PROJECTS
This page features selected projects Inge has worked on as an actor, producer or director.
Tweespoor on Tour
Tweespoor returns for a run in Pretoria at Momentum Beleggings Aardklop, the Theatre Linden, Vrystaat Arts Festival and back to Stellenbosch for the Toyota SU Woordfees 2022.
Nicole Holm as Fransina and Inge Crafford-Lazarus as Tilla in Tweespoor. Images by Nardus Engelbrecht
HELENA GUNTER’s Tweespoor
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