New directions in South African theatre:

New directions in South African theatre:; SOUTH AFRICA: Johannesburg: Market Theatre: INT MS Sir Ian McKellen at workshop CMS SIDE Actor Antony Sher greeting S African actors PAN L-R as two Africans slap hands in greeting MS McKellen and Sher mingling TMS Sher PAN R-L as 'whoops' PAN L-R as other actors improvising in similar way MS African actor and Sher making bird-like sounds and movements ZOOM IN Sher TCMS Actress makes face to neighbour who in turn does so to actress beside CMS Sher PULL OUT as jumps and joins in improvised 'tag' EXT CMS Antony Sher (Actor) intvw SOT - Nice to be working here at last/ lived in UK for 27 years/ exciting to be back in own country/ hope to do film next year/ want to do more in future INT MS Ian McKellen on stage in one man show as applause heard SOT PULL OUT TGV SIDE Audience LMS McKellen sitting in chair on stage CMS Sir Ian McKellen talking to audience SOT - Any chance of me having career in Hollywood if people realise I'm gay/ dialogue about being gay continues (followed by laughter) MS SIDE Audience watching TLMS SIDE Audience watching LMS SIDE McKellen performing on stage CMS McKellen speaking (unheard) CMS McKellen on stage speaking to audience SOT - (More dialogue about gays) CMS Sir Ian McKellen (Actor) intvw SOT - Encouraging that my gay experiences in England similar to being black in S Africa/ whites concerned how blacks will develop/ blacks want to express themselves in own way into mainstream 2 SHOT McKellen and Aslett