About Janet Van Eeden

Agent: Julian Friedmann, 2 Elliot Square London, NW3 3SU, Tel: 0944 020 7586 4853, Cel: 0944 965 2111.

EDUCATION:

• 1976: Matriculated from Welkom High School in the Free State. Received an A in English.
• 1977: Awarded one of six National Chamber of Mines bursaries.
• 1980. BA from Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Majored in English and Drama.
• 1981: Honours in Drama in Education at the University of Cape Town. (Uncompleted due to the two bereavements – brother and father - in that year and the preceeding year.
• 1985: Attended course in Drama in Education under the tutelage of Dorothy Heathcote at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
• 1986: Higher Education Diploma, through UNISA, majoring in English, Speech and Drama. Graduated with A’s in both major subjects.
• 2006: Masters (Cum Laude) in English from the University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg.

TEACHING/LECTURING EXPERIENCE:

• 1984 – 86: Taught English at the Domincan Convent in Welkom.
• 1993 – 96: Drama Specialist at Howell’s School Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Established drama as a GCSE subject and introduced it as a fully fledged curriculum subject. The majority of students achieved A grades.
• 1997- 98: Drama Teacher at Hilton College.
• 1998 – 2005: Lecturer at St. Joseph’s Theological Seminary in Public Reading and Speaking (part-time). Taught students from all over Africa.
• 2005 – current: Lecturer in Scriptwriting at the Drama Department of the University of Kwa Zulu Natal, (part time). One of my student’s films was given an MNet EDiT grant in 2006 to be made and won the MNet EDiT Award for Best Acting in 2007. Another of my students has been given the MNet EDiT grant for 2007.