Sylvaine Strike

Sylvaine Strike is a South African actress, writer and theater director based in Johannesburg South Africa. She was born in Pretoria and studied in Cape Town, where she graduated with a Performer's Diploma in Speech and Drama in 1993. She studied further in Paris at Jacques LeCoq School with an emphasis on physical theater. Sylvaine Strike also has a diverse career in film, theatre and television. See Sylvaine Strike's IMDB profile for information on her latest film work. Agent: Moonyeenn Lee Associates www.mlasa.com Sylvaine Strike- Theatre Director Artistic Director of www.fortunecookietheatre.com her company has recently celebrated 18 years of uninterrupted theatre making. One of the forerunners of post-apartheid theatre in South Africa, consistently re-inventing the South African identity as it shifts and changes, Fortune Cookie Theatre has become synonymous with luminous and hard hitting work both in South Africa and internationally. Sylvaine Strike’s work has moved hearts and minds since her first break-through at the National Arts Festival in 2002, when she directed and co-devised the runaway success Baobabs Don’t Grow Here. From these humble beginnings, critically acclaimed work continued to follow, earning her a list of award winning productions including: Black and Blue; The Travellers; Coupé; The Butcher Brothers; The Table; The Miser; Tobacco; CARGO: Precious; Agreed; Miss Dietrich Regrets; Travels Around My Room; Dop and most recently Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard. Tobacco received five star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe while touring with the Baxter Theatre+ Assembly Rooms in 2017; and the Amsterdam Fringe in 2016. Her production of Tartuffe by Molière, was created under the patronage of IFAS and the Alliance Française of SA, which toured nationally to massive critical acclaim, receiving a Fleur du Cap Award for Best Leading Actor and nominations for Best Director, Best Ensemble 2017. The Woordfees festival commissioned Sylvaine