Biography
2011
BIOGRAPHY OF MR. PASCAR DUBE
THIS AFFIRMS AND TESTIFIES THAT MR. PASCAR DUBE HAS CONSIDERABLE SKILLS IN THE PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS ENVIRONMENT, NOT ONLY AS A DEDICATED AND COMPETENT ARTS ADMINISTRATOR, BUT ALSO AS A STAGE DIRECTOR. THE PRODUCTION HE DIRECTED ‘ONE FOR ROAD’ (STARRING SDUMO MTSHALI, 2010 CLASS ACT WINNER) FOR THE PLAYHOUSE COMPANY IN 2007 RANKS AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMPANY’S NEW STAGES PROGRAMME IN RECENT YEARS, WINNING HIM A ‘BEST DIRECTOR’ AWARD IN THAT YEAR’S PRESTIGIOUS FOOLS AWARDS AND VARIOUS OTHERS IN THE MERCURY DURBAN THEATRE AWARDS IN DURBAN.
BESIDES PASCAR’S WORK IN THE FIELD OF DRAMA, HE IS ALSO HIGHLY REGARDED IN DURBAN’S THEATRE COMMUNITY FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IN DANCE AND MUSICAL THEATRE. IN THE LATTER FIELD HE HAS WORKED PROFESSIONALLY WITH JAY PATHER’S ACCLAIMED SIWELA SONKE DANCE THEATRE. ON THE MUSICAL THEATRE STAGE, RECALLING HIS FINELY-ETCHED, STAND-OUT PERFORMANCE (AS ONE OF THE BROTHERS) IN ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S ‘JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAM COAT’, PRODUCED PROFESSIONALLY AT THE ELIZABETH SNEDDON THEATRE ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK. PASCAR WON SPECIAL CRITICAL PRAISE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.
PASCAR’S CREATIVE SKILLS AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS IN CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTING CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIM IN PRESENTING THEATRE WORKS FOR THE ANNUAL JOMBA DANCE FESTIVAL, RED EYE FESTIVAL, DANCE UMBRELLA FESTIVAL AND MACUFE FESTIVAL. PASCAR DUBE IS A GRADUATE FROM DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN DRAMA STUDIES. HE ALSO HAS ONE YEAR IN MBA (NOT COMPLETED) WITH MANCOSA. DUBE HAS WORKED FOR THE PLAYHOUSE COMPANY AS AN ARTISTIC CO-ORDINATOR/ ASSOCIATE PRODUCER. HE LECTURED AT MBONGENI NGEMA ACADEMY OF ARTS. HE HAS SERVED AS AN EXTERNAL EXAMINER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND IN ITS DRAMA DEPARTMENT.
RECENTLY HE HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS AN ADVISORY PANEL MEMBER (2011 TO 2014) FOR THEATRE AND MUSICAL THEATRE IN THE NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA (NAC). HE WAS ONE OF THE JUDGING PANEL MEMBERS ALONGSIDE NATALIE RUNGAN AND ERNIE SMITH FOR THE MBONGENI NGEMA VEZIKHONO TALENT SEARCH. PASCAR IS CURRENTLY WORKING AS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR IZIGIGABA ZIKA NANDI NOTHEMBA A NURSERY RHYME BOOK WRITTEN BY NANDI NDLOVU-MORAKE.