Brian Astbury

Brian Astbury (14 November 1941 – 5 March 2020) was a South African photographer, theatre director, acting and writing teacher, and founder of The Space Theatre in Cape Town, South Africa. He was born on 14 November 1941 and grew up in the South African town of Paarl. He attended Paarl Boys' High and played first team cricket for the school before matriculating in 1959. He briefly studied librarianship at the University of Cape Town before abandoning the course. He met his future wife Yvonne Bryceland at the Cape Argus where she worked as a librarian and journalist, when he did vacation work after completing his matric.  He then worked as a photographer for Capab, the Cape Province's performing arts organisation. He would follow Bryceland and Athol Fugard when the latter's play Boesman and Lena toured England in 1971. Quotes A theatre didn't need to be a huge mausoleum, only a space in which to work. Don’t Plan Anything! Work Hard and Live Pure and Everything will Happen when it Needs to. Quotes about Astbury He got you to do things for nothing; he got you to go and beg for the theatre; he got you to share his vision; you could do theatre out of nothing. External links Category:1941 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:Theatre directors Category:Photographers from South Africa