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Craig Higginson (born 1971) is a novelist, playwright and theatre director based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has written and published several international plays and novels and won and been nominated for numerous awards in South Africa and Britain. LifeCraig Higginson was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1971 (formerly Salisbury, Rhodesia). Due to the escalating situation during the Rhodesian Bush War, he moved with his mother and sister to Johannesburg in 1976, the year of the Soweto Uprisings. At the age of ten, he attended boarding school in KwaZulu-Natal at Clifton Nottingham Road and Michaelhouse. The Midlands landscape would later feature strongly in his novels and plays. In 1990, in the weeks that saw the release of Nelson Mandela from prison and the unbanning of the African National Congress, Higginson went to the University of the Witwatersrand to study Fine Art, but he later moved to a BA (Honors) in English and European Literature. In 1995, he worked as the Assistant to the director Barney Simon at the Market Theatre. Following Simon’s death, he moved to England, where he would remain for ten years. There he worked at the Young Vic Theatre with Tim Supple and at the Royal Shakespeare Company with Michael Attenborough. He was also a theatre critic for some years at Time Out magazine. He published his first novel, Embodied Laughter, at the age of twenty-six in South Africa and England[1] and adapted Laughter in the Dark for the Royal Shakespeare Company and BBC Radio 3 shortly afterwards. He returned to live and work in South Africa in 2004.[2] Since then Higginson has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand and been the Literary Manager of the Market Theatre. He has published several novels and plays and worked in South African television as a writer. Craig currently works as the Script Editor on the popular South African drama series, Rhythm City [3] He has a MA in Creative Writing and lives in Johannesburg. CareerCraig Higginson is an internationally acclaimed writer and theatre director. His plays (see listing below) have been produced at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival, the Market Theatre (Johannesburg), the Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford-upon-Avon), The National Theatre (London), the Finborough Theatre (London), the Trafalgar Studios (London’s West End), the Baxter Theatre (Cape Town), the Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh), Live Theatre Company (Newcastle), the Citizens Theatre (Glasgow), the Stockholm City Theatre, the Salisbury Playhouse, Theatre 503 (London), and Next Theatre (Chicago) amongst others. His plays have been published by Methuen (London), Oberon Books (London) and Wits Press (Johannesburg).[4] Several of his plays are university setworks in South Africa and abroad. His play Dream of the Dog, starring Dame Janet Suzman, transferred to the West End after a sold out run at the Finborough Theatre. Dominic Cavendish in The Telegraph wrote, “The Finborough has a massive, unmissable hit on its hands with Dream of the Dog … An evening fit to grab you by the throat.”[5] Higginson was one of ten playwrights from around the world to be commissioned by the National Theatre, London, for the Connections Festival 2012 to coincide with the Olympics.[6] For this event he wrote the youth play Little Foot. He is currently under commission by The Ink Factory and Headlong to adapt John le Carre’s novel The Mission Song for production in 2018. It will be directed by acclaimed UK director Jeremy Herrin. A new play The Red Door will be produced in South Africa in 2017.[2] Higginson’s novels include Embodied Laughter (Pan Macmillan), The Hill (Jacana), Last Summer (Picador Africa, Mercure de France), The Landscape Painter (Picador Africa) and The Dream House (Picador Africa, Mercure de France). The Landscape Painter and The Dream House both won the prestigious UJ Award for South African Literature[7] and The Dream House was recently shortlisted for the Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Award.[8] He has also directed a range of theatre in the United Kingdom and South Africa, including Laughter in the Dark (Royal Shakespeare Company), Blood Wedding (Pegasus Theatre, Oxford), Grimm Tales and The Jungle Book (both Market Theatre, Johannesburg), The Perfect Circle (Wits Theatre) and Dream of the Dog (SAFM, Hilton Arts Festival).[3] Much of Higginson’s writing explores different perspectives on the truth. His work increasingly explores character, plot and relationships to be sites for ambiguity and dialogue. He uses techniques from the theatre in his fiction such as differing perspectives and dramatic irony to represent the complexity of post-apartheid South African society – extending these themes to a global context in several instances. The Girl in the Yellow Dress, one of his best known works, dramatises a dialogue between Africa and Europe – the ‘Third’ World with the ‘First’ World. He uses his experience of growing up in war-torn Zimbabwe and apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa to speak back at the complacencies of contemporary America and Europe. Mary Corrigall in the Sunday Independent stated, “Higginson has crafted a complex and sophisticated piece of work that will become a new benchmark for South African theatre.”[9] Higginson has been celebrated by novelists Nadine Gordimer and Andre Brink. Shortly before her death, Gordimer stated about The Dream House, “The Dream House is an open and frank exploration of human life that resonates beyond race. Looksmart is a welcome new kind of character in the constantly evolving reality of African literature.”[10] And Andre Brink wrote, “Craig Higginson is in the vanguard of the latest and most exciting novelists in South Africa, both robust and sensitive, offering a barometer of the best to be expected from the newest wave of writing in the country”[10] Works[4]Original plays2006: Truth in Translation (co-writer) 2007: Dream of the Dog (published Wits Press 2009 (in At This Stage) and 2015 (in Three Plays), Oberon Books 2010 and 2015 (in Three Plays)) 2008: Ten Bush (co-writer with Mncedisi Shabangu) The Perfect Circle (monologue published in SA Monologues Vol. I, Junket Press 2015) 2009: The Table (co-writer with Sylvaine Strike and the Cast) 2010: The Girl in the Yellow Dress (published Oberon Books 2010, 2015 (in Three Plays)) 2012: Little Foot (UK version published by Methuen in National Theatre Connections 2012, and South African version published by Oberon Books). 2015: The Imagined Land (published by Wits Press and Oberon Books under the title Three Plays). Novels1998: Embodied Laughter (PanMacmillan, Minerva Press) 2005: The Hill (Jacana) 2010/ 2013/ 2017: Last Summer (Picador Africa, Mercure de France respectively) 2011/2013: The Landscape Painter 2015/ 2016: The Dream House (Picador Africa, Mercure de France respectively) Adaptations2000, 2003: Laughter in the Dark (Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC Radio 3) 2005: Lord of the Flies 2008: The Jungle Book 2009: Brer Rabbit (co-writer) Translations2016: Maison de rêve (The Dream House, novel)[11] 2017: L’ete dernier (Last Summer, novel)[11] Selected essays by Craig Higginson
Awards2004: Laughter in the Dark winner of the Sony Radio Academy Gold Award as a radio play on BBC Radio [4] 2007: Truth in Translation (co-writer) Edinburgh Fringe First, nominated Naledi Award Best South African Play. 2008: Dream of the Dog nominated Naledi Award Best South African Play. Nominated for Naledi Award Best Director, Grimm Tales. 2009: Ten Bush (co-writer) nominated Naledi Award Best South African Play.[14] 2011: Last Summer shortlisted for M-Net Literary Award The Girl in the Yellow Dress won Naledi Award for Best New South African Play.[15] Nominated for Best South African Play - Fleur du Cap Awards.[16]Brer Rabbit (co-writer) nominated Naledi Award Best New South African Children’s Production. Beautiful Creatures (co-writer) won Naledi Award Best New South African Children’s Production.[15]2012: The Landscape Painter won UJ Award Main Prize for South African Literature in English,[7] shortlisted for M-Net Literary Award.[17] 2016: The Dream House won the UJ Award Main Prize for South African Literature in English, shortlisted for SundayTimes Barry Ronge Fiction Award[8] The Imagined Land nominated Naledi Award Best New South African Play[18]Interviews
ReviewsNovels
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Further readingPublished Essays or citations on the work of Craig Higginson include:
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.itch.co.za/non-fiction/a-rising-star-craig-higginson|title=ITCH - A Rising Star: Craig Higginson|last=Szczurek|first=Karina Magdalena|website=www.itch.co.za|access-date=2016-07-01}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Higginson, Craig}}2. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.literarytourism.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=769:craig-higginson&catid=13:authors&Itemid=28|title=Craig Higginson|last=Tourism|first=KZN Literary|website=www.literarytourism.co.za|access-date=2016-07-01}} 3. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://whoswho.co.za/craig-higginson-42141|title=Craig Higginson {{!}} Who's Who SA|website=whoswho.co.za|access-date=2016-07-01}} 4. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/time-of-the-writer-2015/tow2015-participants/933-craig-higginson-south-africa|title=Craig Higginson (South Africa) - Centre for Creative Arts|last=LUKE|website=www.cca.ukzn.ac.za|access-date=2016-07-01}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/7678071/Dream-of-the-Dog-at-the-Finborough-Theatre-review.html|title=Dream of the Dog at the Finborough Theatre, review|access-date=2016-07-01}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://markettheatre.co.za/shows/watch/little-foot|title=Little Foot at The Market Theatre|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} 7. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=30291|title=Artslink.co.za - Craig Higginson wins UJ Main Prize|access-date=2016-07-01}} 8. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2016/05/14/the-2016-sunday-times-barry-ronge-fiction-prize-shortlist/|title=The 2016 Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize shortlist|website=Sunday Times Books LIVE @ Sunday Times Books LIVE|access-date=2016-09-07}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://markettheatre.co.za/shows/watch/girl-in-the-yellow-dress|title=The Girl in The Yellow Dress at The Market Theatre|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} 10. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/03/16/turning-the-farm-novel-inside-out-michele-magwood-interviews-craig-higginson-on-the-dream-house/|title=Turning the Farm Novel Inside Out: Michele Magwood Interviews Craig Higginson on The Dream House|website=Sunday Times Books LIVE @ Sunday Times Books LIVE|access-date=2016-07-01}} 11. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://panmacmillan.bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/06/02/craig-higginsons-the-dream-house-and-last-summer-to-be-published-in-france/|title=Craig Higginson's The Dream House and Last Summer to be Published in France|website=Pan Macmillan @ Sunday Times Books LIVE|access-date=2016-07-01}} 12. ^{{Cite journal|last=Higginson, Svich, Laurens|first=|date=2009|title=A Triangle of Thought: Side One|url=|journal=Performance Research |volume=9 |issue=1|doi=|pmid=|access-date=}} 13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://sundayindybooks.blogspot.co.za/2013/07/the-state-of-writing-in-sa.html|title=The Sunday Independent Books: The State of Writing in SA|website=sundayindybooks.blogspot.co.za|access-date=2016-07-01}} 14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=7243|title=Artslink.co.za - 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