Clinton Marius’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro South African writer and performer
Is Poet 
Singer 
From South Africa 
Type Literature 
Music 
Gender male
Birth 20 August 1966
Age: 53 years

Clinton Marius (born 20 August 1966 in Pietermaritzburg) is a South African writer and performer. He made his first professional appearance singing the lead role in Menotti’s opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors 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 in which he appeared in David Campton’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 in recognition of arts practitioners’ contributions. His performance alongside Greig Coetzee in Kobus Moolman’s Soldier Boy, winner of the BBC 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. This was followed by the New Age send-up, Guru, and most recently, the one-man comedy Thank You Very Much, a satire about Hollywood and celebrities.

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