Pieter Jacobs (born 1 January 1980) is a South African

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l ...

and arts executive. He was the chief executive officer of The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) until 2010. He studied performing arts at

Tshwane University of Technology Tshwane University of Technology (TUT; af, Tshwane-Universiteit vir Tegnologie) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and ...

and holds a MA in creative writing from the School of Literature, Language, and Media (SLLMS) at the

University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( or ). The university ...

, where he graduated cum laude. He performed in several stage plays as well as the Afrikaans 2003 television drama series, ''Song vir Katryn'' and the Hollywood film ''Stander''. He won a

KKNK The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Afrikaans for ''Little Karoo National Arts Festival'' and usually abbreviated to ''KKNK'') is an Afrikaans language arts festival that takes place yearly in the South African town of Oudtshoorn. The festival i ...

Nagtegaal Debut prize for his play ''Plofstof'' in 2003 and his 2008 play, ''Dalliances'' was also nominated for an Oscar Wilde Award in Dublin. His latest play, ''Prey'', creates a world where virtual life and reality are intertwined to explore themes of online revenge pornography, racism and blackmail. ''Prey'' was selected from 50 submissions for a showcase at the inaugural

Teksmark new play development initiative in 2016. He was the chairperson of Arterial Network, South Africa, and was also an Ambassador for Assitej's 2017 World Congress and Performing Arts Festival, “Cradle of Creativity". In 2015, the Mail & Guardian included him on their list of the top 200 noteworthy young South Africans.

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