Andrew Buckland
- January 10, 2024
- Actor
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Andrew Buckland Biography
| Name | Andrew Buckland |
| Birthday | Feb 4 |
| Birth Year | 1954 |
| Place Of Birth | Zimbabwe |
| Home Town | Zimbabwe |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Andrew Buckland is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on February 4, 1954 in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, ****. Andrew Frederick Buckland (born 4 February 1954 in Zimbabwe) is a South African award-winning playwright, performer, film director, mime, performer and academic.
He created a distinctive style of theatre for himself, utilizing the techniques of physical theatre and mime to relate his poetic fantasies. Among his best known works are Touchstones (1984), Pas de Deux, which he had co- written with Soli Philander (1986), the much-admired and multiple award- winning The Ugly Noonoo (1988/1989), Between the Teeth (1990), Bloodstream (with Lionel Newton – 1992), Feedback (also with Newton, 1995), Noisy Walk (1996), The Water Juggler /The Well Being (1998), and **** (2001). Laugh the Buffalo (2013), directed by Janet Buckland; the ghost of Christmas Present in Scrooge (Baxter Theatre, 2013); 2014: Crazy in Love (with A Conspiracy of Clowns)
Andrew gradually began to create his own theatre works (including The Mime, Stillborn and Matches) and in 1987 he and Janet Buckland founded Mouthpeace Theatre in Johannesburg (moving it to Grahamstown in 1992), working closely with their friends Lionel Newton, and director Lara Foot-Newton.
His The Investigation of an Ugly Noo Noo was staged at the Warehouse in 1988. Touchstones, 1984, Grahamstown Festival. The Ugly Noo Noo: A Trilogy, Market Theatre, 1989. The Inconvenience of Wings by Lara Foot in 2016, Makana on the Island in 2001 at the Grahamstown Festival.
For PACT he played in, inter alia, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Importance of Being Earnest (1982), Savages, Tom Jones and Bloed in die Strate (by Harry Kalmer), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1984).
Andrew Buckland Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Actor |
| House | Living in own house. |
Andrew Buckland is one of the richest Actor from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrew Buckland 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He trained at Rhodes University, graduating in 1979 with a BA Honours in Drama.
He became a junior lecturer, then joined the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT) (1980-1984) as actor. In 1992 Buckland became a member of the First Physical Theatre Company and a lecturer in the Drama Department at Rhodes University. Later senior lecturer and finally professor, Buckland retired from Rhodes University in December 2017.
Awards include the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards for Drama for Pas de Deux (1986), The Scotsman Fringe Award (Edinburgh Festival – 1995) for Feedback, several Vita Awards, the Fleur du Cap Award for Best New Indigenous Script (1989).
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Top Facts about Andrew Buckland
- Andrew Buckland is a South African playwright and performer.
- He has won numerous awards for his work in theatre.
- Buckland is known for his physical theatre performances.
- He has worked with the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town.
- Buckland has also performed internationally, including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
- He has collaborated with other notable South African artists, such as William Kentridge.
- Buckland’s plays often explore themes of identity and social issues.
- He has been involved in theatre education and training programs.
- Buckland was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award in 1988.
- His play “The Ugly Noo Noo” is considered a classic of South African theatre.