PROJECTS
Selected projects Inge has worked on as an actor, director, writer or producer:
JON KEEVY’s A Girl Called OWL
With Larissa Crafford-Lazarus
Directed by Inge Crafford-Lazarus
Light and Technical Direction by Jak Brits
Movement Direction by Calista Crafford-Lazarus
Produced by Calaringe Productions
When Olivia moves to a small town in the Overberg, her quiet curiosity attracts a mischievous friend: Kay, the girl with the scar, who gives her the nickname “Owl.” Her impulse to follow the rebel leads to uncharted waters. Jon Keevy’s A Girl Called Owl is a South African coming of age story. It spotlights innocence lost, creativity stifled, and love misunderstood.
Larissa Crafford-Lazarus plays Owl and Kay and a slew of other characters they encounter while they are growing up, getting out, and going looking for trouble.
“As a performer finds their presence onstage, a bit of magic is spilled out for all to see. It’s seldom that within the first couple of moments, that performer’s presence is cast over the work, like a spell, and holds you transfixed from the very moment she first moves until the lights drop at the end of the piece. ”
Read the full review here.
HELENA GUNTER’s Tweespoor
Nicole Holm as Fransina and Inge Crafford-Lazarus as Tilla in Tweespoor. Images by Nardus Engelbrecht
Directed by Juanita Swanepoel
With Nicole Holm and Inge Crafford-Lazarus
Set and Lighting design: Stefan Benadé
Sound design: Pierre- Arnold Theron
Produced by Calaringe Productions. Made possible by Toyota US Woordfees and supported by NATi.
Twee vroulike tydgenote, twee tydgleuwe, twee aktrises, een verhoog. Tussen oënskynlik mooi herinneringe aan haar plattelandse kindertyd, worstel Tilla met woorde en gebeure wat op die rand van haar rede vassteek: “karpatse klein dogtertjie,” “gentleman”, “mal” – spore uit ’n verlede wat sy agterna moet loop. In die hede, langs ’n verkeerslig in ’n verspotte uitrusting, staan Frasina: middeljarig, wit, en o, behoede haar, Afrikaans. Sy wil graag, soos haar polities korrekte, welaangepaste susters, insmelt en saam met die reënboognasie vorentoe. Maar sy sukkel. Wanneer sy ’n slagoffer van misdaad word, maak die wêreld nog minder sin, totdat sy gaan sterre kyk.
Nicole Holm is named Best Female Lead for her role as Fransina and TWEESPOOR receives nominations for Best Theatre Production, Best Director (Juanita Swanepoel), and Best Emerging Artist (Inge Crafford-Lazarus) at the 2020 Woordtrofees.
Nicole Holm in the part of Fransina. Photo: Pierre-Arnold Theron
Inge in the part of Tilla. Photo: Pierre-Arnold Theron
Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class
Directed by Sylvaine Strike
With Neil McCarthy, Leila Henriques, Rob Van Vuuren, Antony Coleman, Roberto Pombo, Inge Crafford-Lazarus and Damon Berry.
Set design: Chen Nakar and Andrea van der Kuil
Lighting design: Mannie Manim
Costumes: Andrea van der Kuil and Sue Steele
Produced by the SU Woordfees, with a subsequent run in collaboration with The Baxter Theatre Centre.
“In the role of teenage Emma, Inge-Crafford Lazarus is yet another character whom one is drawn to watch, feisty and creepily offbeat.”
Read the full review here.
Neil McCarthy, Leila Henriques, Roberto Pombo and Inge Crafford-Lazarus as the Tate family. Photo: Antoine de Ras
ATHOL FUGARD’s My Children! My Africa!
Directed by Mahlatsi Mokgonyana
With Marcus Mabusela, Oarabile Ditsele and Inge Crafford-Lazarus
Set design: Asiphe Lili
Sound Design: John Withers
Produced by Nobulali Productions
A War of Words...a generational conflict over the most effective means for ending apartheid in South Africa lead to a charged confrontation between a gifted but impatient township youth and his devoted but "old fashioned" teacher. The unexpected involvement of a young white woman who befriends and learns from both men strips away the political trappings to disclose the human trauma at the heart of South Africa's... tragedy!
With Inge Crafford-Lazarus, Oarabile Ditsele and Marcus Mabuseng.
After two weeks in Soweto. "My Children! My Africa!" is now in Pretoria for the final week of this season!
William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet
Eight actors, twenty parts, one of Shakespeare’s most loved plays - two hours traffic on the Alchemical stage.
Directed by Inge Crafford-Lazarus
With Sam Finn Cutler, Thomas Hedlund, Felix Jones, Omri Kadim, Maggie McMeans, Julia Rehwald, Rebecca Thompson and Yannick Trapman-O’Brien
Lighting design: Kelley Shih
Costume design: Diana Schlossberg
Fight Choreography: Omri Kadim
Thomas Hedlund and Omri Kadim in rehearsal for Romeo & Juliet