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In a valley, nestled between two hills, is a small village and a world of magic to explore. Join Grandmother's Daughter and her friends on an enchanting journey of discovery. Featuring puppetry, song and dance, The African Magician is a celebration of child's play in a different culture. Originally written in Arabic by Australian-Sudanese playwright Afeif Ismail, the play is performed in English and combines the atmosphere of African street performance with contemporary narrative theatre. Puppetry, mask, dance and original African music transport audiences to Sudan. The three actors play the children, villagers, animals and spirits, and encourage audience members to join in the celebration of traditional African culture.

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Afeif Ismail is playwright and Poet, was born in Elhasahisa/Sudan in 1962 and arrived in Australia in 2003. He is an internationally published poet and playwright. His works has been translated into German, Swedish. Afeif has published many works of poetry in English Bet of the Argil, Mum! This World Lies to Us; Orphaned Birds and The African Magician, Son of the Nile and 3Seeds as playscripts. 2014: International Playwright Observer at 2014 New Visions/New Voices festival at Kennedy Centre for Arts, Washington DC. 2013: a short version of his play Unsuitable Hats was read at Write Local Play Global Shorts: Unexpected Connections, One Theatre World Conference, Cleveland Ohio, USA. 2013: Afeif's monologue Eureka was Selected for WLPG Sparks Linz, Austria- Catalysts for Discovery; at ASSITEJ International Meeting for the International Theatre Festival SCHAEXPIR, Linz, Austria. 2012: Afeif invited to present on cross-cultural collaboration at the International Forum on TYA, New York University. The Forum is titled Which Way TYA? Future Directions in Theatre for Young Audiences . 2012: Afeif's Play for children Son of the Nile performed at Murdoch University. 2010: His play The African Magician commissioned and produced by Barking Gecko Theatre Company and nominated for the Australian Writers Guild award for best children's play in 2011. 2010Poets without Prodders Festival New Castle Australia, 2009: he was a recipient of an inaugural Western Australian Theatre Development Initiative for his play The Shrouds or the Dead. 2009Overload Poetry Festival Melbourne, Australia. 2008: Afeif was selected to workshop this play, with co-transcreator Dr.Vivienne Glance, at Playwriting Australia's Canberra Workshop. 2008: Afeif was awarded the inaugural Australian National Playwrights' Conference (ANPC) Bursary. Afeif's plays (in Arabic) have been produced in many cities, towns and villages in Sudan including Khartoum, from 1986 to 2000. These have included The Merchant , Starvation and The Centre of the Circle .

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