracle*, Ecce Homo!" adapted from Tim Miller’s "Body Blows" and "The Quiet Violence of Dreams" based on the novel by K. Sello Duiker. His work has been performed and produced at mainstream theatres and festivals in South Africa, Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands and the USA. His work has been published by Compress, Just Done Productions Publishing, Oxford University Press, Waverly Books (Glasgow) and Umuzi (Ramdom House). He also writes "The Perfumed Closet", a monthly column published in The Pink Tongue (Independent Newspapers).

He currently lives in Johannesburg where he is the General Manager of the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT).

Plays and Publications

Coloured Son XBaxter Theatre Centre, CT, SA (1998)
Circle East Theatre Company, NY, USA (2001)
Published by Compress [ISBN-10: 1919833064 | ISBN-13: 978-1919833064]

Salaam Stories/SALAAM
Spier/PANSA Festival of New Writing (2002)
Theatre Row, New York, USA (2002)
Spier Summer Arts Festival (2003)
University of the Western Cape (2003)
Baxter Theatre Centre (2003 & 2004)
Darling Festival (2004)
Oval House Theatre, London (2006)
Grahamstown National Arts Festival (2006)
South African National Schools Festival (2006)
The Wits Theatre 969 Festival (2006)
State Theatre (2006)
Artscape Theatre Centre (2006)
Montecasino (2008)
Baxter Theatre Centre(2008)
Afrovibes (Netherlands 2008)
Published by Just Done Production Publishing [ISBN-10 1-920169-26-1 | ISBN-13 978-1-920169-26-8]
Published by Oxford University Press [ISBN 978 0 19 576799 5]

Happy Endings Are Extra
Baxter Theatre Centre (2003)
Grahamstown National Arts Festival (2004)
Standard Bank National Arts Festival (2004)
Artscape Theatre Centre (2005)
Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival (2006)
Diversionary Theatre, San Diego CA (2007)
Bailiwick Rep Theatre, Chicago IL (2007)
Published by Just Done Productions Publishing [ISBN-10 1-920169-24-5 | ISBN-13 978-1-920169-24-4]

Miracle*
Commissioned by the Glasgow Arts Council
Published in the anthology Freedom Spring by Waverley Books (Glasgow) [ISBN 1902407334]

STRIPPED
Baxter Theatre Centre (2005)

Adaptations

Ecce Homo!
"Adapted from Body Blows: Six Perforformances by Tim Miller
"Grahamstown National Arts Festival (2006)
The Wits Theatre 969 Festival (2006)

The Quiet Violence of Dreams
"Based on the novel by K. Sello Duiker
"Grahamstown National Arts Festival (2008)
South African National Schools Festival (2008)

References