Clinton Marius is a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n writer and performer. He made his first professional appearance singing the lead role in Menotti's opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer. It was commissioned by NBC and first performed by the NBC Opera Theatre on December 24, 1951, in New York City at NBC studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, where it was broadcast...

at age twelve. His poetry has been published internationally, while he is also known for penning several plays and collections of short stories, as well as the fictional biography of a guru, Sunshine - The Booklet of the Biography.

Theatrical career

In 2002 he directed Jonathan Cumming's The Gladiator at the National Arts Festival, and co-ordinated A Slice of Madness, a season of theatre in Durban

Durban

Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

 in which he appeared in David Campton

David Campton

David Campton was a prolific British dramatist who wrote plays for the stage, radio, and cinema for thirty-five years...

's Mutatis Mutandis. In January 2003 he appeared at the KwaSuka Theatre in The Divine Child. In April 2003 he founded the annual Fools Awards in KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

 in recognition of arts practitioners' contributions. His performance alongside Greig Coetzee in Kobus Moolman's Soldier Boy, winner of the BBC

BBC

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 worldwide radio drama competition, was broadcast internationally.

Clinton Marius' highly successful one-man show, Uncut – The Penis Monologues, directed by Garth Anderson, premiered in Durban in September 2003 before starting its national tour. He also performed in his stage drama, Vergissmeinnicht (Farm of Secrets) at the 2003 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown

Grahamstown

Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758. The population of the surrounding areas, including the actual city was 41,799 of which 77.4% were black,...

. This was followed by the New Age

New Age

The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...

 send-up, Guru, and most recently, the one-man comedy Thank You Very Much, a satire

Satire

Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...

 about Hollywood and celebrities.