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Ian Fraser

IAN FRASER  

 Nationality:    South African
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Beginning under apartheid in 1988, without any formal education to speak of, Ian Fraser gathered up most of the available theater awards in South Africa, for his plays - and performed his comedy to record-breaking crowds, from tiny bars, through to sold out 600 seater shows at Arts festivals. after being conscripted in the then South African Defence Force, for a 2 year period (1981 - 1982) - at the height of apartheid repression, he began to write and perform his own material, and became a significant anti-apartheid critic, and misbehaved playwright, beating notables such as athol Fugard and Peter Dirk Uys at times, by virtue of the quality and massive volume of award-winning work. He relocated to the US in April 2006.

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below is a list of Ian Fraser's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Accidental Antichrist, The         Blitzbreeker & The Chicken From Hell         Bring Me Gandhi         Charles Manson         Dead Soldier In The Family, A         Dogs Of The Blue Gods         Gospel According To The Mafia, The         Heart Like A Stomach         Like The Pyramid On The Camel Packet         Sleeping Chickens         Sugar Plum Fairy, The

Accidental Antichrist, The

Synopsis:
a priest in a future Court, tells a tale of a vampire who falls in love with a young girl, and accidentally causes the end of humankind.

Notes:
aWaRD WINNeR. Nominated for the 'FNB-Vita 'Playwright of the Year' Award. Won A special FNB-Vita Award for 'most Outstanding New Production' 1994.

1st Produced:
Civic Theater, Johannesburg, South Africa    1994

Organisations:
Ian Fraser Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Blitzbreeker & The Chicken From Hell

Synopsis:
a boring accountant and an ex soldier with a killer chicken, trapped in an apartment for the weekend, along with an awful lot of drugs.

Notes:
aWaRD WINNeR: Amstel 'Playwright of the Year' nomination (1990) - 'Pick of the Fringe' Award 1990 Grahamstown Arts Festival, South Africa.

1st Produced:
Nico Malan Theater, Cape Town    1990

Organisations:
Cape Performing Arts Council, South Africa. (CaPaB)

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bring Me Gandhi

Synopsis:
an ex policeman sitting on his porch, details the progressive torture and ultimate death of a young female prisoner, and justifies his sadistic actions and to the audience.

Notes:
as A fierce Anti-apartheid piece, staged in South Africa during Apartheid, it caused official Government reaction And secret police Attention. A black newspaper's wildly positive review of the plays pro-violence message, was cited As A reason for closing the newspaper down (the 'New Nation') The Author who Also Acted the piece, had to go into hiding to Avoid being detained.

1st Produced:
Black Sun Theatre    1987

Organisations:
Ian Fraser Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Political/horror Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Charles Manson

Synopsis:
as a way of showing the persuasiveness of the real life character of Manson, the piece puts a self-aware Manson onstage, and lets him persuade the audience around to his point of view.

Notes:
amstel Playwright of the Year nomination. (1989)

1st Produced:
Windybrow Theater, Performing Arts Council Transvaal (PaCT)    1989

Organisations:
Ian Fraser Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dead Soldier In The Family, A

Synopsis:
a dead marine returns home to seek revenge on those who sent him to war

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Black Box Theater, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida    2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
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Dogs Of The Blue Gods

Synopsis:
The play put actors on all fours, playing police dogs, and used this to play out discussions on God, violence and pacifism - and doing this in the genre of a pseudo-children's play.

Notes:
aWaRD WINNeR: Tonight Aa Life Vita Award for Comedy. South Africa, 1990. Repeatedly performed At various schools in South Africa, by pupils.

1st Produced:
Windybrow Theater, Johannesburg    1990

Organisations:
Ben Kruger Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gospel According To The Mafia, The

Synopsis:
a dead gangster rises from his coffin and tries to work out how come he's dead, and looks back over his lurid and violent life.

Notes:
aWaRD WINNeR 'Pick of the Fringe' Award At Grahamstown Arts Festival 1991

1st Produced:
Grahamstown Arts Festival, South Africa    1991

Organisations:
Ian Fraser Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Heart Like A Stomach

Synopsis:
Two women each decide to pick up a man for the night, and the play details the horrific consequences of what starts out as a sexual comedy of manners, and heads towards something rather vicious.

Notes:
aWaRD WINNeR. Won the 1992 Amstel Playwright of the Year Award. South Africa

1st Produced:
Windybrow Theater    1992

Organisations:
Ben Kruger Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Horror-comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Like The Pyramid On The Camel Packet

Synopsis:
a copywriter with an insane home life, suddenly has to deal with invisible Vikings, climbing out of a pyramid he's trying to find ways to write about.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Windybrow Theater    1991

Organisations:
Performing Arts Council Transvaal (PaCT) South Africa

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sleeping Chickens

Synopsis:
an old style radio serial is recreated live in front of an audience - the serial deals with the search for just one creative person, in a future society.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Grahamstown Arts Festival, South Africa    1993

Organisations:
Ben Kruger Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sugar Plum Fairy, The

Synopsis:
Two elevators in a building about to be demolished, try to make sense of their reality - and the debate over the existence of a God, becomes rapidly very important as their situation becomes clear to them.

Notes:
aWaRD WINNeR. 'Pick of the Fringe' Award, 1993, Grahamstown Arts Festival.

1st Produced:
Grahamstown Arts Festival, South Africa    1993

Organisations:
Ben Kruger Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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