Jon Keevy is a writer and designer, but foremost he is a geek. His plays are about dinosaurs and philosophy and fables and his sketch books are filled with flying machines and designs for better lighting rigs. Although he does have a Masters in Theatremaking from UCT, he claims his real education came from working at festivals with touring productions, his employers being award-winning theatre creators such as Chris Weare, Peter Krummeck, Mike van Graan, Alan Committie, Geoff Hyland and Lara Bye. He frequently collaborates with Bosnian-born director Sanjin Muftic under the banner of Yawazzi Theatre Productions where they create unique multimedia designs for stage. He spent six years with TheatreSports Cape Town and now uses his improv training to pretend to know what he’s doing as the Co-ordinator of the Cape Town Edge.

Away from theatre he likes aikido and reading. But not at the same time.